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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Bessie learn to hate?
(a) The social service system.
(b) The legal system.
(c) Judges.
(d) Christianity.
2. In "The woman from America," who does Bessie say are always in the majority?
(a) Whites.
(b) The impoverished.
(c) Men.
(d) Those who fear.
3. What community was Bessie in in "The Isolation of Boeta L"?
(a) Atteridgeville
(b) Johannesburg
(c) Serowe
(d) Cape Town
4. Bessie says that the African people want to develop how?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Judiciously.
(c) Industrially.
(d) With pride.
5. According to Bessie, what had the blacks in Cape Town not made use of?
(a) Education.
(b) Special travel privileges.
(c) Food coupons.
(d) Government issued cash coupons.
6. What months does it rain fiercely in Serowe?
(a) May, June, and July.
(b) August, September, and October.
(c) March, April, and May.
(d) November, December, and January.
7. What animal was involved in the story that the American woman told Bessie regarding a vision?
(a) Cow.
(b) Goat.
(c) Pig.
(d) Chicken.
8. What did the Durban Magistrate Court tell Bessie?
(a) She had to leave the country.
(b) She was a ward of the state.
(c) Her mother was white.
(d) Her father was a criminal.
9. What does Bessie state that the South African blacks hoard?
(a) Coins.
(b) Children.
(c) Food.
(d) Little bits of things.
10. In "Sketches," how does Bessie describe Botswana?
(a) Simple.
(b) Serene.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Peaceful.
11. Bessie described her friend, Snowball, as perfectly black except for his what?
(a) Pink soles of his feet.
(b) White hair.
(c) Red lips.
(d) White teeth.
12. In Bessie's opinion, South African refugees are generally, what?
(a) Angry.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Fed up.
13. In "chibuku beer and independence," who sent free beer for the independence celebration?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) Rhodesia.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Uganda.
14. What was Bessie forbidden to do on holidays?
(a) Visit her adoptive mother.
(b) Visit friends.
(c) Practice cultural customs.
(d) Pray.
15. In 1965, what did Bessie write that the people of South Africa need to find in order to live together?
(a) Self-respect.
(b) Respect for one another.
(c) A common bond.
(d) A deep faith.
Short Answer Questions
1. Bessie states that "in her work" everyone has what?
2. What did Bessie's father take care of?
3. According to Bessie, what do the South African blacks possess that evens out all their downfalls?
4. Bessie Head was born in what year?
5. What was Bessie's biggest frustration in "An Unspeakable Crime"?
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