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

2. Where does Florence place the object she gets from the person that she met at a take-out restaurant?

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

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

5. What had Florence been suffering from since she learned of Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni's plans to marry Mma Ramotswe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ramotswe discover about Ranta?

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

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

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

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

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

8. After Makutsi types up her report, why does she not tell Badule immediately?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Ramotswe's motivation and reasons for paying close attention to the letters. What do they reveal about the suspects?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the novel's title. Why do you think Smith named the book Tears of the Giraffe? Now that you have read the book, how does that alter your understanding of the title? Are you intrigued to find a sequel or more mysteries with Ramotswe? Why or why not? Cite examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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