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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. Bessie views the author, Pasternak, as the liberator of what?
(a) Children.
(b) Passion.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Russia.

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

3. Who is the main character in Bessie's first novel, "When Rain Clouds Gather"?
(a) British missionary.
(b) Black, South African refugee.
(c) Young, black, radical woman.
(d) Tribal leader.

4. What is the meaning of "didactic" works?
(a) Historical, yet fiction.
(b) Dealing with African culture.
(c) Geographical works.
(d) Pre-planned conclusions and principles.

5. By the 1830's, most of the tribes of South Africa were what?
(a) Assimilated into other tribes.
(b) Christians.
(c) Extinct.
(d) Landless.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie say is the root of traditional African life?

2. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that the only education for blacks in South Africa is what?

3. Why did Bessie say the South African experience so difficult for her to deal with in a creative sense?

4. In Chapter2, how does Bessie describe her third novel, "A Question of Power"?

5. What kind of large mine was discovered in Africa after independence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie think that the spirit of the Nigra Goddess has done for the blacks in America?

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

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

10. Why does Bessie consider Botswana the "most unique and distinguished country in Africa"?

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