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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. In "Notes on novels," how is pre-colonial invasion South Africa described?
(a) Backward.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Hostile.

2. Bessie Head was born in what year?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1937.

3. In Chapter2, how does Bessie describe her third novel, "A Question of Power"?
(a) A work of excruciating detail.
(b) Difficult to write.
(c) Intensely personal and private.
(d) The most satisfying.

4. How does Bessie describe the Cape Town whites?
(a) Intimidating.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Arrogant.

5. Bessie views the author, Pasternak, as the liberator of what?
(a) Children.
(b) Russia.
(c) Passion.
(d) Emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of "didactic" works?

2. According to Bessie, revolutionary movements are composed of people living with what?

3. In "Makeba music," where would Russian people caught dealing in the black market be deported to?

4. In "The old woman," what is Bessie offered as thanks for feeding the woman?

5. Bessie had stories to tell but couldn't write them. Why?

(see the answer key)

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