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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 hear in the other room as he is resting?
(a) Jacobus, a fieldhand.
(b) Antonia, his girlfriend.
(c) Terry, his son.
(d) Alina, the servant.

2. How long has there been a drought?
(a) Six years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Four years.
(d) One year.

3. How many generations of his unexpected visitors are present?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

4. What does a fire that starts on De Beer's property also burn?
(a) The shantytown.
(b) Part of the town.
(c) Sections of Mehring's farm.
(d) Mehring's farmhouse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mehring roams his four-hundred-acre property, where does he always end up?

2. About what do they speak?

3. Who does Mehring think of as he rests on the couch?

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

5. What do the farmhands do, regarding Solomon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the path of the fire?

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

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

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

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

6. What is wrong with the river?

7. Who is Merhring?

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

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

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

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