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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 cattle owner do?

2. What position is she hired for?

3. What does Obed's cousin teach Precious?

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

5. What is Happy supposedly in need of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mma Ramotswe help Happy Bapetsi?

2. How does Mma Ramotswe meet her husband?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did the young boy disappear?

9. How does Mma Ramotswe proceed with this case?

10. What kind of family are the Patels?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where does Mma Ramotswe go that reminds her of her childhood? What dangers are ever present in her mind as she travels through this region? What other considerations are there for traveling in this kind of environment? What differences does Mma Ramotswe recall during her trip as compared to the trip taken when she was younger? What promise did she make herself then? Is it fulfilled?

Essay Topic 2

What case does Mma Ramotswe deal with after she concludes her case with Mr. Patel? How does she determine whether or not the client is right in her suspicions of her husband? Who does she turn to for information and what information is she looking for? How does she confirm the truth? How is this case successfully resolved?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Mme Ramotswe decide that a detective agency is the business is the type of firm she wants to invest her father's money in? What characteristics does she have that lead her to this type of employment? What events in her childhood have set her up for success? Who is partially responsible for her interest in this business and why?

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