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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Mma Ramotswe's work ethic described?
(a) She only charges her clients if she is successful.
(b) She gets all that she can out of her clients.
(c) She is cold and heartless.
(d) She is ruthless and unstoppable.

2. What prevents Mma Ramotswe's father from offering his opinion regarding the decision she makes to open a detective agency?
(a) His death.
(b) He goes bankrupt.
(c) He leaves the country.
(d) He files for divorce.

3. What does Mma Ramotswe study?
(a) A manual on detection.
(b) A manual on construction.
(c) A manual on deception.
(d) A police manual.

4. What business does he own and operate?
(a) The best restaurant in town.
(b) The local hotel.
(c) Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors.
(d) The local pub.

5. What kind of vehicle offers the boy a ride home?
(a) A bus.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A truck.
(d) A new car.

6. Through which dangerous area does she drive?
(a) The cardboard city.
(b) The jungle.
(c) The Kalahari desert.
(d) The rail yards.

7. Where does Mma Ramotswe end up sitting with Nandira?
(a) In the movie theatre.
(b) In a clothing boutique.
(c) In a classroom.
(d) In a cafe.

8. What happens the first time Mma Ramotswe tries?
(a) Nandira Patel eludes her.
(b) Nandira Patel confesses no interest in school.
(c) Nandira Patel refuses to eat.
(d) Nandira Patel refuses to return home on time.

9. What potential dangers is Mma Ramotswe reminded of?
(a) Hobos and transients.
(b) Snakes and rhinos.
(c) Sand traps and lions.
(d) Homeless and desperate people.

10. What does one of Obed's former white bosses assist him with?
(a) The money to buy a new bull.
(b) The transportation home.
(c) The taxes on his ranch.
(d) The downpayment for a ranch.

11. What else does Mma Ramotswe contemplate?
(a) Her lack of family or friends.
(b) Her father's death.
(c) Mma Malatsi's unemotional reaction to her husband's death.
(d) Her home and garden.

12. What does she reveal to him?
(a) That she is unsure of herself as a detective.
(b) That she wishes she had family.
(c) That in her first month of business, she lost money.
(d) That she misses her husband.

13. What does the teacher at Sunday school teach them that boys and men are ridiculously proud of?
(a) Their 'things'.
(b) Their family.
(c) Their level of income.
(d) Their mates.

14. What did Mma Ramotswe's father do?
(a) He was a bootlegger.
(b) He was a physician.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a miner.

15. What does Obed's cousin teach Precious?
(a) How to cook and clean.
(b) How to hide her feelings and be observant.
(c) How to treat a man.
(d) Counting, reading, and how to be watchful and observant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does Precious secure as her first job?

2. Who leaves a note for Nandira that is found by Mr. Patel?

3. What letter arrives for Mma Ramotswe?

4. What does the calf tell the boys?

5. Who is Mma Ramotswe's first client?

(see the answer keys)

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