View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best time of day to do work in the agency?

2. How does Mma Ramotswe exceed her authority?

3. What bad thing has St Francis allegedly done?

4. What do you never see men talking about?

5. What attacked the Government Man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do her actions relate to the theme of morality?

2. What is the significance of Richard's illness?

3. What change does the reader notice in Mma Makutsi?

4. How does this reflect on the theme of compassion?

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

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

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

8. What is the focus of Chapters 3 and 4?

9. How does Chapter 8 start?

10. What do her actions foreshadow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book is written in third person narrative. Why do you think McCall Smith chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if it was written in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Mma Ramotswe has differing rapport with each of the characters she encounters. Who does she like and why? Who does she not like and why?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the Government Man Hemingway so affected by his brother's marriage? Do the students think he is treating his family in a fair manner? To what extend does is it a result of his vulnerability? What factors influence this?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 597 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample