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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. Where does Mehring do after returning from his trip?

2. Why does Mehring go back to the farmhouse?

3. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?

4. Why does Mehring tear up the letter from his son?

5. How long has there been a drought?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do they handle Solomon's situation?

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

3. What is known about the corpse?

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

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

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

7. Why do Mehring and his son argue?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The laborers have a celebration.

Part 1) Describe the celebration.

Part 2) Does Mehring take part in the celebration? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why is a celebration good for the laborers?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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