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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who made the fruitcake?
(a) The younger orphans.
(b) The housemothers.
(c) The senior girls of the farm.
(d) Mma Potokwane.

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

4. What is the Botswana always?
(a) Hot.
(b) Windy.
(c) Thirsty.
(d) Hungry.

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

6. What was the first job Samuel found in Gaborone?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Construction worker.
(c) Cook.
(d) Bellboy.

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

8. What did Samuel's father give him for Gaborone?
(a) A bag of food.
(b) Money.
(c) A bus ticket.
(d) A watch.

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

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

11. How do the rains look this year?
(a) They will be good.
(b) There will be floods.
(c) It will only sprinkle.
(d) There will be a drought.

12. Who is the one Mma Ramotswe should watch?
(a) The cattleman.
(b) The old woman.
(c) The firstborn.
(d) The boy with air in his head.

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

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

15. Who does Mma Ramotswe learn everyone dislikes?
(a) The farm's chef.
(b) The younger brother's wife.
(c) The wicked old woman.
(d) The Government Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is important to have peace?

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

3. What disturbs Mma Ramotswe about the dogs next door?

4. Who has a sweet tooth?

5. Why was marriage once a trap for women?

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