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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 is Mr. Patel concerned about his youngest daughter?
(a) She isn't eating well.
(b) She is spending too much time with boys.
(c) She has been coming home after curfew.
(d) Her grades in school are slipping.

2. What does she reveal to him?
(a) That she wishes she had family.
(b) That she misses her husband.
(c) That in her first month of business, she lost money.
(d) That she is unsure of herself as a detective.

3. What changes Mr. Patel's mind about Nandira?
(a) Mma Ramotswe warns him that he will bring about his worst fears.
(b) Mma Ramotswe tells him he will lose her forever otherwise.
(c) Mma Ramotswe tells him Nandira fears him.
(d) Mma Ramotswe insists Nandira will run away.

4. What prevents Mma Ramotswe's father from offering his opinion regarding the decision she makes to open a detective agency?
(a) He goes bankrupt.
(b) He leaves the country.
(c) He files for divorce.
(d) His death.

5. At what age does Precious leave home?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invades Happy's life, requiring her to seek Mma Ramotswe's aid?

2. What happens that enables Precious to open her agency?

3. What opinion does Mr. Patel have of Mma Ramotswe in the end?

4. What does the teacher at Sunday school teach them that boys and men are ridiculously proud of?

5. Where does Obed return to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mma Ramotswe track down the truth about Peter Malatsi and what does she discover?

2. How do the men in the truck distract the boy long enough to get him away?

3. How did the young boy disappear?

4. What was the memory of the Kalahari that came to Mma Ramotswe as she drove through the region?

5. What happens to Precious when she tells Note she is pregnant?

6. What happens when Mma Ramotswe suggests that Mr. Patel be less controlling?

7. What kind of family are the Patels?

8. What do the contents of the crocodile's stomach reveal?

9. How does Mma Ramotswe proceed with this case?

10. What does Obed do that results in Precious being able to open a detective agency?

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