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

2. What does Puso drink instead of tea?
(a) Warm milk.
(b) Hot chocolate.
(c) Sweetened water.
(d) Coffee.

3. What provides music inside Mma Ramotswe's van?
(a) The radio.
(b) An old cassette player.
(c) Mma's own singing.
(d) A CD player.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mma Ramotswe not care about calories?

2. Why is the cook not contented?

3. What does the cattleman offer Mma Ramotswe?

4. What do most husbands do?

5. Why does Mma Ramotswe like farms?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does the narrative suggest deceit as a tactic?

2. What is on Mma Makutsi's mind at the end of chapter 15?

3. What is the significance of the scorpion story?

4. What happens in Chapter 9?

5. How does the narrative imply that Motholeli is beautiful?

6. How does Chapter 17 start?

7. Does the narrative similarly imply that Mma Makutsi is beautiful?

8. What opinion on morality between genders is implied?

9. What is the significance of Mma Ramotswe's nostalgia?

10. What evidence is there of the theme of compassion?

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