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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. In Chapter 2, what did the British go to Rhodesia to find?
(a) Gold.
(b) Work.
(c) Schooling.
(d) Relaxation.

2. In "Village people," Bessie states that African peace is what?
(a) Only a dream.
(b) A one-sided truce.
(c) Non-existent.
(d) Deceptive.

3. Who were the first Europeans to have contact with the South Africans?
(a) British.
(b) Germans.
(c) Trek Boers.
(d) Spanish.

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

5. Bessie described her friend, Snowball, as perfectly black except for his what?
(a) Pink soles of his feet.
(b) Red lips.
(c) White hair.
(d) White teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The woman from America," who does Bessie say are always in the majority?

2. What are the two sections of detention in "Call Me Woman"?

3. What did the British bring to South Africa, which aided women as food producers?

4. What writer does Bessie quote in "Social and political pressures . . ."?

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

(see the answer key)

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