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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 was the name of the conquered tribe in Botswana?
(a) Basarwa.
(b) Bangato.
(c) Bomangwato.
(d) Batawna.

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

3. What did Bessie have to start doing in 1966?
(a) Take medication.
(b) See a psychiatrist.
(c) Get her manuscript censored.
(d) Report regularly to the police.

4. What did Bessie create in Botswana?
(a) Her ideal life.
(b) A large garden.
(c) A published manuscript.
(d) A new family.

5. Bessie states that the system in South Africa sees blacks as not what?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Worthy.
(c) Human.
(d) Ambitious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bessie feel defeated her in South Africa as a writer?

3. What, does Bessie feel that exploitation and evil are dependent on?

4. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," in the old days a woman was only regarded as sacred if she what?

5. What months does it rain fiercely in Serowe?

(see the answer key)

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