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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Matekoni that he needs to buy a ring?
(a) Ramotswe.
(b) Peko.
(c) Florence.
(d) Potokwane.

2. What do the children do while Matekoni brings their suitcase in?
(a) Eat.
(b) Cry.
(c) Fight.
(d) Sleep.

3. What tribe do the children that come to Maketoni's house belong to?
(a) Masarwa.
(b) Peco.
(c) Maketoni.
(d) Florence.

4. Who took the two orphans to Nyanyabwe Hospital?
(a) An ambulance worker.
(b) A writer.
(c) A government truck worker.
(d) A nurse.

5. Whose office do the two orphans go to when Maketoni offers to take them?
(a) Ramotswe's.
(b) Florence's.
(c) Potokwane's.
(d) Potsane's.

6. What is the name of the missing person that Ramotswe's visitor is searching for?
(a) Jack.
(b) Michael.
(c) Janna.
(d) Andrea.

7. What did the woman in the story Matekoni learns about two orphans give birth to?
(a) A daughter.
(b) A dead baby.
(c) A son.
(d) A monster.

8. What is Maketoni's new house big enough to have?
(a) Plants.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Friends.
(d) Children.

9. Where in Bostwana do people get engaged in The Tears of the Giraffe?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) Gaborone.
(c) Tlokweng.
(d) Forest.

10. What does Potokwane suggest as a wedding gift for Ramotswe?
(a) 2 dogs.
(b) 2 iguanas.
(c) 2 kittens.
(d) 2 orphans.

11. What is Ramotswe's secretary's name?
(a) Maketoni.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Makutsi.
(d) Jenny.

12. Who feels that he/she has an obligation to the children no matter what happens?
(a) Florence.
(b) Ramotswe.
(c) Peco.
(d) Maketoni.

13. Why is the maid amazed to see the two children from the farm?
(a) Because they are so small.
(b) Because she feels lonely.
(c) Because they are orphans.
(d) Because they are so big.

14. From where does the secretary get the phone number for the man Ramotswe considers evil?
(a) The phone book.
(b) The school.
(c) The registry.
(d) The prison.

15. Who travels to Botswana to look for a missing relative?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Michael.
(c) Makutsi.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease damaged the bones of the girl, preventing her from walking prior to going to the farm?

2. Whose house does the fiance want to live in?

3. After whose death does Ramotswe's visitor return to Africa?

4. How did Ramotswe's visitor learn that the farm worker was missing?

5. Who is the founder of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency?

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