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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Government Man enter the office?
(a) He has his Government driver knock on the door.
(b) He opens the door and lets himself in.
(c) He honks the horn of his official Mercedes-Benz.
(d) In the proper Botswana manner.

2. What attacked the Government Man?
(a) A mamba snake.
(b) A hungry lion.
(c) His brother with a stick.
(d) An angry rhino.

3. When do men never seem happier?
(a) When eating lots of fresh porridge.
(b) When eating lots of expensive meat.
(c) When eating lots of ripe pumpkin.
(d) When they have a business to run.

4. Who ignores Botswana?
(a) The American Ambassador.
(b) The French.
(c) The British.
(d) The Dutch.

5. What does JLB Matekoni ask Mma about first on the phone?
(a) How she has slept.
(b) If she misses him.
(c) If she has a headache.
(d) What the time is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is running the garage at the moment?

2. What does Dr Moffat thing Rra is suffering from?

3. What is wrong with the car on the ramp?

4. Who suits a traditional marriage?

5. Why does JLB Matekoni sound confused on the phone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What central theme is also introduced?

2. What else is important about this unusual introduction?

3. What is the purpose of creating the mystery surrounding the Government Man?

4. What does this suggest?

5. What is the significance of her not consulting her partner?

6. Why might AIDS be such a hard topic to broach?

7. What theme regarding beauty does the first chapter introduce?

8. What do her actions foreshadow?

9. How is the ending of Chapter 8 typical of a mystery novel?

10. What is the meaning of Mma Makutsi's comments about beautiful girls?

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