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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. What is the only industry that the British used Botswana for?
(a) Railroad.
(b) Timber production.
(c) Farming.
(d) Mining.

2. What does Bessie enjoy that she feels South Africa denied her?
(a) Repetition and simplicity in life.
(b) Free expression.
(c) Educational opportunities.
(d) Safety.

3. 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.

4. In "God and the underdog," why does Bessie say the Klansmen make God a white man with blue eyes?
(a) They're arrogant and think God must resemble them.
(b) They don't really understand God's teachings.
(c) The white people are the most alienated from God.
(d) They have no imagination.

5. Technologies and ideas in South Africa generally filter in from where?
(a) North Africa.
(b) United States.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to an account by Dr. W.H.C. Lichtenstein, Botswana men only do work that can be what?

2. Which of Bessie's novels is the only one that truly reflects a black South African viewpoint?

3. How many cattle died in the major drought in Botswana?

4. In Chapter 2, Bessie believes that God is embodied in whom?

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

(see the answer key)

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