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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "African religions," what does African religion focus on?
(a) Deities.
(b) Afterlife.
(c) Mutual cooperation.
(d) Sacrifice.

2. What did their landlady do to Snowball despite Bessie's protests?
(a) Cut his hair.
(b) Made him clean.
(c) Mistreated him.
(d) Kicked him out.

3. How do most black friends in South Africa meet?
(a) Political activism events.
(b) Bars.
(c) Church.
(d) Family and friends.

4. In "Makeba music," Bessie states that she believes in what?
(a) Liberation.
(b) Simplicity.
(c) The contents of the human heart.
(d) Revolution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessie feels that the South African blacks have a desperate longing to bring out their own what?

2. What year was the old British Bechuanaland Protectorate established in Botswana?

3. Bessie Head was born in what year?

4. What reminds Bessie of the man, Snowball?

5. What race was Bessie's father?

(see the answer key)

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