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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. Who does Mehring think about as he walks?
(a) What he will plant in the fall.
(b) A particular woman.
(c) Where he will find water for his farm.
(d) What jobs he needs to get done.

2. How does Jacobus recommend Mehring attempt to preserve the body?
(a) Put the remains in the large freezer in the barn.
(b) Lay the remains in the cellar.
(c) Call a taxidermist to preserve the remains.
(d) Cover the remains and make sure to keep any stray dogs away.

3. What does Solomon do after he questions the men?
(a) He goes to the police to let them know about the suspicious men.
(b) He runs away from the men.
(c) He reluctantly rises from bed and follows them out into the night.
(d) He ignores them and goes back to sleep.

4. Why does Antonia distance herself from Mehring?
(a) So that she can stay emotionally unattached.
(b) She is married.
(c) She does not care for him.
(d) She wants to end the relationship.

5. Besides passing through the city, what else must Mehring drive through to get to his property?
(a) A dangerous neighborhood.
(b) A built up Transvaal village.
(c) Several Transvaal villages.
(d) A park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Antonia taunt Mehring?

2. Who does Jacobus call as the men look on skeptically and somewhat fearfully?

3. How does Mehring reach the police?

4. Why do people dig through piles of garbage?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is wrong with the river?

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

6. Why do Mehring and his son argue?

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

8. What is known about the corpse?

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

10. What is the path of the fire?

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