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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 she want Precious to do?

2. What does Mma Ramotswe see?

3. What position is she hired for?

4. What happens the first time Mma Ramotswe tries?

5. What does the judge announce when presenting her prize?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What concerns does Paliwalar have that prompt him to contact Mma Ramotswe?

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

4. When does Precious leave home, and where does she go?

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

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

7. How did the young boy disappear?

8. What does Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni suggest that Mma Ramotswe do to increase her revenue and build a reputation for herself?

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

10. How does Mma Ramotswe meet her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Who does Mma Ramotswe call when her van breaks down? What is her fear and what does Matekoni assure her? What does Matekoni manage to accomplish? Which fear of Mma Ramotswe's does Matekoni manage to overcome? How does he do this, and what is the final outcome?

Essay Topic 3

What trip does Mma Ramotswe take through the Kalahari? What is she reminded of as she makes this journey? Who is Mma Ramotswe going to meet? Does this meeting take place? Who does Mma Ramotswe pose as when she arrives, and what threat does she issue? Why is the person she threatens so sure that the threat carries no weight?

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