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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. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that the only education for blacks in South Africa is what?
(a) Political.
(b) Biased.
(c) Cultural.
(d) Controlled.

2. Bessie states that the system in South Africa sees blacks as not what?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Human.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Worthy.

3. What is the only industry that the British used Botswana for?
(a) Railroad.
(b) Timber production.
(c) Mining.
(d) Farming.

4. In "Notes on novels," Bessie states that wealth and privilege are dependent on what?
(a) Current economic conditions.
(b) Determination and lack of compassion for others.
(c) Poverty and distress of others.
(d) Governing powers.

5. What did Bessie feel defeated her in South Africa as a writer?
(a) The environment.
(b) Anger.
(c) Religion.
(d) Mental illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Notes on novels," how is pre-colonial invasion South Africa described?

2. Bessie states that one day all nations shall dwell under what shadow?

3. In "God and the underdog," what do the Ku Klux Klan members discover when they get to heaven?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are Bessie and the American woman different?

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

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

7. What is Bessie's opinion of Botswana men?

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

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

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

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