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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. In 1963, what did Bessie encourage her readers to do?
(a) Love their neighbor.
(b) Fight against the status quo.
(c) Look to God to save them.
(d) Flee.

2. What months does it rain fiercely in Serowe?
(a) November, December, and January.
(b) March, April, and May.
(c) August, September, and October.
(d) May, June, and July.

3. Technologies and ideas in South Africa generally filter in from where?
(a) Europe.
(b) Asia.
(c) United States.
(d) North Africa.

4. Bessie Head was born in what year?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1937.

5. What is the basic landscape of Botswana?
(a) Woodland.
(b) Semi-desert.
(c) Tropical.
(d) Desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Village people," Bessie states that African peace is what?

2. What did the Durban Magistrate Court tell Bessie?

3. Where was Bessie born?

4. According to Bessie, what do African people push aside?

5. Bessie says that the African people want to develop how?

(see the answer key)

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