View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a woman find the answer to this question?

2. Who is the Government Man related to?

3. How do women and men compare in business?

4. What is the animal in JLB Matekoni's room apparently responsible for?

5. What does the Government Man know about women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about the way the Government Man and his family are introduced?

2. What is the significance of Richard's illness?

3. What does this foreshadowing hint at?

4. How are such relationships defined?

5. How do her actions relate to the theme of morality?

6. What is the purpose of creating the mystery surrounding the Government Man?

7. How does Chapter 8 start?

8. What theme regarding beauty does the first chapter introduce?

9. What is the focus of Chapters 3 and 4?

10. What central theme is also introduced?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the structure of the book:

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion.

Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story?

How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following characters and discuss how the narrative would be affected if they were left out.

1. Obed Ramotswe.

2. JLB Matekoni.

3. Mma Makutsi.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Mma Makutsi's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the she is at the end.

1. What did she hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes her ideas about life?

3. How has her character changed by the end of the book?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 604 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample