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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 do the Indians allow black laborers to do?
(a) Fix holes in the fence.
(b) Work in the store.
(c) Stock the store.
(d) Create advertisments for the store.

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

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

4. Why do people feel sorry for Phineas?
(a) He just lost his job.
(b) His house is burned in the fire.
(c) His wife is unpopular.
(d) He has no friends.

5. What does Antonia tell Mehring about his property?
(a) He should pass it on to his son when he dies.
(b) It does not look as nice as it did before the fire.
(c) The blacks will repossess his land within a generation.
(d) He should buy more property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the farmhands becoming on Christmas day?

2. What starts the rain storm?

3. Why can Mehring not get to the farm for two weeks?

4. Jacobus is frantic at not being able to contact his master. How does he handle the situation?

5. Why is Bismillah's living space cramped?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jacobus handle the natural disaster without Mehring?

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

5. Why can the orange river lilies now be seen?

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

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

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

9. What is Jalal painting?

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

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