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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) A person to make our little god on earth.
(b) Nobody else.
(c) A good father.
(d) A religious belief.

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

3. What is the child eating?
(a) Stew.
(b) Bread with syrup.
(c) Beans and pumpkin.
(d) Maize with gravy.

4. Why does Mma Ramotswe not care about calories?
(a) Rra likes bigger women.
(b) She works really hard.
(c) She is traditionally built.
(d) She has a fast metabolism.

5. What is a poisoner usually like?
(a) Extremely subtle.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Completely transparent.
(d) Obvious to the extreme.

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

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

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

9. What will Mma Ramotswe bring according to the young woman?
(a) Rain.
(b) Drought.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Bad luck.

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

11. Why was Mma Ramotswe frightened of the Bushman?
(a) They are twice her size.
(b) They carry arrows.
(c) They carry obscure medicines.
(d) They are very slow.

12. What is Mma Potokwane's weapon?
(a) A hunting rifle.
(b) A fly squatter.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A fan.

13. What characteristic does give Mma Potokwane give Motholeli?
(a) Very brave.
(b) Extremely shy.
(c) Always cheerful.
(d) Cheeky.

14. What can't people in town usually afford?
(a) Roots from the ground.
(b) Grubs.
(c) The eggs of birds.
(d) Duiker.

15. What can no mother dislike?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her granddaughter.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her grandson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suffers under the modern notion of marriage in Botswana?

2. Who is the one Mma Ramotswe should watch?

3. What did the Government instruct people to do during the last bad drought?

4. What could Samuel remember as a boy?

5. What is the boy named Mataila?

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