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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. What did Bessie create in Botswana?
(a) A large garden.
(b) Her ideal life.
(c) A new family.
(d) A published manuscript.

2. Who raised Bessie?
(a) A black foster mother.
(b) Her mother's sister.
(c) Her father's parents.
(d) Her mother's maid.

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

4. Bessie states that "in her work" everyone has what?
(a) Their story told.
(b) A place in her world.
(c) Equal representation.
(d) A right to speak.

5. What does Bessie enjoy that she feels South Africa denied her?
(a) Repetition and simplicity in life.
(b) Educational opportunities.
(c) Safety.
(d) Free expression.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do most black friends in South Africa meet?

3. What did Boeta L revert to when no one accepts his cause?

4. Bessie described her friend, Snowball, as perfectly black except for his what?

5. Bessie feels that the South African people lack what?

(see the answer key)

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