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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, In Exile, Botswana, 1964-1979, Preface, Sketches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What startled Bessie in 1965?
(a) A letter from her father.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) An arrest.
(d) The liberation of Africa.

2. What additional information did the social worker tell Bessie?
(a) Her parents wanted her to leave the country.
(b) Her mother was insane.
(c) Her mother wanted nothing to do with her.
(d) Her mother was dying.

3. What happened to Snowball?
(a) His dinghy collapsed.
(b) He got thrown into jail for being subversive.
(c) He got into a bar fight.
(d) He left town.

4. Bessie described her friend, Snowball, as perfectly black except for his what?
(a) Pink soles of his feet.
(b) White hair.
(c) Red lips.
(d) White teeth.

5. What animal was involved in the story that the American woman told Bessie regarding a vision?
(a) Goat.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Cow.
(d) Pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bessie's biggest frustration in "An Unspeakable Crime"?

2. What does Bessie enjoy that she feels South Africa denied her?

3. How does Bessie describe the people from the place that the American woman hails from?

4. Where was Bessie born?

5. What did Boeta L revert to when no one accepts his cause?

(see the answer key)

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