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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. In Bessie's opinion, South African refugees are generally, what?
(a) Fed up.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Angry.

2. How do most black friends in South Africa meet?
(a) Family and friends.
(b) Church.
(c) Political activism events.
(d) Bars.

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

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

5. How did Bessie define culture?
(a) The bareroots of a people.
(b) Where we all come from.
(c) The personality of a people.
(d) The core of people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Letter from South Africa," what do may refugees not want to do?

3. Bessie had stories to tell but couldn't write them. Why?

4. What does Snowball believe can co-exist?

5. What was the trend in Atteridgeville in 1964?

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