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

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

3. Bessie says that the African people want to develop how?
(a) Judiciously.
(b) Slowly.
(c) With pride.
(d) Industrially.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did their landlady do to Snowball despite Bessie's protests?

2. How does Bessie describe the Cape Town whites?

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

4. In 1975, Botswana had few what?

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

(see the answer key)

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