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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. What are the farmhands becoming on Christmas day?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Religious.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Caring.

2. Who is the man with Mehring that Mehring is thinking about?
(a) Terry.
(b) Solomon.
(c) The dead man.
(d) Jacobus.

3. What does Mehring find in Terry's backpack?
(a) A publication published by "The Campaign for Homosexual Equality."
(b) Illegal drugs.
(c) A plane ticket to the United States.
(d) A photograph of his mother.

4. Why does Bismillah pace the outside perimeter of the compound?
(a) To check for thieves.
(b) To look for Solomon.
(c) To turn on the security camera.
(d) To check for any holes.

5. What does Mehring take as he walks across the compound?
(a) A bottle of whiskey.
(b) A sleeping bag.
(c) A book.
(d) A bunch of lilies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mehring do as he watches the storm?

2. Why is Mehring upset with Terry?

3. What does Mehring think about as he walks through the property?

4. What does Mehring think would be more appropriate to plant?

5. How might the owners of the Indian Store lose all they have worked for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mehring become intimate with a young girl on a plane?

2. Describe Mehring's thoughts about his son and Antonia's hypocrisy.

3. How is Mehring only charged with "interfering" with the girl and can easily make the issue disappear?

4. Why is Jalal's father upset with what his son is painting?

5. What can be found at the laborers' celebration?

6. What does Mehring do, regarding the girl whose father had committed suicide?

7. Where does Mehring end up after walking across the compound?

8. How does Dorcas' husband handle the situation with the Indians?

9. How do the Indians react to Mehring being in their store?

10. What is the outcome of the disaster on the farm?

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