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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 Mehring think he should do but know he will not do?
(a) Sell the farm.
(b) Write a letter.
(c) Call his son.
(d) Clean up from the fire.

2. What do the police tell Mehring will happen in the next several days?
(a) The police will hunt for the murderer.
(b) The body will be relocated once the mortuary van becomes available.
(c) A funeral will be held for the person found on Mehring's property.
(d) He will be investigated for the murder of this person.

3. What does Antonia say wistfully to Mehring?
(a) "I wish I could stay with you..."
(b) "I wish I could marry you..."
(c) "I wish Terry was my son..."
(d) "I wish I had your farm..."

4. Why are several of the Indians at the store worried?
(a) The police will raid their store to find clues to the murder.
(b) The police will charge them with murder because they are part of an ethnic minority.
(c) They fear the murderer will return.
(d) The police will uncover the fact that they are in the country illegally.

5. How long has there been a drought?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Four years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people dig through piles of garbage?

2. What else does he note about the corpse?

3. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?

4. Who does Mehring think about when his guests leave?

5. Why does Mehring tear up the letter from his son?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Antonia.

2. Who is Merhring?

3. What does Mehring think about as he is resting on the couch?

4. What is the path of the fire?

5. Who are Kurt and Emmy?

6. What takes place at the meeting being held by Jacobus?

7. What has happened to Solomon?

8. Why is Jacobus angry, regarding Izak?

9. What does Jacobus learn about available work for the men?

10. What do the farmhands think about what happened to Solomon?

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