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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, In Exile, Botswana, 1964-1979, Essays.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bessie views the author, Pasternak, as the liberator of what?
(a) Children.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Russia.
(d) Passion.

2. What did the British bring to South Africa, which aided women as food producers?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Iron hand-plough.
(c) Shovels.
(d) Chickens.

3. According to Bessie, what had the blacks in Cape Town not made use of?
(a) Education.
(b) Food coupons.
(c) Special travel privileges.
(d) Government issued cash coupons.

4. Why did the American woman come to Africa?
(a) To be with her husband.
(b) Vacation.
(c) To get away from her family.
(d) Research for a book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The old woman," what is Bessie offered as thanks for feeding the woman?

2. What did Bessie have to start doing in 1966?

3. What does Bessie call Southern Africa?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie feel that the African people need, for their civilization?

5. What does the musician, Makeba, have a passion for?

(see the answer key)

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