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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. Why is Mehring easily able to make the issue with the young girl disappear?

2. What does Mehring find in Terry's backpack?

3. What is Izak playing loudly?

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

5. Over what does Mehring muse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mehring's thoughts about his son and Antonia's hypocrisy.

2. How does Jacobus handle the natural disaster without Mehring?

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

4. Why can the orange river lilies now be seen?

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

6. How do the farmhands spend Christmas day?

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

8. What is the outcome of the disaster on the farm?

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

10. What does Mehring say about his hopes for his land when he dies? How does Antonia respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The book sheds light on Mehring's relationship with women.

Part 1) Describe his relationship with Antonia.

Part 2) Describe two other incidences in the book in which Mehring comes into contact with women.

Part 3) Based on information from the text, what seems to be Mehring's opinion of women? Why?

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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