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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. When Mehring returns, what does he realize must remain?
(a) Some of his staffs' increased responsibilities.
(b) Jacobus as a doctor.
(c) The new path of the river.
(d) The debris in the yard.

2. When they land at Johannesburg, after some polite conversation, what does the young girl do?
(a) Screams out and runs to her mother.
(b) She asks his name.
(c) She joins her family.
(d) She asks for his phone number.

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

4. What will Terry be missing by staying in the United States with his mother?
(a) College in South Africa.
(b) Mandatory military service.
(c) His father.
(d) The opportunity to take over the farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Jacobus and Solomon planting in the field?

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

3. Although cyanide is the quickest way to commit suicide, why does he believe it is not what the man used?

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

5. What does Solomon ask Jacobus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is wrong with Phineas' wife?

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