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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. At what age does Precious leave home?

2. What opinion does Mr. Patel have of Mma Ramotswe in the end?

3. What is physically different about Mr. Patel?

4. What prevents Mma Ramotswe's father from offering his opinion regarding the decision she makes to open a detective agency?

5. What does Obed's cousin teach Precious?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mma Ramotswe meet her husband?

3. What does Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni suggest that Mma Ramotswe do to increase her revenue and build a reputation for herself?

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

5. What issue, common in the mines of South Africa, does Obed witness that causes him to quit his job?

6. What happens to Precious when she tells Note she is pregnant?

7. Why does the young boy get into the truck with two strangers?

8. What does Obed do that results in Precious being able to open a detective agency?

9. What concerns do J.L.B. Matekoni and Mma Ramotswe share about the missing boy, believed to have been kidnapped?

10. What concerns does Paliwalar have that prompt him to contact Mma Ramotswe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who does Mma Ramotswe call when her van breaks down? What is her fear and what does Matekoni assure her? What does Matekoni manage to accomplish? Which fear of Mma Ramotswe's does Matekoni manage to overcome? How does he do this, and what is the final outcome?

Essay Topic 2

What exactly is a red herring where writing is concerned? What is the red herring in this novel? When is it introduced? What is the purpose of a red herring in a story? What other reasons might an author have for including one? How might that mystery have been resolved had it not been a red herring?

Essay Topic 3

How does going to Sunday School impact Precious Ramotswe? What does she learn there? How does she apply these lessons later in life? What rules does she feel are okay to bend for the right cause? What qualities does she exhibit that can be directly related to her education and experiences in Sunday School? Which case does she work on where she draws on her religious education?

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