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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Mma Ramotswe frightened of the Bushman?
(a) They carry obscure medicines.
(b) They are very slow.
(c) They are twice her size.
(d) They carry arrows.

2. How large was Obed Ramotswe's herd?
(a) Five or six thousand cattle.
(b) Two thousand cattle.
(c) Ten or twenty cattle.
(d) Only sixty cattle.

3. What did Samuel's father give him for Gaborone?
(a) A bag of food.
(b) Money.
(c) A bus ticket.
(d) A watch.

4. How do women acquire respect in a tribal marriage?
(a) By asking for it.
(b) By paying for it with money.
(c) By bearing daughters.
(d) By getting older.

5. Why was marriage once a trap for women?
(a) Men would cage up their wives.
(b) Men had all the duties.
(c) Women had all the rights.
(d) Women had all the duties.

6. What did the Government instruct people to do during the last bad drought?
(a) Burn their crops.
(b) Slaughter their cattle.
(c) Stop taking baths.
(d) Stop drinking water.

7. What kind of bull is all talk?
(a) One that has bad shoulders.
(b) One that does not know how to walk.
(c) One that does not fight other bulls.
(d) One that does not make many calves.

8. Why are the orphans usually brought to the farm?
(a) Their mother has died.
(b) Their family have abused them.
(c) Their father has died.
(d) Their family has abandoned them.

9. What do foreigners learn about Botswana when they criticize someone?
(a) That everyone is a distant cousin of each other.
(b) Absolutely nothing.
(c) It is not uncommon for foreigners to be executed for rudeness.
(d) It is illegal to criticize someone from Botswana.

10. What can no mother dislike?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her granddaughter.
(c) Her grandson.
(d) Her daughter.

11. What does Puso drink instead of tea?
(a) Hot chocolate.
(b) Sweetened water.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Warm milk.

12. What provides music inside Mma Ramotswe's van?
(a) The radio.
(b) An old cassette player.
(c) A CD player.
(d) Mma's own singing.

13. What disturbs Mma Ramotswe about the dogs next door?
(a) They scare away birds.
(b) Their large teeth.
(c) Their howling.
(d) Their smell.

14. Who suffers under the modern notion of marriage in Botswana?
(a) The children.
(b) The women.
(c) The men.
(d) The unborn.

15. What can be used to end a pregnancy?
(a) Too much sunlight.
(b) Tree roots.
(c) Shrubs.
(d) Tree bark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the cook poisoning the family?

2. What is always going wrong at the orphan farm?

3. What language does Mma Potokwane use with Mataila?

4. Why does Mma Ramotswe like farms?

5. What does Mr Potolani do with the profit from his stores?

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