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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Beginnings, South Africa, 1937-1964.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bessie think that the blacks in Cape Town believe?
(a) They shall overcome.
(b) The rest of the world will save them.
(c) Their culture will survive.
(d) They are doomed.

2. What race was Bessie's father?
(a) Mulatto.
(b) Black.
(c) Chinese.
(d) White.

3. Bessie says that she grew up knowing only whom?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her adoptive mother.
(d) Her real mother.

4. What was Bessie forbidden to do on holidays?
(a) Visit friends.
(b) Pray.
(c) Practice cultural customs.
(d) Visit her adoptive mother.

5. What did Boeta L revert to when no one accepts his cause?
(a) Madness.
(b) Religion.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bessie learn to hate?

2. What community was Bessie in in "The Isolation of Boeta L"?

3. In 1963, what did Bessie encourage her readers to do?

4. What does Bessie call Gladys Mgudlandlu?

5. How did Bessie define culture?

(see the answer key)

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