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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jacobus call as the men look on skeptically and somewhat fearfully?
(a) William at the Indian Store.
(b) The police.
(c) Mehring at the farm.
(d) Backup.

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

3. Where is Jacobus' meeting being held?
(a) The spare farmhouse.
(b) A barn.
(c) In town at a local pub.
(d) Jacobus' home.

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

5. 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.

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

7. Why is Mehring not able to use the river as a water source?
(a) It is contaminated.
(b) It does not belong to him.
(c) It is dirty.
(d) It is too low.

8. How many generations of his unexpected visitors are present?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

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

10. Why does Mehring not need water?
(a) He has his own water tower.
(b) He purchases water from town.
(c) He has another river he uses.
(d) He has his own well system.

11. Why do people dig through piles of garbage?
(a) To find lost items.
(b) To look for anything of value.
(c) To look for clothing.
(d) To find food.

12. Why does Antonia taunt Mehring?
(a) He annoys her.
(b) He works in the city as a pig-iron dealer.
(c) He is a socialist, while she is a capitalist.
(d) She enjoys making others feel inferior.

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

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

15. How does Mehring's farm look?
(a) Dusty.
(b) Burnt.
(c) Lush.
(d) Fresh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mehring not a true farmer?

2. How is Solomon when Jacobus finds him?

3. What does Jacobus reassure the men who do not have proper work papers?

4. Why does Mehring become annoyed with the police?

5. Why does Mehring go back to the farmhouse?

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