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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mehring notice about the orange river lilies?
(a) They are not as plentiful as before the fire.
(b) They are growing where Solomon is found.
(c) They are blooming in fiery splendor at the riverbank.
(d) They are the same color as Antonia's hair.

2. Why can the orange river lilies be seen?
(a) They are in a different location from the previous summer.
(b) The fire has made this viewing possible.
(c) They have grown larger than in the past.
(d) The farmhands have planted more this year.

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

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

5. What is a sign that winter is weakening?
(a) Birds are chirping.
(b) The river is no longer frozen.
(c) There is a warm wind some afternoons.
(d) Mehring no longer needs his winter coat.

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

7. What does Solomon ask Jacobus?
(a) Why Jacobus saved him.
(b) Why he is beaten and left for dead.
(c) Who saved him from the cold pasture.
(d) If he had actually died in the cold pasture.

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

9. Why do Jacobus and Mehring talk about cattle?
(a) It is the one thing they really have in common.
(b) Cattle are important on the farm.
(c) That is Jacobus' job.
(d) It is an important topic to discuss.

10. Why does Mehring ride in tourist class on a plane ride from Lisbon?
(a) There is no first class on the plane.
(b) There is no room in first class.
(c) He enjoys getting to know the locals.
(d) He does not have the money to purchase a first class seat.

11. What is Phineas' wife doing at the celebration?
(a) Dancing crazily and describing the animals she can turn into.
(b) She is drinking heavily.
(c) She is arguing with everyone at the party.
(d) She is talking to herself in the corner of the room.

12. Although cyanide is the quickest way to commit suicide, why does he believe it is not what the man used?
(a) It is very painful.
(b) It is not the "tycoon's way" to do it.
(c) One must have assistance in administering it.
(d) It is expensive.

13. What does Mehring take as he walks across the compound?
(a) A bunch of lilies.
(b) A book.
(c) A bottle of whiskey.
(d) A sleeping bag.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mehring think about as he walks through the property?

2. What happens to a couple when a torrent at a small gully turns into a sudden flood?

3. Why are they so excited?

4. Why can no one find Mehring?

5. What do the father and son at the store immediately do when they see Mehring?

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