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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of building does the secretary at the detective agency wish she worked in?
(a) An office plaza downtown.
(b) A high-rise office building with air conditioning.
(c) A luxury cruiser.
(d) A boat office.

2. What did one of the secretary's classmates at school say the men who hired them were not interested in?
(a) Their voices.
(b) Their bodies.
(c) Their scores.
(d) Their brains.

3. Whom does Florence feel that she can no longer entertain at Maketoni's house?
(a) Her teachers.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her male friends.
(d) Her siblings.

4. What enters the detective agency because the door is open?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Cats.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Dogs.

5. What does the farm that Ramotswe visits in Chapter 9 consist of?
(a) Deserted buildings.
(b) Broken down tractors.
(c) Old silos.
(d) Emergency wards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Maketoni fail to consult before taking the two orphans?

2. Whom does the woman Ramotswe picks up on the way to the farm introduce her to that worked on the farm?

3. What does Ramotswe say is a symbol of appreciation?

4. From what group did Ramotswe's visitor hear about her company?

5. Who arrives without an appointment at lunchtime to visit Ramotswe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Makutsi resent seeing chickens at her office?

2. How does Maketoni end up at the farm where the orphans are?

3. What does Matekoni realize about the orphan children and his home?

4. What is Tears of Giraffe centered around?

5. When Ramotswe goes to the farm with Potsane, what does she discover?

6. What is the story behind the arrival of the two orphans to the farm?

7. Why is the orphan girl unable to walk?

8. How did the Curtins learn their son was missing?

9. What is Matekoni's house like?

10. Why does Andrea Curtin come to Ramostwe's agency?

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