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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. Why was marriage once a trap for women?

2. What language does Mma Potokwane use with Mataila?

3. What is the Botswana always?

4. What kind of bull is all talk?

5. What does Mma Ramotswe give the Bushman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Chapter 10 start?

5. What is the significance of the scorpion story?

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

7. Does Mma Makutsi parallel this deceit?

8. How does Mma Ramotswe use her discretion?

9. What happens in Chapter 9?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative? Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the narrative's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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