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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people get engaged in The Tears of the Giraffe?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

2. What does Ramotswe's intuition tell her about Michael and the farm?
(a) He bought it.
(b) He is still there.
(c) He sold it.
(d) He burned it.

3. Who is the proprietor of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors?
(a) Ramotswe.
(b) Pezo.
(c) Florence.
(d) Matekoni.

4. Who tells Maketoni that she drove by his house to see where he would be living?
(a) Michaela.
(b) Potokwane.
(c) Burkhardt.
(d) Ramotswe.

5. Whose maid does the engaged couple want to retain for their house?
(a) Pezo's.
(b) Florence's.
(c) Matekoni's.
(d) Ramotswe's.

6. Who was supposed to attend Dartmouth but decided to extend his stay in Africa for another year?
(a) Michael.
(b) Jack.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Curtin.

7. Who arrives without an appointment at lunchtime to visit Ramotswe?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Jezebel.
(c) Janna.
(d) Andrea.

8. What did the woman in the story Matekoni learns about two orphans die of?
(a) A snake bite.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Childbirth.
(d) Pneumonia.

9. What does Ramotswe do for a living?
(a) She is an artist.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a writer.
(d) She is a detective.

10. Who does Maketoni fail to consult before taking the two orphans?
(a) Potokwane.
(b) Potsane.
(c) Florence.
(d) Ramotswe.

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

12. At whose cousin's motel will the current maid of the house be given a job?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Torry.
(c) Matekoni's.
(d) Ramostwe.

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

14. What disease damaged the bones of the girl, preventing her from walking prior to going to the farm?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Pneumonia.

15. After whose death does Ramotswe's visitor return to Africa?
(a) Jack.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Makutsi.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had promised the children they would be taken care of?

2. Who is the secretary at the detective agency happy to work for?

3. By whom was Maketoni persuaded without consulting his bride-to-be?

4. How many times has the proprietor of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors proposed?

5. For whom has Ramotswe's visitor been searching for the last ten years?

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