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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. Why is William in an argument with a woman named Dorcas?
(a) She is late arriving to work.
(b) She refuses to pay full price for her purchases.
(c) She claims her husband's money is being withheld by the Indians.
(d) She has just stolen from the store.

2. What is unusual about this storm?
(a) It has no thunder or rain.
(b) It blows through quickly.
(c) It is very powerful.
(d) It has no rain.

3. What must raise the alarm that quickly goes around the farm?
(a) The bell that Jacobus rings in an emergency.
(b) The dust from Mehring's Mercedes on the horizon.
(c) Smoke from the fire.
(d) The farmhands on horseback.

4. Why do Jacobus and Mehring talk about cattle?
(a) That is Jacobus' job.
(b) It is an important topic to discuss.
(c) It is the one thing they really have in common.
(d) Cattle are important on the farm.

5. Who stops by the Indians' store?
(a) Mehring.
(b) Izak.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Jacobus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Bismillah's living space cramped?

3. When is Mehring's only chance of seeing his son?

4. What does Solomon think about, along with dying in the pasture?

5. Who is the man with Mehring that Mehring is thinking about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mehring feel about his farm?

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

3. Describe the lives of the owners of the Indian Store.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Mehring say about his hopes for his land when he dies? How does Antonia respond?

9. What is wrong with Phineas' wife?

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

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