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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. Who is happy to marry a kind man?

2. Who takes his foster children shopping?

3. Who explains what happened at the orphans' farm and how he had no alternative but to take the children?

4. Where does Ramotswe take Matekoni to discuss the children privately?

5. What does the article about sleeping problems say about fat people and sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Badule explain is his concern to Makutsi?

2. What does Matekoni discover he enjoys while shopping?

3. What does Matekoni dream about the orphan boy?

4. How does Florence reveal her anxiety about her employment through physical symptoms?

5. Why is Makutsi upset about typing, and what does Ramotswe offer her?

6. How does Ramotswe respond to Matekoni's desire to adopt the orphans?

7. What does the orphan girl feel she must do for Matekoni?

8. What decision does Maketoni make about the orphans while sitting in his office?

9. How does the orphan girl spend the night while her brother sleeps?

10. How does Florence get what she deserves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Smith uses more than one iteration on the theme of betrayal. Identify at least two themes about betrayal in the book. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.

Essay Topic 2

Makutsi and Badule are two intriguing characters employed at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Makutsi had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Badule had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Andrea Curtin. What is her role in the story? What was Smith trying to accomplish by creating Andrea's character in the novel?

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