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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the 1830's, most of the tribes of South Africa were what?
(a) Assimilated into other tribes.
(b) Christians.
(c) Extinct.
(d) Landless.

2. In "Letter from South Africa," what do may refugees not want to do?
(a) Adhere to western culture.
(b) Be controlled.
(c) Leave.
(d) Practice Christianity.

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

4. What community was Bessie in in "The Isolation of Boeta L"?
(a) Johannesburg
(b) Atteridgeville
(c) Serowe
(d) Cape Town

5. What does Bessie call Gladys Mgudlandlu?
(a) The innocent escapist.
(b) The people's savior.
(c) The exuberant innocent.
(d) The ample artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most black friends in South Africa meet?

2. Bogadi marriages are arranged to retain what?

3. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that the only education for blacks in South Africa is what?

4. Why did the American woman come to Africa?

5. Bessie states that the system in South Africa sees blacks as not what?

(see the answer key)

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