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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bessie, what do African people push aside?
(a) Assistance.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Hope.
(d) Intrusions.

2. What did Bessie learn to hate?
(a) The legal system.
(b) The social service system.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Judges.

3. What community was Bessie in in "The Isolation of Boeta L"?
(a) Atteridgeville
(b) Serowe
(c) Cape Town
(d) Johannesburg

4. What race was Bessie's father?
(a) Chinese.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Mulatto.

5. In Bessie's opinion, South African refugees are generally, what?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Angry.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Fed up.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Village people," what kind of porridge do they have for every meal?

2. What happened to Snowball?

3. Where was Bessie born?

4. What did the American woman send Bessie?

5. How did Bessie define culture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What facts about her parentage were brutally told to Bessie by the magistrate and the missionary?

2. Why is Bessie so drawn to the American woman in "Woman from America"?

3. Why do the South African blacks relate to the artist, Gladys Mgudlandlu?

4. How did Bessie react when she was forbidden to visit her adoptive family on school holidays?

5. In 1966, what changes were made regarding refugees in Botswana?

6. In "preface to Witchcraft," why is Bessie angry with South Africa?

7. What did Bessie think of the mission orphanage that she was sent to at age 13?

8. In "An Unspeakable Crime," why does Bessie feel discouraged by the South African blacks?

9. How was African Independence celebrated in Botswana?

10. How does Bessie describe the Botswana flag to students during the independence celebration?

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