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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else does Mehring worry about when he looks out the windows?
(a) The possible loss of the water birds.
(b) The safety of his farmhands.
(c) The loss of his cattle.
(d) When Antonia will return.

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

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

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

5. Where is Mehring's son, Terry?
(a) In the United States with his mother.
(b) In Johannesburg with his mother.
(c) On the farm with Mehring.
(d) Away at college.

6. What aspect of the farm does Mehring like?
(a) The animals and plants.
(b) The hired help.
(c) It is secluded and has no pesky witnesses.
(d) The fields.

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

8. What does Antonia not believe about Mehring?
(a) He has a son.
(b) The farm belongs to him.
(c) His mail is confidential.
(d) He has a wife.

9. From whom does he receive an unexpected phone call and visit?
(a) His family.
(b) The police.
(c) The De Beer family.
(d) His girlfriend.

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

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

12. Why are several of the Indians at the store worried?
(a) The police will uncover the fact that they are in the country illegally.
(b) The police will charge them with murder because they are part of an ethnic minority.
(c) They fear the murderer will return.
(d) The police will raid their store to find clues to the murder.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mehring worry about as he looks out the windows?

2. How does Mehring feel as he takes in the scene: river, reeds and willows?

3. Describe Terry's personality.

4. What does Jacobus pass out at the meeting with several laborers?

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

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