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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) Fight against the status quo.
(b) Flee.
(c) Love their neighbor.
(d) Look to God to save them.

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

3. What community was Bessie in in "The Isolation of Boeta L"?
(a) Cape Town
(b) Johannesburg
(c) Atteridgeville
(d) Serowe

4. What does Snowball believe can co-exist?
(a) Christianity and Hinduism.
(b) Western and African cultures.
(c) Blacks and whites.
(d) Science and spiritualism.

5. What did the American woman send Bessie?
(a) A novel to read.
(b) Flowers.
(c) An invitation to her wedding.
(d) Happy little notes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Serowe, what grazes the earth to a shred?

2. According to Bessie, Serowe consists of African people and what?

3. In 1964, where did Bessie move to?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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