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

2. According to Bessie, the blacks of Cape Town accept hell to have what?
(a) Freedom to practice cultural traditions.
(b) Peace.
(c) Their dignity.
(d) Their lives.

3. Bessie had stories to tell but couldn't write them. Why?
(a) People ridiculed her.
(b) No one was interested in them.
(c) She got angry over issues and her ideas died away.
(d) She panicked and felt dead inside.

4. What animal was involved in the story that the American woman told Bessie regarding a vision?
(a) Pig.
(b) Goat.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Cow.

5. In 1966, Bessie wrote that some people from the American State Department came to Botswana, but they couldn't talk about what?
(a) The Afrikaners.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) African hunger.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1964, where did Bessie move to?

2. In "Village people," what kind of porridge do they have for every meal?

3. What did Bessie learn to hate?

4. How does Bessie describe the people from the place that the American woman hails from?

5. In "Letter from South Africa," what do may refugees not want to do?

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