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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most immediate decision made regarding the impending marriage?

2. What makes the apprentices interesting to young girls?

3. How can a man ruin a woman's business?

4. What is Mma Makutsi's new role?

5. What is the most important thing about Mma Makutsi's position?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brings about this change?

2. What do her actions foreshadow?

3. How are such relationships defined?

4. What does this foreshadowing hint at?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the significance of her not consulting her partner?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mma Ramotswe talks about how much she loves living in Africa. Discuss her motivations. Why does she want to live there?

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

Examine the literary style and techniques McCall Smith uses in the book. Why does he adopt this style? What significance does this impart to the narrative?

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