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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. What was Bessie forbidden to do on holidays?
(a) Pray.
(b) Visit her adoptive mother.
(c) Visit friends.
(d) Practice cultural customs.

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

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

4. What was Bessie's biggest frustration in "An Unspeakable Crime"?
(a) Blacks were just giving in to the white government.
(b) Violence was overtaking common sense.
(c) She had no family.
(d) She couldn't get her stories published.

5. In Bessie's opinion, South African refugees are generally, what?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Fed up.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, whose religious ideas hold great appeal for Bessie?

2. Bessie feels that the South African blacks have a desperate longing to bring out their own what?

3. Bogadi marriages are arranged to retain what?

4. According to Bessie, what had the blacks in Cape Town not made use of?

5. Technologies and ideas in South Africa generally filter in from where?

(see the answer key)

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