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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bessie state was totally absent in her?
(a) Political fervor.
(b) Sense of history.
(c) Sense of belonging.
(d) Empathy.

2. What year was the old British Bechuanaland Protectorate established in Botswana?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1885.

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

4. In Chapter 2, what did the British go to Rhodesia to find?
(a) Gold.
(b) Schooling.
(c) Relaxation.
(d) Work.

5. In her research for her novel, "Maru," Bessie worked right at the roots of what?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Racial hatred.
(d) South African cultural diversity.

6. What, does Bessie feel that exploitation and evil are dependent on?
(a) Lack of communication between oppressor and oppressed.
(b) Cultural misunderstandings.
(c) Resigned acceptance of authority.
(d) Financial imbalance.

7. In "Makeba music," where would Russian people caught dealing in the black market be deported to?
(a) Africa.
(b) Israel.
(c) United States.
(d) Siberia.

8. What is the meaning of "didactic" works?
(a) Historical, yet fiction.
(b) Pre-planned conclusions and principles.
(c) Geographical works.
(d) Dealing with African culture.

9. In "Notes on novels," Bessie states that wealth and privilege are dependent on what?
(a) Poverty and distress of others.
(b) Current economic conditions.
(c) Governing powers.
(d) Determination and lack of compassion for others.

10. Who was the great leader of Botswana that protected it's people?
(a) Khama.
(b) Joran.
(c) Abbal.
(d) Kobal.

11. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," in the old days a woman was only regarded as sacred if she what?
(a) Knew her place.
(b) Was a virgin.
(c) Was an elder.
(d) Owned cattle.

12. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie say is the root of traditional African life?
(a) The land.
(b) Respecting your neighbor.
(c) Work, rest and prayer.
(d) Being at one with all things.

13. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that the only education for blacks in South Africa is what?
(a) Controlled.
(b) Cultural.
(c) Political.
(d) Biased.

14. In "God and the underdog," what do the Ku Klux Klan members discover when they get to heaven?
(a) They're really in hell.
(b) Their families are not there.
(c) The gates are locked, to them.
(d) God is a black woman.

15. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that Botswana has survived by what?
(a) The grace of God.
(b) Having few whites.
(c) Lack of violence.
(d) Sheer luck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessie says that people in Botswana lead very what lives?

2. In Chapter2, how does Bessie describe her third novel, "A Question of Power"?

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

4. What does the musician, Makeba, have a passion for?

5. Which of Bessie's novels is the only one that truly reflects a black South African viewpoint?

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