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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. Who has a sweet tooth?

2. What needs its brakes constantly checked at the orphan farm?

3. What characteristic does give Mma Potokwane give Motholeli?

4. Why is Botswana so dry?

5. What can't people in town usually afford?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the scorpion story?

3. How does Mma Ramotswe use her discretion?

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

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

6. What is the significance of the bride's father being named?

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

8. How does Chapter 10 start?

9. How does this actually reflect on Mma Ramotswe?

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

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 2

Examine the structure of the book:

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 story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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