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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 is the symbol Jalal is painting?
(a) A smiley face.
(b) A yin yang sign.
(c) A gang sign.
(d) A peace sign.

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

3. What does Mehring notice about the orange river lilies?
(a) They are growing where Solomon is found.
(b) They are blooming in fiery splendor at the riverbank.
(c) They are the same color as Antonia's hair.
(d) They are not as plentiful as before the fire.

4. Where does Mehring get his leg stuck?
(a) Through a broken floor board.
(b) In the third pasture mud.
(c) In a car door.
(d) In the fence.

5. What do the father and son at the store immediately do when they see Mehring?
(a) Pretend to be busy.
(b) Stare at Mehring.
(c) Jump into action.
(d) Complain about working too hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can no one find Mehring?

2. Who stops by the Indians' store?

3. Why does Mehring stop by the Indians' store to get a Christmas present for Jacobus and his staff?

4. What is Phineas' wife doing at the celebration?

5. Why are they so excited?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with Phineas' wife?

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

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

4. After speaking to Jacobus, what does Mehring wonder?

5. Who does Mehring run into as he is getting coffee? What does he find shocking about this girl?

6. How do the farmhands spend Christmas day?

7. What is Jalal painting?

8. What does Mehring do while he is in the third pasture?

9. How does the disaster affect Mehring?

10. What happens to Mehring as he is walking in the third pasture?

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