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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What do Motswana always like?
(a) Dried beef.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Tureen.
(d) Heavy flooding.

5. Which smell does Mma Ramotswe find marvelous?
(a) The smell of dust and earth.
(b) Wood smoke.
(c) The bush in the rain.
(d) The smell of boiling onion soup.

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

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

8. 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) They have lost their skills.
(d) Mma Ramotswe is holding them captive.

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

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

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

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

13. What is a sign of good housekeeping?
(a) When a room smells like rain.
(b) Spiders and termite trails.
(c) Well dusted ceiling boards.
(d) A bed with ironed sheets.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of visitor does Mma Potokwane not like to receive?

2. What might prevent Motholeli from having children?

3. What habit was picked up from colonial administrators?

4. What needs its brakes constantly checked at the orphan farm?

5. Why are the orphans usually brought to the farm?

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