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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. In 1966, Bessie wrote that some people from the American State Department came to Botswana, but they couldn't talk about what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) The Afrikaners.
(d) African hunger.

2. In "Village people," Bessie states that poverty in Africa is like a second skin and worn with what?
(a) Determined resignation.
(b) Benign acceptance.
(c) Unconscious dignity.
(d) Weary effort.

3. In 1964, where did Bessie move to?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Atteridgeville.
(d) Botswana.

4. What was Bessie's biggest frustration in "An Unspeakable Crime"?
(a) Violence was overtaking common sense.
(b) She couldn't get her stories published.
(c) Blacks were just giving in to the white government.
(d) She had no family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bessie, what had the blacks in Cape Town not made use of?

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

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

4. How do most black friends in South Africa meet?

5. What race was Bessie's mother?

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