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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the maid currently working in the house who takes advantage of the owner?
(a) Florence.
(b) Ramotswe.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Pezo.

2. Who is the secretary at the detective agency happy to work for?
(a) Makutsi.
(b) Peco.
(c) Florence.
(d) Ramotswe.

3. How many apprentices does Matekoni have?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. What did Florence fail to do at Maketoni's house?
(a) Live in it.
(b) Organize it.
(c) Clean it.
(d) Protect it.

5. Why is the maid amazed to see the two children from the farm?
(a) Because they are so small.
(b) Because they are so big.
(c) Because she feels lonely.
(d) Because they are orphans.

6. What did the woman in the story Matekoni learns about two orphans die of?
(a) Childbirth.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) A snake bite.

7. How did Ramotswe's visitor learn that the farm worker was missing?
(a) From the embassy.
(b) From a newspaper.
(c) From a letter.
(d) From a friend.

8. Where does the proprietor of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors go to meet his/her fiance?
(a) President Hotel.
(b) Champlain Hotel.
(c) Allen Hotel.
(d) Underground Hotel.

9. Who does Maketoni fail to consult before taking the two orphans?
(a) Potokwane.
(b) Florence.
(c) Ramotswe.
(d) Potsane.

10. Whose house does the fiance want to live in?
(a) Ramotswe's.
(b) Pezo's.
(c) Florence's.
(d) Matekoni's.

11. What do the children do while Matekoni brings their suitcase in?
(a) Cry.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Eat.
(d) Fight.

12. What did one of the secretary's classmates at school say the men who hired them were not interested in?
(a) Their scores.
(b) Their bodies.
(c) Their brains.
(d) Their voices.

13. From where does the secretary get the phone number for the man Ramotswe considers evil?
(a) The registry.
(b) The prison.
(c) The school.
(d) The phone book.

14. What does Matekoni work on while he is at the farm?
(a) A bookcase.
(b) A radio.
(c) An engine pump.
(d) A ring.

15. By whom was Maketoni persuaded without consulting his bride-to-be?
(a) Florence.
(b) Potokwane.
(c) Masarwa.
(d) Peco.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose cousin's motel will the current maid of the house be given a job?

2. To whom does Ramotswe dictate letters?

3. Where do Matekoni and Ramotswe decide to get married?

4. Whom does the woman Ramotswe picks up on the way to the farm introduce her to that worked on the farm?

5. Where in Bostwana do people get engaged in The Tears of the Giraffe?

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