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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 is Mr. Molefelo's relationship to Mma Tsolamosese?

2. In which town does the woman client work?

3. What does Mma Ramotswe wonder about Mma Tsolamosese as she drives to see her?

4. What does Mma Ramotswe learn about Mr. Tsolamosese?

5. How many years has it been since Mma Tsolamosese has seen Mr. Molefelo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the motor shop one day when the apprentices are left alone? How is the power of the younger apprentice's prayers shown?

2. Describe the reunion of Mr. Molefelo and Mma Tsolamosese.

3. How does Mma Ramotswe go about looking for Mr. and Mma Tsolamosese?

4. What does Mma Ramotswe learn about Mma Tsolamosese's two grandchildren?

5. What does the new client say about why she and her husband bought a flat in Gaborone?

6. Who is the new client? Why does she require Mma Ramotswe's services?

7. What does Mma Ramotswe suggest that Mr. Molefelo do to repay Mma Tsolamosese in some way?

8. What is Mma Ramotswe's concern about meeting Mma Tsolamosese? Are her fears unfounded?

9. How does Mma Ramotswe tell Mr. Molefelo that he can repay Tebogo?

10. With whom does Mma Makutsi go on a date? What does she learn about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The frustration of unfulfilled affection touches several characters in the story. Name at least two characters who experience unfulfilled love and the situations that occur as a result.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two themes about loss in the novel. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.

Essay Topic 3

Project into the future ten years after the end of the novel and write a brief synopsis for Mma Ramotswe's life. Will she still be running her detective agency? Will she have married Mr. Matekoni? Who will be present in her life? Where will she be living?

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