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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. What does Bessie think that the blacks in Cape Town believe?
(a) They are doomed.
(b) The rest of the world will save them.
(c) They shall overcome.
(d) Their culture will survive.

2. What startled Bessie in 1965?
(a) The liberation of Africa.
(b) A letter from her father.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) An arrest.

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

4. What months does it rain fiercely in Serowe?
(a) May, June, and July.
(b) August, September, and October.
(c) November, December, and January.
(d) March, April, and May.

5. What did Bessie have to start doing in 1966?
(a) Get her manuscript censored.
(b) See a psychiatrist.
(c) Report regularly to the police.
(d) Take medication.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the American woman come to Africa?

2. What does Snowball believe can co-exist?

3. In Bessie's opinion, South African refugees are generally, what?

4. What does Bessie call Southern Africa?

5. What animal was involved in the story that the American woman told Bessie regarding a vision?

(see the answer key)

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