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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. What does Jacobus reassure the men who do not have proper work papers?

2. What does Mehring despair about in the spare farmhouse?

3. How many generations of his unexpected visitors are present?

4. What does Mehring make himself at the farmhouse?

5. Who is Antonia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Merhring?

2. Why is Jacobus angry, regarding Izak?

3. What does Jacobus do when he finds a dead body? Where does he find it? What does Mehring do?

4. What destruction has the fire caused?

5. What has happened to Solomon?

6. Why is Mehring unconcerned about the river?

7. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

8. Who is Antonia?

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

10. What do the children say about the attack on Solomon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The owners of the Indian Store live in constant fear.

Part 1) Why?

Part 2) Describe their living conditions.

Part 3) Compare and contrast these illegal immigrants to illegal immigrants found in the United States.

Essay Topic 2

The fire makes Mehring think about what really is important in his life.

Part 1) Describe the affects of the fire.

Part 2) What does Mehring think about after the fire?

Part 3) How does the fire permanently change Mehring?

Essay Topic 3

Mehring goes to the Indian Store to purchase gifts.

Part 1) How do the Indians treat him?

Part 2) Why do they treat him this way?

Part 3) How does he react to their treatment?

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