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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. For what does Mma Makutsi ask the person in #63?
2. It is _____________ that Mma Ramotswe has reservations about Mma Makutsi's new business.
3. What issue is upsetting Motholeli?
4. Who comes to speak to Mma Ramotswe?
5. Mma Ramotswe's thoughts turn to Mma Makutsi's _________________ struggles.
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the one condition to which Mma Makutsi must agree in exchange for the typewriters?
2. What does Mma Ramotswe think is the answer to Mma Makutsi's financial struggles?
3. How does Puso react when he is confronted with harming the bird?
4. What suggestion does Mma Makutsi have for increasing sales at Mr. Matekoni's garage?
5. What consumes Mma Ramotswe's thoughts as the novel opens?
6. What is the new business threat that complicates Mma Ramotswe's life?
7. What is the difficulty that Mma Ramotswe faces now that affects both her personal and business lives?
8. What has happened to Mr. Molefelo emotionally as a result of his being attacked?
9. What is the premise of The Kalahari Typing School For Men?
10. How does the author show that Mma Ramotswe is deeply concerned for her foster children?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two themes about loss in the novel. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.
Essay Topic 2
Project into the future ten years after the end of the novel and write a brief synopsis for Mma Ramotswe's life. Will she still be running her detective agency? Will she have married Mr. Matekoni? Who will be present in her life? Where will she be living?
Essay Topic 3
Does Smith end the story on a note of hope for Mma Ramotswe or the continuance of her struggle to come to terms with flawed relationships and evolving trends and ways of life? Give your perspective and two reasons to support your answer.
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