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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 calf tell the boys?

2. What happens the first time Mma Ramotswe tries?

3. What does she want Precious to do?

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

5. What kind of work does Precious secure as her first job?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mma Ramotswe meet her husband?

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

4. How does Mma Ramotswe help Happy Bapetsi?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the cause of Obed Ramotswe's death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does going to Sunday School impact Precious Ramotswe? What does she learn there? How does she apply these lessons later in life? What rules does she feel are okay to bend for the right cause? What qualities does she exhibit that can be directly related to her education and experiences in Sunday School? Which case does she work on where she draws on her religious education?

Essay Topic 2

What does Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni find that preoccupies him? What does Mma Ramotswe wonder if he is thinking about? In reality, what is causing him such distraction? How did Matekoni come across the object he shows Mma Ramotswe? What are the contents and why are they so disturbing? Who owns the van that it is found in?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the 'handsome man'? Why is his wife suspicious of him? What do she, Mma Ramotswe, and all women in Botswana have in common? What does his wife want Mma Ramotswe to do? How does Mma Ramotswe provide the information she is looking for? Is Mma Ramotswe successful in solving this case? What is the main reason that this client is never charged a fee for Mma Ramotswe's services?

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