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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. Who was the great leader of Botswana that protected it's people?
(a) Abbal.
(b) Kobal.
(c) Joran.
(d) Khama.
2. Why did Bessie say the South African experience so difficult for her to deal with in a creative sense?
(a) She had too much inner turmoil.
(b) She had no family for support.
(c) She couldn't get past her own personal views.
(d) It was evil.
3. In Chapter 2, Bessie believes that God is embodied in whom?
(a) The souls of all black Africans.
(b) The children.
(c) Her adoptive mother.
(d) The American woman.
4. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie believe that people cannot protest against?
(a) Their own natures.
(b) The white man.
(c) Evil social systems.
(d) Religion.
5. In "African religions," Bessie states that African religion doesn't receive value because they don't have what?
(a) Money for recruiting followers.
(b) Large congregations.
(c) Ornate houses of worship.
(d) Deity figurines to worship.
Short Answer Questions
1. What writer does Bessie quote in "Social and political pressures . . ."?
2. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," what does Bessie say the emancipation of women in Botswana was rooted in?
3. In "African religions," why did Bessie say that most of Asia was blanked out as barbaric in her school's geography book?
4. What year was the old British Bechuanaland Protectorate established in Botswana?
5. What does Bessie attribute her bad habits and violent nature to?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Bessie able to write in Botswana rather than South Africa?
2. How are Bessie and the American woman different?
3. When Bessie arrived in Botswana in 1964, what were the major differences that she noticed between that country and South Africa?
4. In "Social and Political Pressures . . . ," what astonished Bessie about the book "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?
5. In "African Religions," what, does Bessie state is the main difference between Asian and African religious ideals?
6. What was Bessie's life like during the two years that she lived in the refugee community in northern Botswana?
7. In Chapter 2, why is the friendship between Bessie and the American woman painful?
8. Why does Bessie consider Botswana the "most unique and distinguished country in Africa"?
9. In the conclusion of Chapter 2, how does Bessie summarize her life experiences?
10. In "A Note on Rain Clouds," what does Bessie state is thwarting young, idealistic, black men and their ideals?
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