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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. Where does Mehring do after returning from his trip?
(a) Begins plowing the fields.
(b) Looks for thieves.
(c) Takes a walk by the river.
(d) Takes a nap on a hammock.

2. What blows garbage from the camps and industrial sites into the air?
(a) An east wind.
(b) August winds.
(c) Large fans.
(d) Ocean winds.

3. What else does he note about the corpse?
(a) It is female.
(b) It has old, dirty clothing.
(c) It looks old.
(d) It has fairly nice clothes.

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

5. Who is Antonia?
(a) Mehring's sister.
(b) Mehring's best friend.
(c) Mehring's leftist, anti-capitalist girlfriend.
(d) Mehring's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Mehring's irrigation efforts almost useless?

2. Why does Mehring not need water?

3. What does Jacobus reassure the men who do not have proper work papers?

4. How does Mehring's farm look?

5. How does Mehring feel as he takes in the scene: river, reeds and willows?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mehring think about as he is resting on the couch?

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

3. What is the path of the fire?

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

5. Who is Merhring?

6. Why is Jacobus angry, regarding Izak?

7. How do they handle Solomon's situation?

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

9. What destruction has the fire caused?

10. Describe Antonia.

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