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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 is a "bogadi," in African culture?
(a) Type of bread.
(b) Religious statue.
(c) Village square.
(d) Bride price.

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

3. Bessie feels that literature in South Africa is very what?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Soothing.
(c) Functional.
(d) Rebellious.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "African religions," why did Bessie say that most of Asia was blanked out as barbaric in her school's geography book?

2. In "God and the underdog," why does Bessie say the Klansmen make God a white man with blue eyes?

3. In "God and the underdog," Bessie states that there is nothing that moves her more deeply than what?

4. In old African custom, what were women forbidden to handle?

5. Bessie describes Botswana men as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "African Religions," what, does Bessie state is the main difference between Asian and African religious ideals?

2. When Bessie arrived in Botswana in 1964, what were the major differences that she noticed between that country and South Africa?

3. In "African Religions," what does Bessie state is at the root of religion in Africa?

4. What was Bessie's first experience of racism in a black form?

5. Why was it so difficult for Bessie to deal with South Africa creatively?

6. In what ways did emancipation slowly make it's way to Botswana?

7. How is Bessie's hatred of the white man lessened in Chapter 2?

8. In "Social and Political Pressures . . . ," what astonished Bessie about the book "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?

9. In "A Note on Rain Clouds," what does Bessie state is thwarting young, idealistic, black men and their ideals?

10. In "Despite Broken Bondage . . .," how were women treated in Africa before independence?

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