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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reminds Bessie of the man, Snowball?
(a) The tranquil waters.
(b) A herd of elephants.
(c) The sunset.
(d) A child she meets.

2. What did Bessie create in Botswana?
(a) A new family.
(b) Her ideal life.
(c) A published manuscript.
(d) A large garden.

3. What does Bessie enjoy that she feels South Africa denied her?
(a) Educational opportunities.
(b) Free expression.
(c) Repetition and simplicity in life.
(d) Safety.

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

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

6. Technologies and ideas in South Africa generally filter in from where?
(a) Asia.
(b) North Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) United States.

7. In 1963, what did Bessie encourage her readers to do?
(a) Fight against the status quo.
(b) Flee.
(c) Love their neighbor.
(d) Look to God to save them.

8. 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) A trick.
(b) Sensible.
(c) Good for the people.
(d) Truthful.

9. Bessie states that "in her work" everyone has what?
(a) Their story told.
(b) A right to speak.
(c) A place in her world.
(d) Equal representation.

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

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

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

13. In "Letter from South Africa," what do may refugees not want to do?
(a) Practice Christianity.
(b) Adhere to western culture.
(c) Leave.
(d) Be controlled.

14. In "The woman from America," what state in America is the woman from?
(a) New York.
(b) Washington.
(c) California.
(d) Louisiana.

15. According to Bessie, the blacks of Cape Town accept hell to have what?
(a) Their lives.
(b) Peace.
(c) Freedom to practice cultural traditions.
(d) Their dignity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The old woman," what is Bessie offered as thanks for feeding the woman?

2. Where was Bessie born?

3. What happened to Snowball?

4. What does Bessie state that the South African blacks hoard?

5. Bessie feels that the South African blacks have a desperate longing to bring out their own what?

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