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

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

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

5. How long has there been a drought?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Four years.
(d) One year.

6. Where do they take Solomon?
(a) To a friend's home.
(b) To Mehring's.
(c) Home.
(d) To the hospital.

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

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

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

10. What makes the dust-filled air worse?
(a) Pollution from oil refineries.
(b) Tornadoes.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Passing cars.

11. How does Mehring feel as he takes in the scene: river, reeds and willows?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Bored.
(d) Anxious.

12. Who takes credit for putting out the fire?
(a) Jacobus.
(b) Mehring.
(c) Solomon.
(d) De Beer.

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

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

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