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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. In "African religions," why did Bessie say that most of Asia was blanked out as barbaric in her school's geography book?
(a) Asia was mostly unknown, back then.
(b) They were not considered civilized.
(c) They were not democratic.
(d) They were difficult to convert to Christianity.

2. What did Bessie have to start doing in 1966?
(a) See a psychiatrist.
(b) Report regularly to the police.
(c) Take medication.
(d) Get her manuscript censored.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In African culture, what can't a woman do to their husband?

2. In "African religions," Bessie states that African religion doesn't receive value because they don't have what?

3. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," what does Bessie say the emancipation of women in Botswana was rooted in?

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

5. What was Bessie suffering from when she was trying to forge a friendship with the American woman?

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