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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. According to an account by Dr. W.H.C. Lichtenstein, Botswana men only do work that can be what?
(a) Sold or traded.
(b) Viewed as manly.
(c) Considered too important for women.
(d) Dropped suddenly.

2. What writer does Bessie quote in "Social and political pressures . . ."?
(a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(b) Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

3. In Chapter 2, what did the British go to Rhodesia to find?
(a) Gold.
(b) Schooling.
(c) Work.
(d) Relaxation.

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

5. Bessie's suffering in South Africa created in her a reverence for what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Ordinary people.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that the South African blacks have been stripped bare of what?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie believe that people cannot protest against?

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

5. In "A Question of Power," Bessie states that what can lead a people or a nation into a terrible abyss of destruction?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Bessie think of the American woman as some sort of goddess?

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

4. How does Bessie describe the world that a black South African is born into?

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

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

7. How are Bessie and the American woman different?

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

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

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

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