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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 is Jalal painting?

3. With whom does Mehring walk through the property?

4. What protects the Indians' fortified enclosure?

5. Why does Mehring take the opportunity to put his hand on the young girl's thigh?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is wrong with Phineas' wife?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do the farmhands spend Christmas day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jalal is painting peace signs that can be seen by the public.

Part 1) Why is Jalal painting peace signs?

Part 2) How does his father react? Why?

Part 3) What do the peace signs look like at the end of the story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Mehring enjoys many aspects of the farm.

Part 1) Describe the farm.

Part 2) Why does Mehring own a farm?

Part 3) What does he love about the farm?

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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