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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do foreigners learn about Botswana when they criticize someone?
(a) It is illegal to criticize someone from Botswana.
(b) It is not uncommon for foreigners to be executed for rudeness.
(c) Absolutely nothing.
(d) That everyone is a distant cousin of each other.

2. What is the tureen made from?
(a) Beans and other greens.
(b) Meat stew.
(c) Maize meal.
(d) Steaming pumpkin.

3. What do you not do as the guest of a house?
(a) Soil the bed.
(b) Steal.
(c) Go in under false colors.
(d) Tell them why you are there.

4. What do chefs wear in Gaborone?
(a) White hats.
(b) White stockings.
(c) White sweatbands.
(d) White socks.

5. What characterizes a bad girl?
(a) Married to an older man.
(b) Working as a prostitute.
(c) Only wanting to have a good time.
(d) Manipulative.

6. What does Mma Ramotswe check her shoes for?
(a) Termites.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Poison.

7. What disturbs Mma Ramotswe about the dogs next door?
(a) They scare away birds.
(b) Their large teeth.
(c) Their smell.
(d) Their howling.

8. What might prevent Motholeli from having children?
(a) Her dislike of children.
(b) Her bad diet.
(c) A lack of finances.
(d) Being in a wheelchair.

9. Who does Motholeli help by nature?
(a) Those older than her.
(b) People in wheelchairs.
(c) Those younger than her.
(d) People in crutches.

10. Why are the orphans usually brought to the farm?
(a) Their family has abandoned them.
(b) Their family have abused them.
(c) Their father has died.
(d) Their mother has died.

11. Who suffers under the modern notion of marriage in Botswana?
(a) The unborn.
(b) The women.
(c) The children.
(d) The men.

12. What could Samuel remember as a boy?
(a) The names of all the cattle in his village.
(b) The age of all the people in his village.
(c) The names of all the countries of the world.
(d) The names of all the leaders of Botswana.

13. What kind of bull is all talk?
(a) One that does not fight other bulls.
(b) One that does not know how to walk.
(c) One that has bad shoulders.
(d) One that does not make many calves.

14. Why is Botswana so dry?
(a) They use too much water.
(b) God decided it would be.
(c) Rain evaporates before it hits the ground.
(d) They ship all their water overseas.

15. What does the cattleman offer Mma Ramotswe?
(a) Cows milk.
(b) A lift home.
(c) One of his cattle.
(d) Dried beef.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was marriage once a trap for women?

2. What characteristic does give Mma Potokwane give Motholeli?

3. What is a poisoner usually like?

4. What is pinned up on Mma Kerileng's notice board?

5. Why was Mma Ramotswe frightened of the Bushman?

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