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

2. What makes people suffer according to Bessie?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hatred.
(c) People.
(d) Ignorance.

3. What does Bessie state that the South African blacks hoard?
(a) Little bits of things.
(b) Food.
(c) Children.
(d) Coins.

4. In "The woman from America," who does Bessie say are always in the majority?
(a) Those who fear.
(b) Whites.
(c) The impoverished.
(d) Men.

5. How many years did Bessie live in South Africa?
(a) 27.
(b) 15.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What race was Bessie's father?

2. Bessie views the author, Pasternak, as the liberator of what?

3. Where was Bessie born?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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