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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. What does Mma Ramotswe's foster daughter reveal to her?
(a) She is frightened.
(b) She is in love.
(c) She is ill.
(d) The kids at school have been teasing her.

2. What does Mr. Matekoni do when he arrives at Mma Ramotswe's home?
(a) Waters the vegetables.
(b) Lights the fire.
(c) Fixes dinner.
(d) Kisses her hello.

3. What type of business does the person in #51 own?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Ostrich farm.
(c) Accounting firm.
(d) Grocery store.

4. What is the name of Mma Ramotswe's business?
(a) The CDI.
(b) The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.
(c) Botswana Detective Service.
(d) Ramotswe's Detective Agency.

5. Mr. Molefelo fell in love with a girl who was a _______________________.
(a) Baker.
(b) Stripper.
(c) Nursing student.
(d) Teaching student.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi go in Chapter 5?

2. To where has Mma Ramotswe moved her business?

3. What is Mma Ramotswe's concern for Mma Makutsi's business?

4. What request does Mr. Molefelo ask of Mma Ramotswe?

5. What is the name of the person who comes to see Mma Ramotswe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the difficulty that Mma Ramotswe faces now that affects both her personal and business lives?

3. What consumes Mma Ramotswe's thoughts as the novel opens?

4. What does Mma Ramotswe think is the answer to Mma Makutsi's financial struggles?

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

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

7. How does Mma Ramotswe reassure her foster daughter about her problem?

8. What is the premise of The Kalahari Typing School For Men?

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

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

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