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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 did the Durban Magistrate Court tell Bessie?
(a) She had to leave the country.
(b) Her mother was white.
(c) Her father was a criminal.
(d) She was a ward of the state.

2. Bessie states that one day all nations shall dwell under what shadow?
(a) Global civilization.
(b) Peace.
(c) The Pharaoh's.
(d) Total equality.

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

4. Where was Bessie born?
(a) Medical hospital.
(b) In a mental hospital.
(c) Her mother's home.
(d) The horse stables.

5. In old African custom, what were women forbidden to handle?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Goats.
(c) Silk.
(d) Ivory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Bessie sent at age 13?

2. In "Village people," Bessie states that poverty in Africa is like a second skin and worn with what?

3. According to Bessie, what do African people push aside?

4. How does Bessie describe the people from the place that the American woman hails from?

5. In "chibuku beer and independence," who sent free beer for the independence celebration?

(see the answer key)

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