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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did JLB Matekoni build his reputation?
(a) Good repairs at low prices.
(b) Fast and good repairs.
(c) Slow and good repairs.
(d) Great repairs at high prices.

2. When do men never seem happier?
(a) When eating lots of ripe pumpkin.
(b) When eating lots of fresh porridge.
(c) When they have a business to run.
(d) When eating lots of expensive meat.

3. Why does JLB Matekoni sound confused on the phone?
(a) He has not had time to make an excuse for not calling.
(b) He does not recognize Mma's voice.
(c) He was asleep.
(d) He has already gone mad.

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

5. Who has JLB Matekoni not paid?
(a) The bank.
(b) The landlord.
(c) The apprentices.
(d) The spare parts supplier.

6. What does JLB Matekoni do when a person is dissatisfied by his work?
(a) He tells them to get lost.
(b) He arranges for the person's car to be stolen.
(c) He redoes the job at half the price.
(d) He redoes the job free of charge.

7. 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.

8. Why does a mother insist her sons can't be murderers?
(a) A mother cannot deal with the shame.
(b) Mothers will protect them from even the law.
(c) The man remains a small boy to her.
(d) Mothers believe what their sons tell them.

9. What effect does cool, crisp air have?
(a) It makes anything seem possible.
(b) It makes the mind sluggish.
(c) It cures all diseases.
(d) It makes you forget about personal problems.

10. Why is Mma Makutsi's diploma important?
(a) It gives their clients confidence.
(b) Without it Mma Ramotswe would fire her.
(c) It is required by law to have a detective agency.
(d) It stops the police giving them a hard time.

11. What evidence does Mma give JLB Matekoni that his garage is good?
(a) Bishop Makhulu says it is good.
(b) The orphan farm owes him money.
(c) The British High Commissioner takes his car there.
(d) The pope takes his car there.

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

13. What are the apprentices up to?
(a) Repairing an exhaust pipe.
(b) Playing a stone game.
(c) Cleaning the garage.
(d) Filling up an oil drum.

14. What do you never see men talking about?
(a) Money.
(b) Business.
(c) Washing machines.
(d) Cars.

15. What is bush tea good for?
(a) Worries.
(b) Brushing your teeth.
(c) Watering plants.
(d) Relieving social tension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a successful woman have to be careful of?

2. Who can see what is happening inside a family home?

3. What is a wrong that cannot be put right?

4. Who ignores Botswana?

5. What do the people think Mma Ramotswe and J.LB. Matekoni will be happy doing together?

(see the answer keys)

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