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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. For what does Mehring think the location of the stone outhouse would make an excellent spot?
(a) A new tree.
(b) A picnic area.
(c) A guest cottage.
(d) A barn.

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

3. Why must Bismillah keep alert?
(a) The locals often cannot count the money they shove at him.
(b) The lawyers may cheat them out of their money.
(c) The government may come looking for them.
(d) The fire has spread from De Beer's property.

4. What is Phineas' wife doing at the celebration?
(a) She is talking to herself in the corner of the room.
(b) She is arguing with everyone at the party.
(c) She is drinking heavily.
(d) Dancing crazily and describing the animals she can turn into.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mehring send Jacobus down to do?

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

3. What do the father and son at the store immediately do when they see Mehring?

4. What happens to a couple when a torrent at a small gully turns into a sudden flood?

5. What does Mehring also consider?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Jalal painting?

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

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

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

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

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

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