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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Beginnings, South Africa, 1937-1964.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Snowball believe can co-exist?
(a) Western and African cultures.
(b) Blacks and whites.
(c) Christianity and Hinduism.
(d) Science and spiritualism.

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

4. What did Boeta L revert to when no one accepts his cause?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Madness.
(c) Drink.
(d) Religion.

5. Who raised Bessie?
(a) Her father's parents.
(b) Her mother's maid.
(c) A black foster mother.
(d) Her mother's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1963, what did Bessie encourage her readers to do?

2. In "Letter from South Africa," what do may refugees not want to do?

3. According to Bessie, the blacks of Cape Town accept hell to have what?

4. What did Bessie learn to hate?

5. What did their landlady do to Snowball despite Bessie's protests?

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