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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is one of Mehring's many regrets?
(a) Not marrying Antonia.
(b) Letting his son go away to college.
(c) Not taking the time to do "father" things with Terry.
(d) Allowing his wife to move to the United States.

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

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

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

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

11. Who does Mehring hear in the other room as he is resting?
(a) Jacobus, a fieldhand.
(b) Alina, the servant.
(c) Antonia, his girlfriend.
(d) Terry, his son.

12. 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.

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

14. How does Mehring feel when he wakes up?
(a) Sick.
(b) Tired.
(c) Wide awake.
(d) Momentarily confused,

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mehring think about as he walks?

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

3. How long has there been a drought?

4. What does Mehring own?

5. How do Mehring's friends feel about his peaceful life?

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