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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. Bessie feels that the main function of a writer is to communicate what?
(a) True life.
(b) A sense of wonder.
(c) Information.
(d) One's passion.

2. What was Bessie suffering from when she was trying to forge a friendship with the American woman?
(a) Gout.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Mental troubles.
(d) Menopause.

3. Bogadi marriages are arranged to retain what?
(a) Suppression of women.
(b) Polygamy.
(c) Cattle wealth.
(d) Control.

4. In "Notes on novels," Bessie states that wealth and privilege are dependent on what?
(a) Poverty and distress of others.
(b) Current economic conditions.
(c) Governing powers.
(d) Determination and lack of compassion for others.

5. According to Bessie, what do African people push aside?
(a) Assistance.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Hope.
(d) Intrusions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessie states that one day all nations shall dwell under what shadow?

2. Josef Herman, the artist who lived through the Nazi invasion of Poland, fled to what country?

3. Bessie described her friend, Snowball, as perfectly black except for his what?

4. Bessie Head was born in what year?

5. In old African custom, what were women forbidden to handle?

(see the answer key)

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