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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 does Mehring's farm look?

2. Where is Mehring's son, Terry?

3. On closer inspection, what does Jacobus discover about Solomon?

4. Why is Mehring not a true farmer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Mehring and his son argue?

2. What do the farmhands think about what happened to Solomon?

3. Who are Kurt and Emmy?

4. What destruction has the fire caused?

5. How do the Indians feel about the police investigation?

6. What is the path of the fire?

7. What is known about the corpse?

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

9. What is wrong with the river?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mehring's relationship with Antonia is a love/hate affair.

Part 1) Describe Antonia.

Part 2) What does Mehring think about his relationship with Antonia?

Part 3) Why does Mehring continue to date Antonia?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The author strongly hints at "something large" being unearthed by the flood.

Part 1) What is literally being unearthed? Why?

Part 2) What is figuratively being unearthed?

Part 3) How are both of the events handled by Mehring and his farmhands?

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