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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 role does Matekoni play for the orphans?

2. Where is the take-out restaurant that Florence visited?

3. Who tells the assistant detective's first client that his son's education is being paid by a charity?

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

5. Who does Matekoni decide to hire?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What decision does Maketoni make about the orphans while sitting in his office?

3. What does Florence request from Paul, and how does he stop her?

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

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

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

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

8. Why is Makutsi upset about typing, and what does Ramotswe offer her?

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

10. What does Matekoni discover about the two orphan children when he takes them to his garage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the use of foreshadowing in the book. Why does Smith insert foreshadowing into the story? is it effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the detecting techniques of Precious Ramotswe and Makutsi. Cover how they each approach the various detective cases they receive and whether their intuitions were correct. Who actually solves the cases and how?

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