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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 kind of large mine was discovered in Africa after independence?
(a) Uranium.
(b) Copper.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Gold.
2. What does Bessie state was totally absent in her?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Sense of belonging.
(c) Sense of history.
(d) Political fervor.
3. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie state is responsible for the elimination of polygamy in Botswana?
(a) New laws.
(b) Women's movement.
(c) Education.
(d) Christianity.
4. How many years did Bessie live in South Africa?
(a) 15.
(b) 21.
(c) 27.
(d) 12.
5. In Chapter 2, Bessie believes that God is embodied in whom?
(a) Her adoptive mother.
(b) The souls of all black Africans.
(c) The children.
(d) The American woman.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Bessie attribute her bad habits and violent nature to?
2. Which of Bessie's novels is the only one that truly reflects a black South African viewpoint?
3. In "Notes on novels," Bessie states that wealth and privilege are dependent on what?
4. Bessie views the author, Pasternak, as the liberator of what?
5. By the 1830's, most of the tribes of South Africa were what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Bessie's opinion of Botswana men?
2. Why does Bessie consider Botswana the "most unique and distinguished country in Africa"?
3. In Chapter 2, why is the friendship between Bessie and the American woman painful?
4. Why was Bessie able to write in Botswana rather than South Africa?
5. In "Notes on Novels," why is Bessie having difficulty writing about her years in South Africa?
6. How are Bessie and the American woman different?
7. What was Bessie's life like during the two years that she lived in the refugee community in northern Botswana?
8. Why was it so difficult for Bessie to deal with South Africa creatively?
9. What was Bessie's first experience of racism in a black form?
10. In "God and The Underdog," what does Bessie feel fuels revolutions?
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