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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Retrospect, Southern Africa and Beyond, 1979-1986.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the American woman come to Africa?
(a) To be with her husband.
(b) Vacation.
(c) Research for a book.
(d) To get away from her family.

2. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that the only education for blacks in South Africa is what?
(a) Biased.
(b) Controlled.
(c) Political.
(d) Cultural.

3. What is a "bogadi," in African culture?
(a) Bride price.
(b) Village square.
(c) Type of bread.
(d) Religious statue.

4. Bessie had stories to tell but couldn't write them. Why?
(a) No one was interested in them.
(b) She got angry over issues and her ideas died away.
(c) She panicked and felt dead inside.
(d) People ridiculed her.

5. Where was Bessie sent at age 13?
(a) United States.
(b) School.
(c) Missionary orphanage.
(d) Her grandparents home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bessie feel that writing provides that no other career can?

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

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

4. In "Village people," what kind of porridge do they have for every meal?

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

(see the answer key)

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