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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 provides music inside Mma Ramotswe's van?

2. What might prevent Motholeli from having children?

3. Who claims the credit for building Botswana?

4. Why would the children be unable to go back to the bush?

5. What is important to have peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chapter 10 start?

2. Does Mma Makutsi parallel this deceit?

3. What is the significance of the scorpion story?

4. What opinion on morality between genders is implied?

5. What happens in Chapter 9?

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

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

8. How does Mma Ramotswe's task compare to Mma Makutsi's?

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

10. How do the two different investigations parallel?

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

Who does Mma Ramotswe suggest has influenced her life? What characters does she mention and why?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the narrative's chronological setting. What were the main concerns during this period? How does the author express these concerns? What would change if the narrative were set today?

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