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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. What kind of bull is all talk?
(a) One that does not know how to walk.
(b) One that has bad shoulders.
(c) One that does not make many calves.
(d) One that does not fight other bulls.

2. What does drought mean?
(a) Fat pigs.
(b) Ripe crops.
(c) Thin cattle.
(d) Full stomachs.

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

4. Why does Mma Ramotswe like farms?
(a) They remind her of her husband.
(b) They remind her of the true values of her people.
(c) They remind her of her adulthood.
(d) They remind her of her father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can no mother dislike?

2. Why does Mma Ramotswe not care about calories?

3. Why is Botswana so dry?

4. Who suffers under the modern notion of marriage in Botswana?

5. What provides music inside Mma Ramotswe's van?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection is there to the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency?

2. What is the significance of the scorpion story?

3. What opinion on morality between genders is implied?

4. What is the significance of Mma Ramotswe's surge of grief?

5. Does Mma Makutsi parallel this deceit?

6. How does Mma Ramotswe use her discretion?

7. What is the significance of Patricia's beauty?

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

9. How do the characters view the past?

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

(see the answer keys)

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