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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 a sign that winter is weakening?
(a) There is a warm wind some afternoons.
(b) Mehring no longer needs his winter coat.
(c) The river is no longer frozen.
(d) Birds are chirping.

2. Although cyanide is the quickest way to commit suicide, why does he believe it is not what the man used?
(a) It is very painful.
(b) It is expensive.
(c) It is not the "tycoon's way" to do it.
(d) One must have assistance in administering it.

3. What protects the Indians' fortified enclosure?
(a) A high-tech security system.
(b) Mehring's farmhands.
(c) Fences, roofs and dogs.
(d) Locals.

4. What does Mehring notice about awakening on the farm?
(a) The sunshine is bright in his window.
(b) How warm it has become.
(c) He feels more awake than at his apartment in the city.
(d) He likes it better when Antonia is with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the streets become impassible?

2. What does Mehring also consider?

3. What does Mehring realize about Jacobus?

4. Why is William in an argument with a woman named Dorcas?

5. How do the Indians hope to keep officials at bay?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the disaster mentioned in this chapter do to the land and people?

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

4. How do the farmhands spend Christmas day?

5. How does the disaster affect Mehring?

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

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

8. How does Mehring feel about his farm?

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

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

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