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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 take as he walks across the compound?

2. How does Mehring evade the funeral?

3. Why does Mehring stop by the Indians' store to get a Christmas present for Jacobus and his staff?

4. What does Mehring notice about awakening on the farm?

5. What does Solomon find at the celebration?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the farmhands spend Christmas day?

2. What is Jalal painting?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mehring feel about his farm?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Solomon is beat up badly by two men.

Part 1) Describe this scene.

Part 2) What are possible reasons for his abuse?

Part 3) Why does Solomon risk his life? Compare him with others in our society who also risk their lives for those they love.

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

The concept of change is delved into throughout Chapter Seven.

Part 1) What are these changes?

Part 2) Choose one of these changes. Why is it important to the story?

Part 3) Choose another change. Why is it important to the story?

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