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

2. What does Precious tell the man who is living with Happy?

3. What does he do for a living?

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

5. What does one of Obed's former white bosses assist him with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What concerns do J.L.B. Matekoni and Mma Ramotswe share about the missing boy, believed to have been kidnapped?

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

4. What thoughts go through Mma Ramotswe's mind as she drives her white van through the Kalahari?

5. How does Mma Ramotswe proceed with this case?

6. Who does Mma Ramotswe receive a letter from and what are the contents of the letter?

7. How does Mma Ramotswe meet her husband?

8. What issue, common in the mines of South Africa, does Obed witness that causes him to quit his job?

9. What alternate avenue of education does Precious get as a child and what is she taught there?

10. What kind of family are the Patels?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What business concerns does Mma Ramotswe discuss with Rra Matekoni? What facts does she share with him that cause her concern for the continuity of her operation? What suggestions does Rra Matekoni offer Mma Ramotswe to ease the burdens she is feeling? Who specifically is recommended and to what end?

Essay Topic 2

What case does Mma Ramotswe deal with after she concludes her case with Mr. Patel? How does she determine whether or not the client is right in her suspicions of her husband? Who does she turn to for information and what information is she looking for? How does she confirm the truth? How is this case successfully resolved?

Essay Topic 3

What information does Mma Ramotswe get from Charlie Gotso? What does she give him in return? What information does Gotso want from her and why does she refuse to reveal it? Who does Mma want to meet with? What does she tell Gotso she can get him in return? What is the likelihood of this and why?

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