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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 community was Bessie in in "The Isolation of Boeta L"?
(a) Atteridgeville
(b) Johannesburg
(c) Serowe
(d) Cape Town

2. How does Bessie describe the Cape Town whites?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Aloof.
(d) Intimidating.

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

4. Why did the American woman come to Africa?
(a) Research for a book.
(b) Vacation.
(c) To be with her husband.
(d) To get away from her family.

5. Who raised Bessie?
(a) A black foster mother.
(b) Her mother's sister.
(c) Her father's parents.
(d) Her mother's maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bessie define culture?

2. What happened to Snowball?

3. What did Bessie create in Botswana?

4. What does Bessie think that the blacks in Cape Town believe?

5. What reminds Bessie of the man, Snowball?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bessie react when she was forbidden to visit her adoptive family on school holidays?

2. What lasting effect did the treatment by the missionaries have on Bessie?

3. What more compassionate details concerning her mother did Bessie learn over time?

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

5. Why was Bessie given up for adoption?

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

7. What does Bessie say about refugees and friendship in "Letter from South Africa"?

8. How does Bessie describe Botswana in 1964?

9. In "Village People," how does Bessie describe the black African people?

10. In "Village People," how does Bessie describe poverty in Africa?

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