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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 makes people suffer according to Bessie?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Fear.
(d) People.

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

3. Bogadi marriages are arranged to retain what?
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Cattle wealth.
(c) Control.
(d) Suppression of women.

4. In old African custom, what were women forbidden to handle?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Goats.
(d) Silk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "African religions," what does African religion focus on?

2. Bessie feels that the main function of a writer is to communicate what?

3. What is the only industry that the British used Botswana for?

4. What year was the old British Bechuanaland Protectorate established in Botswana?

5. What is a "bogadi," in African culture?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How are Bessie and the American woman different?

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

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

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

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

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