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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. How did Bessie define culture?
(a) The core of people.
(b) Where we all come from.
(c) The bareroots of a people.
(d) The personality of a people.

2. In 1965, what did Bessie write that the people of South Africa need to find in order to live together?
(a) Respect for one another.
(b) Self-respect.
(c) A common bond.
(d) A deep faith.

3. What did Bessie's father take care of?
(a) Landscape.
(b) Fields.
(c) Race horses.
(d) Gardens.

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

5. What did Boeta L revert to when no one accepts his cause?
(a) Madness.
(b) Drink.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessie says that the African people want to develop how?

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

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

4. How does Bessie describe the Cape Town whites?

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

(see the answer key)

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