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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) Religious statue.
(b) Type of bread.
(c) Bride price.
(d) Village square.

2. In "Makeba music," where would Russian people caught dealing in the black market be deported to?
(a) United States.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Israel.
(d) Africa.

3. What, does Bessie feel that exploitation and evil are dependent on?
(a) Lack of communication between oppressor and oppressed.
(b) Resigned acceptance of authority.
(c) Cultural misunderstandings.
(d) Financial imbalance.

4. What kind of large mine was discovered in Africa after independence?
(a) Copper.
(b) Gold.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Diamond.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer does Bessie quote in "Social and political pressures . . ."?

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

3. What people did the Bushmen resemble?

4. When did Bessie first get published?

5. What makes people suffer according to Bessie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In "Notes on Novels," why is Bessie having difficulty writing about her years in South Africa?

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

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