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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 does Mehring have the farm?
(a) To show off for his business associates.
(b) He loves farming.
(c) To have a place where he can truly get away.
(d) To help the local economy.

2. Why does Mehring tear up the letter from his son?
(a) He and his son do not get along.
(b) His son's hypocrisy disgusts him.
(c) He knows that the boy is not his son.
(d) He is upset that his son is so far away.

3. Who does Mehring think about when his guests leave?
(a) His sixteen-year-old son.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) The corpse on his property.
(d) His home.

4. To what "business" does Mehring try to go back?
(a) Training horses.
(b) Stopping some boys from taking native hen's eggs.
(c) Farming his land.
(d) Chasing ferrel dogs off his property.

5. Describe Terry's personality.
(a) Shy.
(b) Kind.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Spoiled.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mehring's farm look?

2. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

3. About what do they speak?

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

5. What does Jacobus pass out at the meeting with several laborers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the path of the fire?

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

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

5. Describe Antonia.

6. What do Mehring's business peers think about his farm?

7. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

8. Who are Kurt and Emmy?

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

10. Why does Solomon leave the compound?

(see the answer keys)

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