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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. Why do people dig through piles of garbage?
(a) To look for clothing.
(b) To find lost items.
(c) To look for anything of value.
(d) To find food.

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

3. What blows garbage from the camps and industrial sites into the air?
(a) August winds.
(b) Large fans.
(c) An east wind.
(d) Ocean winds.

4. Where is Jacobus' meeting being held?
(a) In town at a local pub.
(b) The spare farmhouse.
(c) Jacobus' home.
(d) A barn.

5. What does Antonia not believe about Mehring?
(a) The farm belongs to him.
(b) He has a wife.
(c) His mail is confidential.
(d) He has a son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mehring own?

3. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?

4. Why does Mehring think the body was probably dumped there?

5. Why does Mehring have the farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Antonia.

2. Why is Mehring unconcerned about the river?

3. Who is Antonia?

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

5. What is known about the corpse?

6. What destruction has the fire caused?

7. What does Mehring believe is the cause for the fire?

8. Why is Jacobus angry, regarding Izak?

9. What do the children say about the attack on Solomon?

10. What do we learn about Mehring's family?

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