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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, In Exile, Botswana, 1964-1979, Preface, Sketches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bessie says that she grew up knowing only whom?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her real mother.
(c) Her adoptive mother.
(d) Herself.

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

3. In "The old woman," what is Bessie offered as thanks for feeding the woman?
(a) A pail of water.
(b) Coins.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A meal.

4. Bessie feels that the South African blacks have a desperate longing to bring out their own what?
(a) Innate abilities.
(b) Pride.
(c) Self-sufficiency.
(d) Creativeness.

5. What is the basic landscape of Botswana?
(a) Tropical.
(b) Woodland.
(c) Semi-desert.
(d) Desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bessie enjoy that she feels South Africa denied her?

2. Bessie states that "in her work" everyone has what?

3. Technologies and ideas in South Africa generally filter in from where?

4. Who does Bessie think the Afrikaner race will one day emulate?

5. Bessie says that the African people want to develop how?

(see the answer key)

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