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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is the cook poisoning the family?
(a) He wants to kill them.
(b) So they will change his job.
(c) As revenge for taking him from Gaborone.
(d) For fun.

4. Why does Mma Ramotswe like farms?
(a) They remind her of the true values of her people.
(b) They remind her of her husband.
(c) They remind her of her father.
(d) They remind her of her adulthood.

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

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

7. How do women acquire respect in a tribal marriage?
(a) By asking for it.
(b) By paying for it with money.
(c) By bearing daughters.
(d) By getting older.

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

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

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

11. Where has Mma Kerileng seen Mma Ramotswe before?
(a) At the local shop.
(b) On the street,
(c) In the newspaper.
(d) On the television.

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

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

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

15. What provides music inside Mma Ramotswe's van?
(a) The radio.
(b) A CD player.
(c) Mma's own singing.
(d) An old cassette player.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does drought mean?

2. What could Samuel remember as a boy?

3. Why is Mma Ramotswe surprised that Mma Kerileng cannot handle Mataila?

4. What does Mma Ramotswe first see in Mataila's eyes?

5. What sign do secrets leave on the face?

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