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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. How is Solomon when Jacobus finds him?

2. What do the police tell Mehring will happen in the next several days?

3. Where does Mehring lie down and fall asleep?

4. To what "business" does Mehring try to go back?

5. Where does Jacobus tell Mehring they found a dead man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mehring's business peers think about his farm?

2. What is known about the corpse?

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

4. What do we learn about Mehring's family?

5. What takes place at the meeting being held by Jacobus?

6. Who calls unexpectedly? What do they discuss with Mehring?

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

8. How do they handle Solomon's situation?

9. What might be the reason for Mehring's thoughts of his sixteen-year-old son?

10. Who is Merhring?

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

The book sheds light on Mehring's relationship with women.

Part 1) Describe his relationship with Antonia.

Part 2) Describe two other incidences in the book in which Mehring comes into contact with women.

Part 3) Based on information from the text, what seems to be Mehring's opinion of women? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The dead man is finally given a proper burial.

Part 1) Describe this event.

Part 2) What does this burial signify?

Part 3) How can it potentially change the characters in the book?

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