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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. On first glance, what does Jacobus think about Solomon?
(a) He is stealing from Mehring.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He has run away.

2. About what is Mehring concerned?
(a) Jacobus' innocense.
(b) Both the incident and the frost.
(c) His safety.
(d) His farm.

3. Why is Mehring furious that the police borrowed a shovel from Jacobus?
(a) To bury the body at the site.
(b) He cannot find it.
(c) It is now bent.
(d) It is dirty.

4. On closer inspection, what does Jacobus discover about Solomon?
(a) He is dying.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is breathing.

5. Why does Mehring not need water?
(a) He purchases water from town.
(b) He has his own water tower.
(c) He has his own well system.
(d) He has another river he uses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mehring not able to use the river as a water source?

2. Who is his current girlfriend?

3. What do the bad spirits haunt?

4. What does Jacobus do when he returns to the farm?

5. Why does Mehring go back to the farmhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do they handle Solomon's situation?

2. What is known about the corpse?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who are Kurt and Emmy?

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

10. Who calls unexpectedly? What do they discuss with Mehring?

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