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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. How long does it take before Matekoni is able to repair Mma Ramotswe's van.

2. What does Mma Ramotswe think her friend should do?

3. What does Mma Ramotswe warn both men about?

4. Why does he believe it is relatively recently removed?

5. What does Mma Ramotswe's new client believe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mma Notshi reveal to Mma Ramotswe after Mma Ramotswe's threats about arrest?

2. How does Mma Ramotswe get the information needed by Alice Busang?

3. What does Mma Ramotswe explain to Mma Notshi after learning that her husband is not there?

4. What specific concerns does Dr. Maketsi have and what does he want Mma Ramotswe to do?

5. After confirming that he is indeed the missing son of the teacher, what does Mma Ramotswe do?

6. How does Mma Ramotswe finally resolve the case for her friend Hector?

7. What issues do Mma Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni share and have in common in their lives?

8. Why is this worry compounded by the identity of the person who owns the van that the medicine bag was found in?

9. How does Mma Ramotswe handle Charlie Gotso when she meets him, and what information does she refuse to divulge and why?

10. How does Matekoni feel about his role in the subterfuge that plays out regarding Charlie Gotso's van and the glove box contents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mma Ramotswe help Mma Malatsi? What problem does Mma Malatsi present her with? How does Mma Ramotswe begin to track down the answers to this mystery? What services does she employ to help her? What skills does Mma Ramotswe demonstrate that have nothing to do with her job as a detective? What methods might she have employed were those skills not available to her?

Essay Topic 2

How does Precious meet her first husband? What attracts her to him? What kind of character does she discover in him? How does he reveal who he really is? Why does Precious marry him anyway? How does her father feel about the marriage? What does Mma Ramotswe's father do and why? How does this man affect Mma Ramotswe's future with men and why?

Essay Topic 3

What information does Mma Ramotswe get from Charlie Gotso? What does she give him in return? What information does Gotso want from her and why does she refuse to reveal it? Who does Mma want to meet with? What does she tell Gotso she can get him in return? What is the likelihood of this and why?

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