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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Retrospect, Southern Africa and Beyond, 1979-1986.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years was Botswana occupied by the British?
(a) 80.
(b) 30.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

2. Bessie described her friend, Snowball, as perfectly black except for his what?
(a) Red lips.
(b) White hair.
(c) White teeth.
(d) Pink soles of his feet.

3. In "The woman from America," who does Bessie say are always in the majority?
(a) The impoverished.
(b) Men.
(c) Whites.
(d) Those who fear.

4. How many major tribes are there in Botswana?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. In "God and the underdog," why does Bessie say the Klansmen make God a white man with blue eyes?
(a) They're arrogant and think God must resemble them.
(b) They don't really understand God's teachings.
(c) They have no imagination.
(d) The white people are the most alienated from God.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bessie define culture?

2. In Chapter 2, what person made Bessie's natural hatred of the white man ebb?

3. What is a "bogadi," in African culture?

4. In "Makeba music," Bessie states that she believes in what?

5. Bessie says that the African people want to develop how?

(see the answer key)

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