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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. How does Mehring feel as he takes in the scene: river, reeds and willows?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Bored.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Unsure.

2. What does Jacobus pass out at the meeting with several laborers?
(a) Identification cards.
(b) Important contact information.
(c) Pamphlets.
(d) Cigarettes.

3. How is Mehring's relationship with his girlfriend?
(a) A trusting relationship.
(b) A "love / hate" relationship.
(c) A loving relationship.
(d) A comfortable relationship.

4. Why does Antonia taunt Mehring?
(a) She enjoys making others feel inferior.
(b) He is a socialist, while she is a capitalist.
(c) He works in the city as a pig-iron dealer.
(d) He annoys her.

5. Who is his current girlfriend?
(a) Antoinette.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Anna.
(d) Alice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Antonia shocked to learn about Mehring?

2. Where does Jacobus tell Mehring they found a dead man?

3. From where does Mehring return?

4. What does Mehring worry about as he looks out the windows?

5. What blows garbage from the camps and industrial sites into the air?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the path of the fire?

2. Why do Mehring and his son argue?

3. Who is Merhring?

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

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

6. What destruction has the fire caused?

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

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

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

10. How do they handle Solomon's situation?

(see the answer keys)

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