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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Solomon do after he questions the men?
(a) He reluctantly rises from bed and follows them out into the night.
(b) He goes to the police to let them know about the suspicious men.
(c) He ignores them and goes back to sleep.
(d) He runs away from the men.

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

3. What is Antonia shocked to learn about Mehring?
(a) He owns a farm, while working as a businessman.
(b) He has a nearly grown son, and his wife left him and moved to New York.
(c) He killed the man that was found by the river.
(d) He has a wife and small child in Johannesburg.

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

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

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

7. What does Jacobus reassure the men who do not have proper work papers?
(a) They will not be caught.
(b) He will protect them.
(c) He will get work papers for them.
(d) He can help them work in town.

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

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

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

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

12. Why is Mehring not a true farmer?
(a) He does not make a profit off of his farm.
(b) He knows nothing about farming.
(c) He does not own the farm.
(d) He is a citizen of the city.

13. Besides passing through the city, what else must Mehring drive through to get to his property?
(a) A built up Transvaal village.
(b) A dangerous neighborhood.
(c) Several Transvaal villages.
(d) A park.

14. Why does Mehring have the farm?
(a) To show off for his business associates.
(b) To help the local economy.
(c) To have a place where he can truly get away.
(d) He loves farming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Terry's personality.

2. What aspect of the farm does Mehring like?

3. What does Mehring make himself at the farmhouse?

4. What do Mehring, Jacobus and a farmhand try and repair?

5. What does Jacobus do when he returns to the farm?

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