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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 can a man ruin a woman's business?
(a) By not getting involved.
(b) By drinking away the profits.
(c) By gambling away the profits.
(d) By trying to run it.

2. What might embarrass the younger apprentice?
(a) His bad pick-up lines.
(b) His fake teeth.
(c) The flour outline around his mouth.
(d) His lack of charm.

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

4. What is a wrong that cannot be put right?
(a) Lying about your age.
(b) Pouring treacle on a person's dress.
(c) Pouring engine oil on someone.
(d) Murder.

5. Who is running the garage at the moment?
(a) Bishop Makhulu.
(b) Mma Makutsi.
(c) The British High Commissioner.
(d) Mma Ramotswe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a mother insist her sons can't be murderers?

2. Who does Mma Maketetse employ in her factory?

3. What is good for a marriage?

4. Why is Mma Makutsi's diploma important?

5. What does Mma Ramotswe think about Mercedes-Benz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the chapter's title?

2. What is interesting about the way the Government Man and his family are introduced?

3. How does Chapter 8 start?

4. Is this example of compassion significant?

5. What is the significance of the different forms of illness?

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

7. What brings about this change?

8. What does this foreshadowing hint at?

9. How does the narrative deal with AIDS?

10. What else is important about this unusual introduction?

(see the answer keys)

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