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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 could Samuel remember as a boy?

2. What is important to have peace?

3. What is always going wrong at the orphan farm?

4. What type of visitor does Mma Potokwane not like to receive?

5. What does Puso drink instead of tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What opinion on morality between genders is implied?

2. How does Mma Ramotswe use her discretion?

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

4. What evidence is there of the theme of compassion?

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

6. What is the significance of the scorpion story?

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

8. Does the narrative suggest deceit as a tactic?

9. Does Mma Makutsi parallel this deceit?

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

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

Choose two characters and examine their lives at the start of the book. Compare how their lives have changed by the end of the narrative. What motivates these changes?

Essay Topic 3

The landscape is often described by Mma Ramotswe in the narrative. How does the landscape affect her experiences? What is the significance of the land to the narrative?

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