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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might prevent Motholeli from having children?

2. What can be used to end a pregnancy?

3. Why does Mma Ramotswe like farms?

4. What sign do secrets leave on the face?

5. Who suffers under the modern notion of marriage in Botswana?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the two different investigations parallel?

2. Does Mma Makutsi parallel this deceit?

3. What is the significance of Patricia's beauty?

4. What similar technique is used by both women?

5. What is the relationship between compassion and morality here?

6. How does Chapter 10 start?

7. How does Mma Ramotswe's task compare to Mma Makutsi's?

8. What is on Mma Makutsi's mind at the end of chapter 15?

9. What is the significance of the bride's father being named?

10. How does Chapter 17 start?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mma Ramotswe talks about how much she loves living in Africa. Discuss her motivations. Why does she want to live there?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the narrative's chronological setting. What were the main concerns during this period? How does the author express these concerns? What would change if the narrative were set today?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two characters and examine their lives at the start of the book. Compare how their lives have changed by the end of the narrative. What motivates these changes?

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