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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 is Happy supposedly in need of?
(a) A heart.
(b) A liver.
(c) A kidney.
(d) A life threatening degree of transfusion.

2. What does she want Precious to do?
(a) Find her missing sister.
(b) Find her missing husband.
(c) Find her missing son.
(d) Find her stolen jewelry.

3. Why does Obed's cousin come to look after Precious?
(a) Obed has to work.
(b) Obed is unwilling to do so himself.
(c) Obed dies.
(d) Obed's wife dies.

4. What does Obed witness?
(a) An adulterous relationship.
(b) Abuse of government.
(c) A theft.
(d) A murder.

5. How long has the boy been missing?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Precious do in the competition?

2. What did Obed invest all of his money in?

3. What kind of animal is the central character of the tale the boy is told?

4. Where does Precious begin her search?

5. What is Obed's daughter's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mma Ramotswe suggests that Mr. Patel be less controlling?

2. Why does Mma Ramotswe decide to open a detective agency?

3. What is the outcome of Mma Ramotswe's attempts to follow Nandira?

4. How does Mma Ramotswe meet her husband?

5. How does Mma Ramotswe help Happy Bapetsi?

6. What was the memory of the Kalahari that came to Mma Ramotswe as she drove through the region?

7. How does Mma Ramotswe track down the truth about Peter Malatsi and what does she discover?

8. What do Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni and Mma Ramotswe discuss while they visit?

9. How do the men in the truck distract the boy long enough to get him away?

10. What is the cause of Obed Ramotswe's death?

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