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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a fire that starts on De Beer's property also burn?
(a) Sections of Mehring's farm.
(b) Mehring's farmhouse.
(c) The shantytown.
(d) Part of the town.

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

3. How does Antonia contradict her "everything goes" front?
(a) Her shy personality.
(b) Her sensible advice.
(c) Her conservative clothing.
(d) Her closed way of talking.

4. What do the farmhands do, regarding Solomon?
(a) Try to find Solomon.
(b) Try to piece together what happened to Solomon.
(c) Go after the men who hurt Solomon.
(d) Bury Solomon.

5. What does Terry not seem to realize about the South African "system" he mocks?
(a) It is not as flawed as he believes it to be.
(b) It is the same one that pays for him and his mother's lifestyle.
(c) Terry's father works for that system.
(d) It is the best system on the continent of Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mehring realizes that the house is wasted, but what is the true value?

2. Why does Mehring have the farm?

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

4. About what do they speak?

5. What does Jacobus assume is the reason for the incident involving Solomon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Solomon?

2. What might be the reason for Mehring's thoughts of his sixteen-year-old son?

3. How do the Indians feel about the police investigation?

4. Describe Antonia.

5. Describe the environment at the beginning of this chapter.

6. What does Jacobus do when he finds a dead body? Where does he find it? What does Mehring do?

7. Who is Antonia?

8. Why is Mehring unconcerned about the river?

9. What is the path of the fire?

10. What destruction has the fire caused?

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