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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. Why is Mr. Patel concerned about his youngest daughter?

2. What does she realize as a result?

3. What position is she hired for?

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

5. What does Nandira ask Mma Ramotswe's help for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mma Ramotswe proceed with this case?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Mma Ramotswe help Happy Bapetsi?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How many different disguises or identities does Mma Ramotswe assume in this book? What are they and which case is each for? What is Mma Ramotswe's position regarding these white lies? Who balks at having to tell a 'white lie' on her behalf and how does she explain her position to him?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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