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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Mma Ramotswe check her shoes for?
(a) Poison.
(b) Termites.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Scorpions.
2. What habit was picked up from colonial administrators?
(a) Whitewashing,
(b) Poisoning.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Morning breakfast.
3. How do women acquire respect in a tribal marriage?
(a) By paying for it with money.
(b) By getting older.
(c) By asking for it.
(d) By bearing daughters.
4. Who does Mma Ramotswe learn everyone dislikes?
(a) The wicked old woman.
(b) The Government Man.
(c) The younger brother's wife.
(d) The farm's chef.
5. What language does Mma Potokwane use with Mataila?
(a) San.
(b) Mosarwa.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Setswana.
6. What will the sun do when it rises?
(a) Dry the painting.
(b) Distill the land.
(c) Coarsen the world.
(d) Understate the sky.
7. What do foreigners learn about Botswana when they criticize someone?
(a) It is illegal to criticize someone from Botswana.
(b) That everyone is a distant cousin of each other.
(c) It is not uncommon for foreigners to be executed for rudeness.
(d) Absolutely nothing.
8. What characteristic does give Mma Potokwane give Motholeli?
(a) Always cheerful.
(b) Very brave.
(c) Cheeky.
(d) Extremely shy.
9. Who is the one Mma Ramotswe should watch?
(a) The firstborn.
(b) The boy with air in his head.
(c) The old woman.
(d) The cattleman.
10. Who do we need according to the old Kgatla saying?
(a) A good father.
(b) A person to make our little god on earth.
(c) Nobody else.
(d) A religious belief.
11. What kind of bull is all talk?
(a) One that has bad shoulders.
(b) One that does not make many calves.
(c) One that does not know how to walk.
(d) One that does not fight other bulls.
12. What sign do secrets leave on the face?
(a) Wrinkles.
(b) Creases.
(c) Shadows.
(d) Bruises.
13. What is Mma Potokwane's weapon?
(a) A fly squatter.
(b) A hunting rifle.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A fan.
14. What will Mma Ramotswe bring according to the young woman?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Rain.
(c) Bad luck.
(d) Drought.
15. Why was Mma Ramotswe frightened of the Bushman?
(a) They carry obscure medicines.
(b) They carry arrows.
(c) They are very slow.
(d) They are twice her size.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is a poisoner usually like?
2. What does Mr Potolani do with the profit from his stores?
3. What did the Government instruct people to do during the last bad drought?
4. Which smell does Mma Ramotswe find marvelous?
5. What do you not do as the guest of a house?
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