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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mehring do after returning from his trip?
(a) Begins plowing the fields.
(b) Takes a nap on a hammock.
(c) Looks for thieves.
(d) Takes a walk by the river.

2. How does Antonia act mysteriously?
(a) She will not give Mehring her phone number.
(b) She does not tell Mehring about her life.
(c) Mehring does not know where she lives.
(d) By not naming her friends, like some secret agent.

3. What do Mehring, Jacobus and a farmhand try and repair?
(a) A water pump for the cattle.
(b) A fence for the cattle.
(c) The roof on the house.
(d) A tractor.

4. What does Mehring worry about as he looks out the windows?
(a) How he will pay for repairs on his farm.
(b) Whether or not the fire will stop on its own.
(c) When Antonia will return.
(d) The burned willows.

5. Why does Mehring have the farm?
(a) To show off for his business associates.
(b) He loves farming.
(c) To help the local economy.
(d) To have a place where he can truly get away.

6. Who does Mehring think of as he rests on the couch?
(a) The De Beers.
(b) His wife.
(c) Solomon and his brother.
(d) Antonia and Terry.

7. What is Solomon told about his brother?
(a) His brother is leaving town.
(b) His brother is dead.
(c) His brother needs him.
(d) His brother is in jail.

8. What does Terry not seem to realize about the South African "system" he mocks?
(a) It is not as flawed as he believes it to be.
(b) It is the best system on the continent of Africa.
(c) Terry's father works for that system.
(d) It is the same one that pays for him and his mother's lifestyle.

9. Why is Mehring not a true farmer?
(a) He is a citizen of the city.
(b) He does not own the farm.
(c) He does not make a profit off of his farm.
(d) He knows nothing about farming.

10. What does Mehring own?
(a) A large home in the city.
(b) A farm in rural South Africa.
(c) A zoo in Cambodia.
(d) An automobile dealership in Australia.

11. What does Jacobus assume is the reason for the incident involving Solomon?
(a) He is involved in a drug deal gone bad.
(b) Creditors beat him up because his brother owed someone money.
(c) The men accidently beat up the wrong man.
(d) He is protecting his brother who is a member of a gang.

12. What blows garbage from the camps and industrial sites into the air?
(a) August winds.
(b) Large fans.
(c) Ocean winds.
(d) An east wind.

13. Who speaks of bad spirits?
(a) Mehring.
(b) The children.
(c) Jacobus.
(d) The farmhands.

14. What does Antonia say wistfully to Mehring?
(a) "I wish I could marry you..."
(b) "I wish I had your farm..."
(c) "I wish I could stay with you..."
(d) "I wish Terry was my son..."

15. Where does Mehring lie down and fall asleep?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the grass.
(c) In his bedroom.
(d) In a hammock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mehring feel as he takes in the scene: river, reeds and willows?

2. Why does Antonia taunt Mehring?

3. What does Antonia not believe about Mehring?

4. How is Solomon when Jacobus finds him?

5. What is Antonia shocked to learn about Mehring?

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