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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mma Ramotswe exceed her authority?
(a) She sells part of the garage.
(b) She opens up another garage next door.
(c) She demotes her husband.
(d) She promotes Mma Makutsi.

2. What inappropriate tool has the taller apprentice used on an engine?
(a) A chainsaw.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A fork.
(d) A flame torch.

3. What does the Governmant Man's mentally handicapped brother like to do?
(a) Play computer games.
(b) Fix cars.
(c) Count cattle.
(d) Speak to anyone who will listen.

4. Why has Botswana never been in debt?
(a) Their banks do not charge interest.
(b) They receive so much charity.
(c) They always pay money on time.
(d) They have never borrowed money.

5. What is good for a marriage?
(a) Independent interests.
(b) Love and devotion.
(c) Commitment and loyalty.
(d) A priest's blessing.

6. What is it hard to persuade young people about?
(a) The importance of marriage.
(b) How to hand things on a plate.
(c) The need to eat vegetables.
(d) The need to work.

7. What did everybody think of the betrothed?
(a) No one cares.
(b) It is a fine match.
(c) They are unsure about it.
(d) It is a bad match.

8. Where was Mma Ramotswe when she asked herself the test of a good husband?
(a) At home.
(b) In the city center.
(c) At the office.
(d) Near the dam.

9. Where does Mma Maketetse export her goods?
(a) Kenya.
(b) The Cape.
(c) Namibia.
(d) Botswana.

10. What is usually done before before Mma Ramotswe arrives at the agency?
(a) Sending the mail.
(b) Making the coffee.
(c) Brewing the tea.
(d) Watering the plants.

11. Where does JLB Matekoni want to do?
(a) Move to Britain.
(b) Move to America.
(c) Sell his business.
(d) Go back to his village.

12. Why shouldn't the apprentices be left to repair cars alone?
(a) They take too long to do a good repair.
(b) They use shortcuts.
(c) They do not charge the customer enough.
(d) They hold dance parties in the garage.

13. How can a man ruin a woman's business?
(a) By drinking away the profits.
(b) By gambling away the profits.
(c) By not getting involved.
(d) By trying to run it.

14. What does a successful woman have to be careful of?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Spoilt children.
(c) A gold digging man.
(d) The tax man.

15. Who does Mma Maketetse employ in her factory?
(a) Her cousins.
(b) Her aunties and uncles.
(c) Cheap labor from Gaborone.
(d) Schoolboys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries JLB Matekoni?

2. What type of car is up on the ramp?

3. Why does Mma Ramotswe think that women actually do not talk so much?

4. What does Mma Maketetse make?

5. Why did the Basarwa like the Government Man's father?

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