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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mr. Molefelo steal from the Tsolamoseses?
(a) To pay for his girlfriend's abortion.
(b) To buy food.
(c) To buy drugs.
(d) To buy a plane ticket.

2. From where has Mma Ramotswe returned at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Work.
(c) A concert.
(d) Dinner.

3. What topic is most important for the person in #51 now?
(a) Learning a foreign language.
(b) Expansion of his business.
(c) How to mend family relationships.
(d) Everything he has done wrong in his life.

4. What is the name of Mr. Maketoni's business?
(a) The Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors.
(b) Maketoni and Pindu Attorneys at Law.
(c) Great Escape Travel Agency.
(d) Maketoni Accounting Firm.

5. With what type of illness has Mma Ramotswe's fiance struggled?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Depression.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Diabetes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task does Mma Makutsi do in the office in Chapter 6?

2. For what does Mma Makutsi ask the person in #63?

3. To where has Mma Ramotswe moved her business?

4. What is the name of Mma Ramotswe's business?

5. Who comes to speak to Mma Ramotswe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mma Ramotswe learn about a problem her foster daughter is struggling with?

2. What does Mr. Molefelo tell Mma Ramotswe about his life in Gaborone as a student living with the Tsolamoseses?

3. How does Mma Makutsi arrive at the idea for her typing school?

4. What situation did Mr. Molefelo find himself in with his girlfriend at the time? Why did he steal an item from the Tsolamoseses?

5. How does Mma Makutsi obtain the typewriters necessary for her typing school?

6. What is the irony of Mma Ramotswe's uncertainty regarding Mma Makutsi's typing school?

7. Why does the author insert Mr. Molefelo's character into the story?

8. Who is Mr. Molefelo? What does he tell Mma Ramotswe when he comes to her office?

9. What is the one condition to which Mma Makutsi must agree in exchange for the typewriters?

10. What are other people's thoughts about the potential for success of Mma Makutsi's typing school?

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