2. How do Mehring's business peers feel out his "hobby" farm?
(a) They are embarrassed.
(b) They are disgusted.
(c) They feel envious.
(d) They find it ridiculous.

3. How is Mehring's relationship with his girlfriend?
(a) A loving relationship.
(b) A "love / hate" relationship.
(c) A trusting relationship.
(d) A comfortable relationship.

4. Who does Mehring think about when his guests leave?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His sixteen-year-old son.
(c) His home.
(d) The corpse on his property.

5. What is one of Mehring's many regrets?
(a) Letting his son go away to college.
(b) Not taking the time to do "father" things with Terry.
(c) Allowing his wife to move to the United States.
(d) Not marrying Antonia.

6. Why does Antonia distance herself from Mehring?
(a) She is married.
(b) So that she can stay emotionally unattached.
(c) She does not care for him.
(d) She wants to end the relationship.

7. How does Antonia act mysteriously?
(a) She does not tell Mehring about her life.
(b) By not naming her friends, like some secret agent.
(c) She will not give Mehring her phone number.
(d) Mehring does not know where she lives.

8. What does Jacobus do when he returns to the farm?
(a) He buries Solomon.
(b) He goes back to work.
(c) He calls Mehring to inform him of the incident.
(d) He hides in his home.

9. What does Mehring make himself at the farmhouse?
(a) A scrapbook.
(b) Some lunch.
(c) A hammock.
(d) New furniture.

10. What does Mehring do when he returns to the farmhouse?
(a) He takes a shower.
(b) He cooks dinner.
(c) He talks to Jacobus.
(d) He takes a nap.

11. Where does Mehring do after returning from his trip?
(a) Begins plowing the fields.
(b) Looks for thieves.
(c) Takes a walk by the river.
(d) Takes a nap on a hammock.

12. Where does Jacobus tell Mehring they found a dead man?
(a) Near the river.
(b) Near a mine.
(c) In his home.
(d) In a field.

13. Where is Antonia's husband?
(a) In the United States.
(b) Away on research.
(c) In town.
(d) Dead.

14. About what is Mehring concerned?
(a) His farm.
(b) His safety.
(c) Jacobus' innocense.
(d) Both the incident and the frost.

15. Why do people dig through piles of garbage?
(a) To look for clothing.
(b) To look for anything of value.
(c) To find food.
(d) To find lost items.