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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you not do as the guest of a house?
(a) Soil the bed.
(b) Go in under false colors.
(c) Steal.
(d) Tell them why you are there.

2. What type of visitor does Mma Potokwane not like to receive?
(a) Dishonest people.
(b) Jealous people.
(c) People who interfere.
(d) People who are impolite.

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

4. What does Mma Ramotswe see around everything?
(a) Mist.
(b) Shadows.
(c) A white halo.
(d) A cloud of dust.

5. Which smell does Mma Ramotswe find marvelous?
(a) The bush in the rain.
(b) Wood smoke.
(c) The smell of dust and earth.
(d) The smell of boiling onion soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is important to have peace?

2. What is the Botswana always?

3. What does the cattleman offer Mma Ramotswe?

4. What sign do secrets leave on the face?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the characters view the past?

2. What is on Mma Makutsi's mind at the end of chapter 15?

3. How does Mma Ramotswe use her discretion?

4. What connection is there to the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency?

5. How does Chapter 10 start?

6. How does this actually reflect on Mma Ramotswe?

7. What is the significance of Mma Ramotswe's nostalgia?

8. Does the narrative suggest deceit as a tactic?

9. How does the narrative imply that Motholeli is beautiful?

10. What similar technique is used by both women?

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