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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. Where does Obed return to?

2. At what age does Precious leave home?

3. Why does Obed's cousin come to look after Precious?

4. What does Mma Ramotswe consider at home when she thinks about the missing boy?

5. What letter arrives for Mma Ramotswe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mma Malatsi come to Mma Ramotswe?

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

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

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

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

6. Who helped Precious on her road to education, and later provides a place for her to stay when she leaves home after her schooling is complete?

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

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

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

10. What steps does Precious take to open her detective agency?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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