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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 do the streets become impassible?

2. What does Solomon ask Jacobus?

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

4. How might the owners of the Indian Store lose all they have worked for?

5. How do the Indians hope to keep officials at bay?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do the farmhands spend Christmas day?

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

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

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

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

10. What is wrong with Phineas' wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Jacobus' character has his shining moment during the flood.

Part 1) Describe Jacobus' actions during the flood.

Part 2) How does Mehring react to what Jacobus has done? Why?

Part 3) How might Jacobus' newly-found confidence affect his relationship with Mehring and the fieldhands?

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