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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 states that Botswana men do not care about what?
(a) Their pride.
(b) Their children.
(c) Work.
(d) Their wives.

2. According to Bessie, what had the blacks in Cape Town not made use of?
(a) Special travel privileges.
(b) Food coupons.
(c) Education.
(d) Government issued cash coupons.

3. In Serowe, what grazes the earth to a shred?
(a) Goats.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Zebras.
(d) Cows.

4. What does Bessie call Southern Africa?
(a) Home.
(b) The unholiest place on earth.
(c) A forgotten culture.
(d) Her little piece of hell.

5. What animal was involved in the story that the American woman told Bessie regarding a vision?
(a) Cow.
(b) Goat.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What race was Bessie's mother?

2. What months does it rain fiercely in Serowe?

3. What race was Bessie's father?

4. In Chapter 2, what person made Bessie's natural hatred of the white man ebb?

5. In her research for her novel, "Maru," Bessie worked right at the roots of what?

(see the answer key)

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