Chapter 1-2

1) why does Mma Ramotswe open her agency at 9

although clients never come in the morning?
Because she wants to keep promises and it says on the
door that she opens at 9.
2) Mma Makutsi: what are her qualities? Why does Mma
Ramotswe keep her?
She can keep secrets she got top marks in secretarial
school, and she is a goof employee.
3) what does Mma Makutsi do when she sees a client
about to come in?
She starts typing very fast.
4)who is Mrs Curtin and what is her problem?
She is a white American. Her son disappeared 10 years
ago, and she wants to know what happened.
5) what do we learn about Mma Ramotswe’s relationship
to motherhood?
She lost a baby, so she knows what it’s like to lose a child.
6) what does Mrs Curtin think about Botswana and its
people?
The people have a wonderful way to be with each other.
7) how did her son Michael like it in Botswana and its
people?
He loved it and did not want to go back to America.
8) where did Michael live when he disappeared? What
happened?
He lived on a farm where they grew vegetables in the
desert.
What did Mrs. Curtin do to try and find her son?
She went back to Botswana. She put a notice in the
newspaper, offered a reward and hired a game tracker. But
they found nothing.
10) what do people think happened to Michael?
He was taken or killed by wild animals or robbers.
11) why has Mrs. Curtin come back to Botswana now?
To be able to know the truth and say goodbye.
12) what is Mma Ramotswe’s response to Mrs. Curtin?
Does she think she can help her?
She accepts but she does not think she can do anything.

Chapter 3

1) Explain what JLB matekoni thinks about his assistants

they are not respectful enough.
2) what does JLB Matekoni do at the orphan farm when he
goes there?
He helps his friend who runs the farm with practical things.
This time he fixes the water pump.
3) Who does he meet at the orphan farm
He meets a girl in a wheelchair and helps repair her chair.
4) why are there orphans and farms in Botswana now?
Because so many parents died of AIDS (SIDA) normally
child who loses his/her parents can live with relatives, but
it became impossible.

Chapter 4
1) why does Mma Ramotswe cry at th beginning of
chapter?
She cries of happiness because she is going to marry a
good man.
2) why is Mma Ramotswe reluctant to find out happened to
Michael?
Because she feels she will have to bring bad news to Mrs
Cartin
3) what does Mma Ramotswe decide to do about the
Curtis case that day?
She goes to the commune where Michael disappeared.
4) what happens on the way there? What does Mma
Tsbago know?
She takes a woman in her van, Mma Tsbago, who knows
someone who worked on the farm.
5) who is Mma Potsane? What does she think happened to
Michael?
A woman who worked on the farm. She thinks Michael was
taken by the desert wind.
6) what did the game tracker do? Did he find any trace of
Michael?
He found no trace that wild animals had taken michael
7) what does Mma Ramotswe find in the house where
Michael used to live?
She finds an old paper photograph.
8) What does Mma Potsane know about the man on the
photograph?
He was intelligent and friends with Michael, but with the
German man who ran the project.
9) does Mma Ramotswe feel like she is closer to the truth
at the end of her visit?
Yes.

Chapter 5
1) what happened to their mother?
She died because she was bit by a snake in her sleep.
2) what did the girl do for her brother?
She saved him and ran away with him from the tribe.
3) Why is thr girl in wheelchair?
She had tuberculosis, which affected her bones.
4) who helped them at first?
A nurse from the hospital took them for 4 years.
5) why are they at the farm now?
The nurse who was taking care of them had to move and
brought them to orphan farm.
6) Where are they going to live next?
To live with Mr. Matekoni.

Chapter 6
1) what is the main disadvantage of working for Mma
Ramotswe, according to her secretary?
She must get the chickens to leave the office.
2) Why did Mma Makutsi cry after she had finished her
studies with the top marks?
Because she thought she would not find a job because she
was not pretty enough.
3) what is the solution if you can’t get a man to hire you as
a secretary?
Work for a woman.
4) What is the feeling Mma Ramotswe found at the
commune where Michael used to live?
The feeling that Michael is there, in the commune
5) Why does Mma Ramotswe think that her secretary is an
intelligent person?
Because she understands how the American woman think
6) Why does Mma makutsi say that she does like Oswald
Ranta, who is on the photograph?
Because he looks like a bad person.
7) What does Mma Makutsi find out about Oswald Ranta?
How does she do that?
She finds out where he works, and she finish his phone
number. She looks in the phone book.
8) What does Mma Makutsi get at the end of the chapter?
Why?
She gets a promotion because she works well she will now
be assistant detective.

Chapter 7
1)what the case is about
Mr bandule thinks his wife is cheating on him. He wants
Mma Ramotswe to investigate.
2) How Mma Makutsi proceeds to find the truth
She asks her uncle to drive her to the house of Mrs Badule.
She follows Mrs Badule to another house. She asks maids
about situation.
3) Who goes with her and how this person behaves?
Her uncle, who thinks there will be a shooting, them in a
movie.
4) what the truth about Mr Badule’s wife and his son is?
She is cheating on her husband with a man who live in a
rich part of town. Her son looks like this man so he must
be her father’s son.
5) why Mma Makutsi doesn’t know what to do at the end of
the chapter
She finds it difficult to tell Mr Badule the truth, especially
about the son. She is afraid the son will not be able to go to
the good school anymore.

Chapter 8
1) How is JLB Matekoni feeling at the beginning of the
chapter? Why?
He is overwhelmed because now he has to take
responsibility for his decision.
2) what does he do to stop worrying about how he had
gotten two children in one day?
He decides to do what’s important for the children right
now.
3) how does the situation look from the point of view of the
children?
They are in a better position now. They have a house, a
father, and a future.
4) what is JLB Matekoni’s secret hope for the future?
That the boy will one day take over his business.
5) what does he decide to do that day?
He goes shopping with the children to buy clothes and
cosmetics.
6) how can he tell immediately that the girl is smart?
She can solve practical problems.
7) why is Florence in a bad mood that morning?
She had to get up early because of the children.
8) what is “like a cloud on wheels”? who says that?
The girl about a white land rover, a car
9) what is the difference between the girl and the boy in the
shop?
The girl is practical and has simple tastes. The boy likes
shiny things.
10) what do they do after the clothes shop?
They have their photograph taken.
11) how does JLB Matekoni feel about the situation of the
children?
He feels pity and love
12) what happens at the end of the chapter? How is JLB
Matekoni feeling now?