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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Solomon told about his brother?
(a) His brother needs him.
(b) His brother is leaving town.
(c) His brother is in jail.
(d) His brother is dead.

2. What does Jacobus assume is the reason for the incident involving Solomon?
(a) Creditors beat him up because his brother owed someone money.
(b) He is protecting his brother who is a member of a gang.
(c) He is involved in a drug deal gone bad.
(d) The men accidently beat up the wrong man.

3. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?
(a) They let the "locals" take care of the problem themselves.
(b) They have a zero tolerance policy.
(c) They destroy the shacks in the shantytown whenever possible.
(d) They bring powerful weapons and shoot to kill.

4. What does Terry not seem to realize about the South African "system" he mocks?
(a) It is the best system on the continent of Africa.
(b) Terry's father works for that system.
(c) It is the same one that pays for him and his mother's lifestyle.
(d) It is not as flawed as he believes it to be.

5. Where does Mehring lie down and fall asleep?
(a) In the grass.
(b) In a hammock.
(c) In his bedroom.
(d) In the barn.

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

7. Why does Mehring think the body was probably dumped there?
(a) He does not know the man.
(b) It's a quiet place that no one would notice.
(c) The dead man has no mud on his shoes.
(d) There were marks showing it had been dragged.

8. Who is Antonia?
(a) Mehring's best friend.
(b) Mehring's sister.
(c) Mehring's mother.
(d) Mehring's leftist, anti-capitalist girlfriend.

9. What does Antonia say wistfully to Mehring?
(a) "I wish I could stay with you..."
(b) "I wish I had your farm..."
(c) "I wish Terry was my son..."
(d) "I wish I could marry you..."

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

11. On first glance, what does Jacobus think about Solomon?
(a) He is stealing from Mehring.
(b) He has run away.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is sick.

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

13. Who is his current girlfriend?
(a) Antonia.
(b) Anna.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) Alice.

14. How do Mehring's friends feel about his peaceful life?
(a) They think nothing of it, for they have their own peaceful lives.
(b) They marvel at it.
(c) They love to visit him and be a part of his peaceful life.
(d) They find it boring.

15. How does Mehring feel when he wakes up?
(a) Momentarily confused,
(b) Wide awake.
(c) Tired.
(d) Sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mehring think he should do but know he will not do?

2. What does Mehring own?

3. Why does Mehring go back to the farmhouse?

4. What else does he note about the corpse?

5. Why does Mehring have the farm?

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