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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Bessie sent at age 13?
(a) Her grandparents home.
(b) Missionary orphanage.
(c) School.
(d) United States.

2. In "Sketches," how does Bessie describe Botswana?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Serene.
(c) Simple.
(d) Peaceful.

3. Where was Bessie born?
(a) Her mother's home.
(b) The horse stables.
(c) In a mental hospital.
(d) Medical hospital.

4. What does Bessie state that the South African blacks hoard?
(a) Little bits of things.
(b) Food.
(c) Coins.
(d) Children.

5. In Serowe, what grazes the earth to a shred?
(a) Zebras.
(b) Goats.
(c) Cows.
(d) Sheep.

6. Bessie Head was born in what year?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1937.

7. What happened to Snowball?
(a) He left town.
(b) His dinghy collapsed.
(c) He got into a bar fight.
(d) He got thrown into jail for being subversive.

8. What was Bessie forbidden to do on holidays?
(a) Pray.
(b) Practice cultural customs.
(c) Visit friends.
(d) Visit her adoptive mother.

9. Bessie had stories to tell but couldn't write them. Why?
(a) People ridiculed her.
(b) She panicked and felt dead inside.
(c) No one was interested in them.
(d) She got angry over issues and her ideas died away.

10. In "chibuku beer and independence," Bessie states that if the government make a statement with no evil in it, then it may be what?
(a) Good for the people.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Sensible.
(d) A trick.

11. Who does Bessie think the Afrikaner race will one day emulate?
(a) England.
(b) Adolph Hitler.
(c) The United States southern racists.
(d) Their ancestors.

12. What was the trend in Atteridgeville in 1964?
(a) Having babies out of wedlock.
(b) Massive poverty.
(c) Young people all leaving.
(d) Cultural indifference.

13. In "Village people," Bessie states that African peace is what?
(a) Non-existent.
(b) A one-sided truce.
(c) Only a dream.
(d) Deceptive.

14. What is the basic landscape of Botswana?
(a) Tropical.
(b) Semi-desert.
(c) Desert.
(d) Woodland.

15. Why does Bessie believe that the artist Gladys Mgudlandlu is so successful?
(a) Her "escapism" style appeals to oppressed people.
(b) Her art subjects are all local.
(c) Her art sales benefit the community.
(d) She is very vocal about oppression.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The woman from America," what state in America is the woman from?

2. In 1963, what did Bessie encourage her readers to do?

3. In "The woman from America," what about this woman and her husband poses the biggest threat to the village people?

4. What does Bessie enjoy that she feels South Africa denied her?

5. What did the Durban Magistrate Court tell Bessie?

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