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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mehring tear up the letter from his son?
(a) He is upset that his son is so far away.
(b) His son's hypocrisy disgusts him.
(c) He and his son do not get along.
(d) He knows that the boy is not his son.

4. Why does Mehring buy the farm?
(a) He enjoys farming and being in nature.
(b) It is a relaxing oasis from the business world in which he works.
(c) His family loves to visit him at the farm.
(d) He thinks it would make a great place to bring a woman.

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

6. Who asks for Solomon?
(a) A pair of men.
(b) Mehring.
(c) His brother.
(d) Jacobus.

7. 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) The body will be relocated once the mortuary van becomes available.
(c) The police will hunt for the murderer.
(d) He will be investigated for the murder of this person.

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

9. Who speaks of bad spirits?
(a) The children.
(b) The farmhands.
(c) Jacobus.
(d) Mehring.

10. What does Mehring own?
(a) A large home in the city.
(b) An automobile dealership in Australia.
(c) A zoo in Cambodia.
(d) A farm in rural South Africa.

11. While he thinks of their sexual liaisons, what does Mehring realize about Antonia?
(a) She is very kind.
(b) How much she loves him.
(c) How much she thinks of herself.
(d) She is unselfish.

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

13. About what do they speak?
(a) The farm.
(b) Business and the history of the land.
(c) The dead body on his property.
(d) Business in town.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Solomon do after he questions the men?

2. Who does Mehring think of as he rests on the couch?

3. What aspect of the farm does Mehring like?

4. Where does Mehring do after returning from his trip?

5. About what is Mehring concerned?

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