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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 happens that enables Precious to open her agency?

2. What does she want Precious to do?

3. What confession does Nandira make to Mma Ramotswe?

4. What does the older man do to try to distract the boy?

5. At what age does Precious leave home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Note do that convinces Precious she should marry him?

2. Why does the young boy get into the truck with two strangers?

3. How does Mma Ramotswe help Happy Bapetsi?

4. How does Mma Ramotswe meet her husband?

5. What kind of family are the Patels?

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

7. Why does Mma Malatsi come to Mma Ramotswe?

8. What is the outcome of Mma Ramotswe's attempts to follow Nandira?

9. What do Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni and Mma Ramotswe discuss while they visit?

10. What steps does Precious take to open her detective agency?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mma Ramotswe help Mma Malatsi? What problem does Mma Malatsi present her with? How does Mma Ramotswe begin to track down the answers to this mystery? What services does she employ to help her? What skills does Mma Ramotswe demonstrate that have nothing to do with her job as a detective? What methods might she have employed were those skills not available to her?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Mr. Patel engage Mma Ramotswe's services? What information does he want? Why is his request detrimental to his family life? What other methods might he have employed instead? What bond is at risk as a result of this investigation? How does Mma Ramotswe resolve this case? What suggestions does she make to Mr. Patel? How are they received and why does he change his mind?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Hector Lepodise? What does he need Mma Ramotswe's help with? What is the first thing that she recommends to him and what is his reaction? Why does he feel so strongly about this? What information does Mma Ramotswe uncover that resolves the issue? What warning does she issue the man and his council?

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