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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks of bad spirits?

2. What is one of Mehring's many regrets?

3. Who does Mehring hear in the other room as he is resting?

4. What does a fire that starts on De Beer's property also burn?

5. What does Terry not seem to realize about the South African "system" he mocks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mehring has many regrets. What three of them be?

2. Who are Kurt and Emmy?

3. Why is Jacobus angry, regarding Izak?

4. What destruction has the fire caused?

5. What does Mehring believe is the cause for the fire?

6. Who is Merhring?

7. Describe the environment at the beginning of this chapter.

8. How do they handle Solomon's situation?

9. What do the police do once they are notified about the dead body?

10. Why does Solomon leave the compound?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mehring finds a pamphlet for supporting homosexuality in his son's backpack.

Part 1) Describe Mehring's reaction to finding this information.

Part 2) What evidence can be found in the book to support the fact that Terry may be a homosexual?

Part 3) Does Mehring have the right to look through his son's backpack? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

A body is found on Mehring's farm.

Part 1) How do the authorities, Mehring, and the farmhands deal with the body?

Part 2) What do we know about this body?

Part 3) What does this body symbolize in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Jalal is painting peace signs that can be seen by the public.

Part 1) Why is Jalal painting peace signs?

Part 2) How does his father react? Why?

Part 3) What do the peace signs look like at the end of the story? Why?

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