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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the father and son at the store immediately do when they see Mehring?
(a) Stare at Mehring.
(b) Jump into action.
(c) Pretend to be busy.
(d) Complain about working too hard.

2. What does Mehring find annoying about the Indians?
(a) They put on the charm.
(b) They do not work fast enough.
(c) They do not treat him with respect.
(d) They are not very helpful.

3. Of what do the Indians have an inevitable feeling?
(a) Their lawyers will cheat them out of their money.
(b) A government official with the power to shut them down and evict them for good.
(c) The locals will destroy their store.
(d) Mehring will have them closed down.

4. What does Mehring notice about awakening on the farm?
(a) He feels more awake than at his apartment in the city.
(b) The sunshine is bright in his window.
(c) He likes it better when Antonia is with him.
(d) How warm it has become.

5. What happens to a woman trying to cross the flooded lowland between Mehring's and De Beers?
(a) She gets stuck in the third pasture mud.
(b) She gets trappe at Mehring's home.
(c) She gets trapped at the De Beers' home.
(d) She drowns.

6. Where does Mehring fall asleep?
(a) On the couch.
(b) Inside a sleeping bag.
(c) In his bed.
(d) In the stone outhouse.

7. When Mehring returns, what does he realize must remain?
(a) The debris in the yard.
(b) Jacobus as a doctor.
(c) Some of his staffs' increased responsibilities.
(d) The new path of the river.

8. What does Antonia tell Mehring about his property?
(a) He should pass it on to his son when he dies.
(b) It does not look as nice as it did before the fire.
(c) He should buy more property.
(d) The blacks will repossess his land within a generation.

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

10. Jacobus is frantic at not being able to contact his master. How does he handle the situation?
(a) Somewhat well.
(b) Fairly well.
(c) Well.
(d) Not well.

11. What does Mehring think about as he walks through the property?
(a) Being buried by the river and passing his land to his children, or at least his child.
(b) Marrying Antonia and living with her on the property.
(c) How he wishes his son was as interested in the farm as he is.
(d) How beautiful it is.

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

13. Why do the streets become impassible?
(a) The water is running across the streets.
(b) Dirt streets turn to mud.
(c) The police have them block of for safety reasons.
(d) Bridges have collapsed.

14. Why does Izak know the symbol Jalal is painting?
(a) He has painted it himself.
(b) He has seen it on shirts and cars.
(c) He has seen it on television.
(d) The symbol can be seen around town.

15. Why does Mehring no longer have much to do with pig iron?
(a) His partners bought his share of the company.
(b) It is mostly managed by partners.
(c) He has his farmhands deal with it.
(d) He does not enjoy the work.

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. Why can the orange river lilies be seen?

3. Over what does Mehring muse?

4. What does Solomon ask Jacobus?

5. In what car do Mehring and his son ride?

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