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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might embarrass the younger apprentice?
(a) His lack of charm.
(b) His bad pick-up lines.
(c) His fake teeth.
(d) The flour outline around his mouth.

2. Why is Mma Ramotswe surprised that the cook left Gaborone?
(a) There is more work for a cook there.
(b) He would of had access to better cooking utensils there.
(c) He would have been paid more there.
(d) He would have been better fed there.

3. What does Obed know from working in the mines?
(a) The foibles of women.
(b) The foibles of men.
(c) The foibles of youth.
(d) The foibles of the elderly.

4. What is always going wrong at the orphan farm?
(a) The gas stove.
(b) Machinery.
(c) The orphans running away.
(d) The bathroom plumbing.

5. What needs its brakes constantly checked at the orphan farm?
(a) The borehole pump.
(b) The scooter.
(c) The minibus.
(d) The tractor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the apprentices interesting to young girls?

2. What is new about the white van?

3. Why is Note Mokoti capable of being a murderer?

4. What does Mma Ramotswe see around everything?

5. What can't people in town usually afford?

(see the answer key)

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