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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Retrospect, Southern Africa and Beyond, 1979-1986.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Bessie believes that God is embodied in whom?
(a) The children.
(b) The souls of all black Africans.
(c) The American woman.
(d) Her adoptive mother.

2. What community was Bessie in in "The Isolation of Boeta L"?
(a) Atteridgeville
(b) Serowe
(c) Johannesburg
(d) Cape Town

3. In 1985, what American city did Bessie live in for four months?
(a) Seattle, WA.
(b) Boston, MA.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Cedar Rapids, IA.

4. Bessie had stories to tell but couldn't write them. Why?
(a) No one was interested in them.
(b) She got angry over issues and her ideas died away.
(c) People ridiculed her.
(d) She panicked and felt dead inside.

5. In old African custom, what were women forbidden to handle?
(a) Goats.
(b) Silk.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Cattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Bessie is surprised by how creative writing is often tied to what?

2. In "African religions," what does African religion focus on?

3. What did Bessie feel defeated her in South Africa as a writer?

4. How many cattle died in the major drought in Botswana?

5. In "African religions," why did Bessie say that most of Asia was blanked out as barbaric in her school's geography book?

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