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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 happened to Snowball?
(a) He left town.
(b) He got into a bar fight.
(c) His dinghy collapsed.
(d) He got thrown into jail for being subversive.

2. Bessie described her friend, Snowball, as perfectly black except for his what?
(a) White teeth.
(b) Red lips.
(c) White hair.
(d) Pink soles of his feet.

3. In "The woman from America," what about this woman and her husband poses the biggest threat to the village people?
(a) She is a westerner and not to be trusted.
(b) They have alot of money.
(c) They may be loyal to the Afrikaners.
(d) He loves her and is loyal to her.

4. What race was Bessie's father?
(a) Black.
(b) Chinese.
(c) White.
(d) Mulatto.

5. In "chibuku beer and independence," who sent free beer for the independence celebration?
(a) Uganda.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Rhodesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What community was Bessie in in "The Isolation of Boeta L"?

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

3. In "chibuku beer and independence," Bessie states that if the government make a statement with no evil in it, then it may be what?

4. What does Bessie enjoy that she feels South Africa denied her?

5. In 1965, what did Bessie write that the people of South Africa need to find in order to live together?

(see the answer key)

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