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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to look after Precious as a child?
(a) Obed's sister.
(b) Obed's cousin.
(c) Obed's mother.
(d) Obed's mistress.

2. What does Obed's cousin teach Precious?
(a) How to treat a man.
(b) Counting, reading, and how to be watchful and observant.
(c) How to cook and clean.
(d) How to hide her feelings and be observant.

3. Where does Precious go when she leaves home?
(a) To live with Obed's cousin and her husband.
(b) She immigrates to Canada.
(c) She immigrates to England.
(d) She moves to Zimbabwe.

4. Who does she hire?
(a) Mma. Grace Makutsi.
(b) Mma Mary Gakutsi.
(c) Mma Grace Medusti.
(d) Mma Gail Madici.

5. What position is she hired for?
(a) Investigator.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Cook.
(d) Housekeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she discover in the course of her employment at the trucking company?

2. Why is the cattle owner in the story angry?

3. How is Mma Ramotswe's work ethic described?

4. Why are her fellow employees resentful of her?

5. What does the cattle owner do?

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