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

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

3. What did the Durban Magistrate Court tell Bessie?
(a) She was a ward of the state.
(b) Her father was a criminal.
(c) She had to leave the country.
(d) Her mother was white.

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

5. What did their landlady do to Snowball despite Bessie's protests?
(a) Kicked him out.
(b) Cut his hair.
(c) Mistreated him.
(d) Made him clean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal was involved in the story that the American woman told Bessie regarding a vision?

2. What is the basic landscape of Botswana?

3. What does Bessie state that the South African blacks hoard?

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

5. What does Bessie feel is the most important aspect to having friends in South Africa?

(see the answer key)

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