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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. Why does Terry call from New York?
(a) To say happy New Year.
(b) To wish Mehring happy birthday.
(c) To say he arrived safely.
(d) To tell his father he will not be returning.

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

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

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

9. What happens after the rain diminishes for a morning?
(a) It continues at a steady pace.
(b) Full tropical torrential rains come down.
(c) The rain turns to snow.
(d) It turns into hail.

10. What is Jalal painting?
(a) His car.
(b) The windmill and water tank.
(c) The Indian Store.
(d) Mehring's home.

11. With what is Mehring charged, regarding the young girl on the plane?
(a) "Interfering."
(b) "Child abuse."
(c) "Sexual harassment."
(d) "Sexual assault."

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

13. What are the farmhands becoming on Christmas day?
(a) Religious.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Caring.
(d) Lazy.

14. Over what does Mehring muse?
(a) His uncaring son.
(b) The suicide of the girl's father.
(c) His relationship with Antonia.
(d) The running of his farm.

15. When they land at Johannesburg, after some polite conversation, what does the young girl do?
(a) She asks for his phone number.
(b) She joins her family.
(c) Screams out and runs to her mother.
(d) She asks his name.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jacobus is frantic at not being able to contact his master. How does he handle the situation?

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

4. Why can no one find Mehring?

5. What does Solomon find at the celebration?

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