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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 was the trend in Atteridgeville in 1964?
(a) Young people all leaving.
(b) Having babies out of wedlock.
(c) Cultural indifference.
(d) Massive poverty.

2. What does Snowball believe can co-exist?
(a) Western and African cultures.
(b) Science and spiritualism.
(c) Christianity and Hinduism.
(d) Blacks and whites.

3. Where was Bessie born?
(a) Her mother's home.
(b) In a mental hospital.
(c) The horse stables.
(d) Medical hospital.

4. In "The woman from America," who does Bessie say are always in the majority?
(a) Those who fear.
(b) The impoverished.
(c) Men.
(d) Whites.

5. In Serowe, what grazes the earth to a shred?
(a) Zebras.
(b) Cows.
(c) Goats.
(d) Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Bessie sent at age 13?

2. Why does Bessie believe that the artist Gladys Mgudlandlu is so successful?

3. What did Boeta L revert to when no one accepts his cause?

4. What is the basic landscape of Botswana?

5. How does Bessie describe the people from the place that the American woman hails from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "An Unspeakable Crime," why does Bessie feel discouraged by the South African blacks?

2. What are Bessie's beliefs about racists?

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

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

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

6. How does Bessie describe Botswana in 1964?

7. How was African Independence celebrated in Botswana?

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

9. Why did Bessie keep all the notes that the American woman gave her?

10. In 1982, Bessie writes about her reaction when people discussed her writing. Why did she get so frustrated?

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