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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What blows garbage from the camps and industrial sites into the air?
(a) Large fans.
(b) Ocean winds.
(c) An east wind.
(d) August winds.

2. From where does Mehring return?
(a) A trip to Japan.
(b) A trip to his parents' home.
(c) A trip to the United States.
(d) A trip into town.

3. Describe Terry's personality.
(a) Shy.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Kind.

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

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

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

7. What does Jacobus pass out at the meeting with several laborers?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Important contact information.
(c) Pamphlets.
(d) Identification cards.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?
(a) He was sent to buy beer, which Jacobus feels is unsafe for a young man.
(b) He could have been followed from the shantytown by the police, which would have caused trouble for the other men at the meeting.
(c) He is too young to be at the meeting and should have stayed at the shantytown.
(d) Izak is sent to buy supplies but comes back empty-handed.

15. Why is Mehring furious that the police borrowed a shovel from Jacobus?
(a) He cannot find it.
(b) To bury the body at the site.
(c) It is now bent.
(d) It is dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mehring think about when his guests leave?

2. On first glance, what does Jacobus think about Solomon?

3. How does Antonia act mysteriously?

4. Why does Antonia distance herself from Mehring?

5. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

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