2. Which of Bessie's novels is the only one that truly reflects a black South African viewpoint?
(a) When Rain Clouds Gather.
(b) A Question of Power.
(c) Maru.
(d) None.

3. Why did Bessie say the South African experience so difficult for her to deal with in a creative sense?
(a) She had too much inner turmoil.
(b) She couldn't get past her own personal views.
(c) She had no family for support.
(d) It was evil.

4. 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.

5. According to an account by Dr. W.H.C. Lichtenstein, Botswana men only do work that can be what?
(a) Viewed as manly.
(b) Dropped suddenly.
(c) Considered too important for women.
(d) Sold or traded.

6. In "Notes on novels," how is pre-colonial invasion South Africa described?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Backward.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Friendly.

7. Josef Herman, the artist who lived through the Nazi invasion of Poland, fled to what country?
(a) Ireland.
(b) United States.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

8. In Chapter 2, Bessie believes that God is embodied in whom?
(a) The souls of all black Africans.
(b) Her adoptive mother.
(c) The children.
(d) The American woman.

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

10. In Chapter 2, what person made Bessie's natural hatred of the white man ebb?
(a) The American woman.
(b) Pasternak.
(c) A child.
(d) Cambridge volunteer.

11. What is the result of the casual sexual practices of the men of Botswana?
(a) More poverty.
(b) AIDS epidemic.
(c) Rise in alcoholism.
(d) High rate of illegitimate births.

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

13. In "God and the underdog," Bessie states that there is nothing that moves her more deeply than what?
(a) The history of the Jews.
(b) Poverty.
(c) The emancipation of African blacks.
(d) Children with no future.

14. In old African custom, what were women forbidden to handle?
(a) Goats.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Silk.
(d) Ivory.

15. In "African religions," why did Bessie say that most of Asia was blanked out as barbaric in her school's geography book?
(a) They were not considered civilized.
(b) They were not democratic.
(c) Asia was mostly unknown, back then.
(d) They were difficult to convert to Christianity.