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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do we need according to the old Kgatla saying?
(a) Nobody else.
(b) A religious belief.
(c) A good father.
(d) A person to make our little god on earth.

2. How large was Obed Ramotswe's herd?
(a) Two thousand cattle.
(b) Ten or twenty cattle.
(c) Five or six thousand cattle.
(d) Only sixty cattle.

3. How does Mma Ramotswe feel about dogs?
(a) She adores them.
(b) She hates them with a passion.
(c) She finds them foul smelling.
(d) She tolerates them.

4. Who claims the credit for building Botswana?
(a) The housemothers.
(b) The politicians.
(c) The business owners.
(d) The police.

5. Why is the cook not contented?
(a) His mother-in-law is not contented.
(b) He wants to work with cattle.
(c) His wife is not contented.
(d) He would rather be playing golf.

6. Why would the children be unable to go back to the bush?
(a) The Mosarwa would not accept them back.
(b) They have forgotten how to get there.
(c) Mma Ramotswe is holding them captive.
(d) They have lost their skills.

7. What is pinned up on Mma Kerileng's notice board?
(a) A shopping list.
(b) Pictures drawn by the children.
(c) Old family photographs.
(d) Traditional Botswana artwork.

8. What is important to have peace?
(a) A well paying job.
(b) A contented mother-in-law.
(c) A contented wife or husband.
(d) A contented father-in-law.

9. 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.

10. What had never happened before to a child?
(a) Being refused food.
(b) Being locked up.
(c) Separation from the other children.
(d) Being refused schooling.

11. What sign do secrets leave on the face?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Wrinkles.
(c) Creases.
(d) Bruises.

12. What does drought mean?
(a) Full stomachs.
(b) Thin cattle.
(c) Ripe crops.
(d) Fat pigs.

13. What language does Mma Potokwane use with Mataila?
(a) Setswana.
(b) San.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Mosarwa.

14. Why does nothing ever happen in the cook's village?
(a) The village is too big.
(b) The people shout all the time.
(c) The people never make a fuss.
(d) The village has a very strict police force.

15. What habit was picked up from colonial administrators?
(a) Whitewashing,
(b) Morning breakfast.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Poisoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the cook poisoning the family?

2. Who does Motholeli help by nature?

3. What is the Botswana always?

4. What does the cattleman offer Mma Ramotswe?

5. What is a poisoner usually like?

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