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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mehring, Jacobus and a farmhand try and repair?
(a) The roof on the house.
(b) A water pump for the cattle.
(c) A fence for the cattle.
(d) A tractor.

2. What does Solomon do after he questions the men?
(a) He goes to the police to let them know about the suspicious men.
(b) He reluctantly rises from bed and follows them out into the night.
(c) He runs away from the men.
(d) He ignores them and goes back to sleep.

3. Who has not been seen for several days?
(a) Solomon's brother.
(b) Solomon's mother.
(c) Mehring.
(d) Jacobus.

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

5. What else does he note about the corpse?
(a) It has fairly nice clothes.
(b) It looks old.
(c) It has old, dirty clothing.
(d) It is female.

6. Who leads the conversation?
(a) The supervisor.
(b) The novice.
(c) The youngest.
(d) The eldest.

7. How does Jacobus recommend Mehring attempt to preserve the body?
(a) Lay the remains in the cellar.
(b) Put the remains in the large freezer in the barn.
(c) Cover the remains and make sure to keep any stray dogs away.
(d) Call a taxidermist to preserve the remains.

8. How does Mehring feel about the policeman's reassurances that it will not reflect badly on him?
(a) He is somewhat assuaged.
(b) He is unconcerned.
(c) He is confident.
(d) He is very worried.

9. Where does Jacobus find Solomon?
(a) In the river.
(b) In a nearby field.
(c) In town.
(d) In bed.

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

11. Why does Mehring become annoyed with the police?
(a) They refuse to leave his property.
(b) They think he is a suspect.
(c) They refuse to visit the scene until the next day.
(d) They want him to send the body to them.

12. Who does Mehring think about as he walks?
(a) What jobs he needs to get done.
(b) What he will plant in the fall.
(c) A particular woman.
(d) Where he will find water for his farm.

13. When Mehring roams his four-hundred-acre property, where does he always end up?
(a) At the spare farmhouse.
(b) In the barn.
(c) Back at his farmhouse.
(d) At the third pasture, where the reeds are.

14. What does Jacobus reassure the men who do not have proper work papers?
(a) They will not be caught.
(b) He will protect them.
(c) He can help them work in town.
(d) He will get work papers for them.

15. What do the police tell Mehring will happen in the next several days?
(a) A funeral will be held for the person found on Mehring's property.
(b) He will be investigated for the murder of this person.
(c) The body will be relocated once the mortuary van becomes available.
(d) The police will hunt for the murderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Mehring's irrigation efforts almost useless?

2. How do Mehring's business peers feel out his "hobby" farm?

3. What does Mehring despair about in the spare farmhouse?

4. Mehring realizes that the house is wasted, but what is the true value?

5. Where is Mehring's son, Terry?

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