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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 Precious learn about men?

2. What does the calf tell the boys?

3. What does the cattle owner do?

4. What does the judge announce when presenting her prize?

5. How did Mr. Paliwalar Patel make his fortune?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What issue does Precious face when she enters an art contest?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Mma Malatsi come to Mma Ramotswe?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Other than the case Mma Ramotswe takes on for Alice Busang, which other case does she work on without charging a fee? Why? How long does it take for Mma Ramotswe to resolve this case? Why does it take so much time? What does she discover? How does Mma Ramotswe suggest this case be resolved without causing the client undo litigation possibilities?

Essay Topic 2

What business concerns does Mma Ramotswe discuss with Rra Matekoni? What facts does she share with him that cause her concern for the continuity of her operation? What suggestions does Rra Matekoni offer Mma Ramotswe to ease the burdens she is feeling? Who specifically is recommended and to what end?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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