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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 "The woman from America," who does Bessie say are always in the majority?
(a) Whites.
(b) Those who fear.
(c) Men.
(d) The impoverished.

2. What does Bessie call Southern Africa?
(a) A forgotten culture.
(b) Her little piece of hell.
(c) Home.
(d) The unholiest place on earth.

3. Who is Bessie referring to in "A Gentle People"?
(a) The white people of Cape Town.
(b) The missionaries.
(c) The black people of Cape Town.
(d) The children.

4. Where was Bessie sent at age 13?
(a) United States.
(b) School.
(c) Missionary orphanage.
(d) Her grandparents home.

5. What was Bessie's biggest frustration in "An Unspeakable Crime"?
(a) She had no family.
(b) Blacks were just giving in to the white government.
(c) She couldn't get her stories published.
(d) Violence was overtaking common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. Technologies and ideas in South Africa generally filter in from where?

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

3. Who does Bessie think the Afrikaner race will one day emulate?

4. In 1975, Botswana had few what?

5. What does Bessie think that the blacks in Cape Town believe?

(see the answer key)

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