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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Matekoni and Ramotswe decide to get married?

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

4. What is Maketoni's new house big enough to have?

5. What did Florence fail to do at Maketoni's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Florence upset about her job?

3. What does Maketoni think about his two apprentices at the garage?

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

5. Why does Florence get defensive with Ramotswe?

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

7. What does Ramotswe's intuition tell her about Michael and the farm?

8. Why does Florence want the help of a male friend to help her with her job?

9. What is Matekoni's house like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Badule's character, comparing and contrasting him with Matekoni and Dr. Ranta.

Essay Topic 2

Both Matekoni and Ramotswe are important characters that influence the story line and the actions of other characters in the novel.

Part 1) Compare Matekoni to Ramotswe. How are these two characters similar and how are they different?

Part 2) What psychological purpose or insight does Matekoni offer? Elaborate on this.

Part 3) Matekoni offers to examine the past of the murder suspects. What is implied in this decision and how does it reveal that the murder motive is connected to the past of the murderer and not the present circumstances alone?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of women in Africa in the early 21st century when the women in the novel are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do the have? What freedoms did they have that 20th century women did not have, if any?

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