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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might the owners of the Indian Store lose all they have worked for?
(a) Theft by the locals and confiscation or eviction by the government.
(b) Mehring cheats them of their money and prevents locals to purchase goods.
(c) The De Beer fire that spread throughout the county.
(d) A river flood in the spring.

2. Why does Mehring stop by the Indians' store to get a Christmas present for Jacobus and his staff?
(a) He believes everyone deserves a Christmas gift.
(b) He enjoys shopping for his staff.
(c) The Indians store is the closest place to buy gifts.
(d) His office assistant is unavailable.

3. How does Mehring evade the funeral?
(a) By sending a large bouquet and donation to the widow.
(b) By say he is sick.
(c) By calling on the family later in the week.
(d) By sending Antonia in his stead.

4. What does Mehring do as he watches the storm?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Talks to Jacobus.
(c) Drinks the whiskey.
(d) Takes photographs.

5. What does Mehring send Jacobus down to do?
(a) Move the cattle to a different field.
(b) Survey the damage.
(c) Start draining some of the trapped water.
(d) Help the couple stuck in their car.

6. What does Mehring find in Terry's backpack?
(a) A plane ticket to the United States.
(b) Illegal drugs.
(c) A photograph of his mother.
(d) A publication published by "The Campaign for Homosexual Equality."

7. When is Mehring's only chance of seeing his son?
(a) If his ex-wife brings her son back.
(b) If he leaves the country to visit him.
(c) If his son decides to return to South Africa.
(d) He has no chance of seeing him.

8. Why is Mehring upset with Terry?
(a) Terry will no longer be near him.
(b) Terry will not take over the farm.
(c) Terry does not have the nerve to tell him in person that he is staying in the United States.
(d) Terry moved to the United States.

9. Who is the man with Mehring that Mehring is thinking about?
(a) Solomon.
(b) The dead man.
(c) Jacobus.
(d) Terry.

10. Why is Bismillah's living space cramped?
(a) His wife just gave birth to twins.
(b) During the fire he had to move his wares into his home.
(c) His son and daughter-in-law have recently moved in.
(d) He has little money to spend on housing.

11. In what car do Mehring and his son ride?
(a) A Ford.
(b) A Volvo.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A Mercedes.

12. What must raise the alarm that quickly goes around the farm?
(a) Smoke from the fire.
(b) The farmhands on horseback.
(c) The dust from Mehring's Mercedes on the horizon.
(d) The bell that Jacobus rings in an emergency.

13. How do people attempt to stay dry?
(a) They carry umbrellas.
(b) They wear raincoats.
(c) They stay in their homes.
(d) They carry plastic sheets.

14. How do the Indians hope to keep officials at bay?
(a) Legal documents.
(b) Money paid constantly towards lawyers.
(c) Large guard dogs.
(d) Security cameras and fencing.

15. How is Phineas' wife acting strangely?
(a) She is arguing with everyone at the party.
(b) She is dancing around drunkenly.
(c) She had been having dreams and thinks she is turning into an animal.
(d) She is alone in a corner of the room talking to herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Mehring compare getting his leg stuck, pulling to get it out, and then it just coming free?

2. What will Terry be missing by staying in the United States with his mother?

3. Of what do the Indians have an inevitable feeling?

4. What are Jacobus and Solomon planting in the field?

5. Why is Mehring unable to get coffee at work?

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