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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. 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.

2. Who do we need according to the old Kgatla saying?
(a) A good father.
(b) A religious belief.
(c) Nobody else.
(d) A person to make our little god on earth.

3. Why is the cook poisoning the family?
(a) He wants to kill them.
(b) For fun.
(c) As revenge for taking him from Gaborone.
(d) So they will change his job.

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

5. What do most husbands do?
(a) Nothing at all.
(b) Fix things.
(c) Break things.
(d) Gamble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does nothing ever happen in the cook's village?

2. Who has a sweet tooth?

3. What is pinned up on Mma Kerileng's notice board?

4. What does Mr Potolani do with the profit from his stores?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What opinion on morality between genders is implied?

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

3. What is the relationship between compassion and morality here?

4. What is the significance of the bride's father being named?

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

6. How do the two different investigations parallel?

7. What is the significance of the scorpion story?

8. What similar technique is used by both women?

9. How does Chapter 10 start?

10. How does the story of the Governmant Man progress?

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