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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 the meaning of "didactic" works?
(a) Pre-planned conclusions and principles.
(b) Geographical works.
(c) Dealing with African culture.
(d) Historical, yet fiction.

2. According to Bessie in "African religions," what is at the root and foundation of African religion?
(a) Communal goodness.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Family.

3. Bessie states that Botswana men do not care about what?
(a) Their pride.
(b) Their children.
(c) Work.
(d) Their wives.

4. What was the name of the conquered tribe in Botswana?
(a) Bangato.
(b) Batawna.
(c) Bomangwato.
(d) Basarwa.

5. Bessie describes Botswana men as what?
(a) Not nice.
(b) Unmotivated.
(c) Unattractive.
(d) Immature.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Makeba music," Bessie states that she believes in what?

2. What does Bessie state was totally absent in her?

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

4. In "Notes on novels," Bessie states that wealth and privilege are dependent on what?

5. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," what does Bessie say the emancipation of women in Botswana was rooted in?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the conclusion of Chapter 2, how does Bessie summarize her life experiences?

2. In "God and The Underdog," what does Bessie feel fuels revolutions?

3. What was Bessie's life like during the two years that she lived in the refugee community in northern Botswana?

4. How are Bessie and the American woman different?

5. In "Makeba Music," how does Bessie describe the musician, Makeba?

6. In Chapter 2, why is the friendship between Bessie and the American woman painful?

7. Why according to Bessie has Botswana survived by "sheer luck and unexpected good fortune"?

8. Why was Bessie able to write in Botswana rather than South Africa?

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

10. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie think that the spirit of the Nigra Goddess has done for the blacks in America?

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