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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 won't the police help find the boy?

2. What is Mr. Patel's first reaction to Mma Ramotswe's report and suggestions?

3. Where does Mma Ramotswe drive her tiny white van to?

4. How long has the boy been missing?

5. When does Mma Ramotswe remember having been there before?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mma Ramotswe proceed with this case?

4. What kind of family are the Patels?

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

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

7. How does Mma Ramotswe track down the truth about Peter Malatsi and what does she discover?

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

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

10. Why does Mma Ramotswe decide to open a detective agency?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Precious meet her first husband? What attracts her to him? What kind of character does she discover in him? How does he reveal who he really is? Why does Precious marry him anyway? How does her father feel about the marriage? What does Mma Ramotswe's father do and why? How does this man affect Mma Ramotswe's future with men and why?

Essay Topic 2

How does the young boy disappear in this story? Why is he susceptible to the methods employed by those involved in his disappearance? How is he distracted until it is too late? What make him so vulnerable? Why are police seemingly reluctant to become involved in this case? What evidence supports this? How is it handled by Mme Ramotswe?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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