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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 Mehring think would be more appropriate to plant?

2. What is wrong with the goat meat?

3. What does Mehring find annoying about the Indians?

4. Who is the man with Mehring that Mehring is thinking about?

5. What streaks across the sky as Mehring reaches a stone outhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can be found at the laborers' celebration?

2. What happens to Mehring as he is walking in the third pasture?

3. How does the disaster affect Mehring?

4. Who does Mehring run into as he is getting coffee? What does he find shocking about this girl?

5. Why is Jalal's father upset with what his son is painting?

6. How does Mehring become intimate with a young girl on a plane?

7. What does the disaster mentioned in this chapter do to the land and people?

8. Where does Mehring end up after walking across the compound?

9. How is Mehring only charged with "interfering" with the girl and can easily make the issue disappear?

10. How does Dorcas' husband handle the situation with the Indians?

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

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 3

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.

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