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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When his fiance is out at the farm, Maketoni visits people who need help doing what?
(a) Making food.
(b) Answering phones.
(c) Repairing the pump.
(d) Offering advice.

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

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

4. Why is Matekoni upset about the ring?
(a) Its cost.
(b) Its color.
(c) Its shape.
(d) Its size.

5. What is Matekoni's garage called?
(a) Speedy.
(b) Smashing.
(c) Understated.
(d) Levers.

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

7. Who likes to leave the door open at the detective agency?
(a) Makutsi.
(b) Florence.
(c) Peco.
(d) Ramotswe.

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

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

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

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

12. What does Matekoni and Ramotswe agree cannot expect in Gaberone?
(a) Balloons.
(b) Flags.
(c) Secrets.
(d) Lies.

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

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

15. Who is the founder of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency?
(a) Ramotswe.
(b) Pezo.
(c) Matekoni.
(d) Florence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What parts of the house are very dirty?

2. Whose case does Ramotswe not want but takes anyway?

3. What kind of building does the secretary at the detective agency wish she worked in?

4. What does Matekoni work on while he is at the farm?

5. Who feels that he/she has an obligation to the children no matter what happens?

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