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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 many generations of his unexpected visitors are present?

2. Why do people dig through piles of garbage?

3. What do the farmhands do, regarding Solomon?

4. From whom does he receive an unexpected phone call and visit?

5. Who has not been seen for several days?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do they handle Solomon's situation?

2. What has happened to Solomon?

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

4. What is wrong with the river?

5. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

6. What does Mehring think about as he is resting on the couch?

7. What is the path of the fire?

8. What does Jacobus learn about available work for the men?

9. What destruction has the fire caused?

10. Why is Mehring unconcerned about the river?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mehring and his son Terry are very different, but also have some similarities.

Part 1) Describe Terry.

Part 2) How are Mehring and Terry different?

Part 3) What are the similarities between Mehring and Terry?

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 walks down the reeds in the third pasture and gets his leg badly stuck in the mud.

Part 1) Describe the rest of this event.

Part 2) How does Mehring react to this event? Why?

Part 3) What does this event symbolize?

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