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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 is Jalal painting?

2. Jacobus is frantic at not being able to contact his master. How does he handle the situation?

3. What happens to a woman trying to cross the flooded lowland between Mehring's and De Beers?

4. When Mehring returns, what does he realize must remain?

5. Why do people feel sorry for Phineas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the disaster affect Mehring?

3. What does Mehring learn about his son? Why is he upset?

4. How do the Indians react to Mehring being in their store?

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

6. What does Mehring do, regarding the girl whose father had committed suicide?

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

8. What does Mehring do while he is in the third pasture?

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

10. After speaking to Jacobus, what does Mehring wonder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A theme in this book is mortality.

Part 1) What is mortality? Give examples from the text that involve this theme.

Part 2) Why is this a theme of the book?

Part 3) How are the characters in this book affected by this theme?

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 is the protagonist in this book.

Part 1) Describe Mehring.

Part 2) How does his character change throughout the book?

Part 3) Compare and contrast Mehring at the beginning of the book to Mehring at the end.

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