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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 is Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni worried about?

2. What does Gotso tell Mma Ramotswe when she returns the bag?

3. What does Mma Ramotswe suggest Maketsi do?

4. What answer does Matekoni give as previously arranged with Mma Ramotswe?

5. What kind of professional is Mma Ramotswe seeking answers from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is this worry compounded by the identity of the person who owns the van that the medicine bag was found in?

2. What plan does Mma Ramotswe come up with to find out how much Charlie Gotso knows about the contents of the medicine bag in the glove box?

3. How does Mma Ramotswe proceed with the case given to her by Hector Lepodise?

4. Who is next to approach Mma Ramotswe with a case, and what is the issue that she needs her help with?

5. What specific concerns does Dr. Maketsi have and what does he want Mma Ramotswe to do?

6. What issues do Mma Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni share and have in common in their lives?

7. How does Mma Ramotswe handle Charlie Gotso when she meets him, and what information does she refuse to divulge and why?

8. What information does Dr. Gulubane give Mma Ramotswe about the contents of the medicine bag?

9. How does Mma Ramotswe finally resolve the case for her friend Hector?

10. After she has concluded the Lepodise case, who does Mma Ramotswe go to see, and what is she looking for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What information does Mma Ramotswe get from Charlie Gotso? What does she give him in return? What information does Gotso want from her and why does she refuse to reveal it? Who does Mma want to meet with? What does she tell Gotso she can get him in return? What is the likelihood of this and why?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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