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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. Whom do Ramotswe and the secretary consider evil?
(a) Ramotswe.
(b) Ranta.
(c) Makutsi.
(d) Makutoni.

2. What does Ramotswe think about the past?
(a) It should be rehashed constantly.
(b) It is disturbing.
(c) It is insightful.
(d) It should be left alone.

3. To whom does Ramotswe dictate letters?
(a) Makutoni.
(b) Ranta.
(c) Makutsi.
(d) Mark.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one of the secretary's classmates at school say the men who hired them were not interested in?

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

3. Where is Matekoni when he thinks about the behavior of his apprentices?

4. What did the woman in the story Matekoni learns about two orphans die of?

5. Why is Matekoni upset about the ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Matekoni's house like?

2. What do Matekoni and Ramotswe discuss about the ring and secrets in town?

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Matekoni happy to get Ramotswe a ring?

8. What is Matekoni surprised to learn about his engagement when he goes to the orphan farm?

9. How did Andrea try to learn about her son's whereabouts prior to her husband's death?

10. How is Tsbago described in Chapter 6?

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