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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 kind of relationship does Florence have with the person she met at a take-out restaurant?

2. What does Florence ask the person she met at a take-out restaurant to get for her?

3. Who is the South African woman that Michael shared a room with at the farm?

4. Who has the children visiting the garage with him?

5. Who can't afford to pay for both an assistant detective and a secretary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Badule explain is his concern to Makutsi?

2. Why is Ramotswe curious about the orphan children when she comes out of the post office?

3. Who is Leaynne described in Chapter 15, and why does he owe Florence a favor?

4. After Ramotswe reads the report, how does she decide to deliver the truth to Badule?

5. How does the orphan girl spend the night while her brother sleeps?

6. What does the orphan girl feel she must do for Matekoni?

7. What does Matekoni dream about the orphan boy?

8. How does Florence reveal her anxiety about her employment through physical symptoms?

9. After obtaining the information she needed, what does Ramotswe decide to do for Curtin and Ranta?

10. What does Matekoni discover he enjoys while shopping?

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

Describe some of the settings for the novel. What is the overall setting? Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular culture events. Why did Smith choose to use these places in the book?

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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