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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal was involved in the story that the American woman told Bessie regarding a vision?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Goat.
(c) Pig.
(d) Cow.

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

3. In 1975, Botswana had few what?
(a) White people.
(b) Rules.
(c) Storms.
(d) Animals.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bessie create in Botswana?

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 happened to Snowball?

5. What does Snowball believe can co-exist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bessie so drawn to the American woman in "Woman from America"?

2. In 1966, what changes were made regarding refugees in Botswana?

3. What facts about her parentage were brutally told to Bessie by the magistrate and the missionary?

4. In "preface to Witchcraft," why is Bessie angry with South Africa?

5. Why is there no rage and oppression in Botswana?

6. In "A Gentle People," what are Bessie's feelings regarding the black people of Cape Town?

7. In "The Old Woman," what is Bessie referring to when she says "Gods walk around Africa barefoot with nothing"?

8. How does Bessie describe Botswana in 1964?

9. Why do the South African blacks relate to the artist, Gladys Mgudlandlu?

10. In "The Woman From America," what was the biggest threat that this woman and her husband posed to the village?

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