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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 the adoptive father of the orphans want to provide for the children?

2. Who considers Ranta a psychopath?

3. What do the orphan children show Ramotswe before explaining they are living with Maketoni?

4. Who watches a plane fly over from the window of Matekoni's house?

5. For whom does Ramotswe mention the professor altered the examination?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matekoni dream about the orphan boy?

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

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

4. Why is it awkward when Matekoni tells Ramotswe about the children, and what does he fear?

5. How does Ramotswe respond to Matekoni's desire to adopt the orphans?

6. How does the orphan girl feel about Matekoni and his residence?

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

8. How does Ramotswe get Ranta to change his position on the Curtin story and talk to her?

9. How does Ramotswe welcome the children into their new home?

10. Why did Carla leave the farm after Michael's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Makutsi and Badule are two intriguing characters employed at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Makutsi had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Badule had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 2

Smith uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two motifs about life-death-life in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

Essay Topic 3

Tears of the Giraffe is a detective mystery story. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category?

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