The Conservationist Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Conservationist Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?
(a) He was sent to buy beer, which Jacobus feels is unsafe for a young man.
(b) Izak is sent to buy supplies but comes back empty-handed.
(c) He is too young to be at the meeting and should have stayed at the shantytown.
(d) He could have been followed from the shantytown by the police, which would have caused trouble for the other men at the meeting.

2. On first glance, what does Jacobus think about Solomon?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is stealing from Mehring.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He has run away.

3. To what "business" does Mehring try to go back?
(a) Farming his land.
(b) Training horses.
(c) Stopping some boys from taking native hen's eggs.
(d) Chasing ferrel dogs off his property.

4. Who does Mehring think about as he walks?
(a) Where he will find water for his farm.
(b) A particular woman.
(c) What jobs he needs to get done.
(d) What he will plant in the fall.

5. What do the police tell Mehring will happen in the next several days?
(a) The body will be relocated once the mortuary van becomes available.
(b) A funeral will be held for the person found on Mehring's property.
(c) The police will hunt for the murderer.
(d) He will be investigated for the murder of this person.

6. Mehring realizes that the house is wasted, but what is the true value?
(a) The lives of his farmhands.
(b) The land itself.
(c) His life.
(d) His animals.

7. Where is Antonia's husband?
(a) In town.
(b) Away on research.
(c) Dead.
(d) In the United States.

8. Why does Mehring not need water?
(a) He purchases water from town.
(b) He has his own water tower.
(c) He has his own well system.
(d) He has another river he uses.

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

10. What does Jacobus reassure the men who do not have proper work papers?
(a) They will not be caught.
(b) He will protect them.
(c) He can help them work in town.
(d) He will get work papers for them.

11. Where do they take Solomon?
(a) Home.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To Mehring's.
(d) To a friend's home.

12. Besides passing through the city, what else must Mehring drive through to get to his property?
(a) Several Transvaal villages.
(b) A built up Transvaal village.
(c) A dangerous neighborhood.
(d) A park.

13. How many generations of his unexpected visitors are present?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

14. What does a fire that starts on De Beer's property also burn?
(a) The shantytown.
(b) Sections of Mehring's farm.
(c) Mehring's farmhouse.
(d) Part of the town.

15. On closer inspection, what does Jacobus discover about Solomon?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He is breathing.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacobus do when he returns to the farm?

2. How does Mehring's farm look?

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

4. Who is his current girlfriend?

5. What makes Mehring's irrigation efforts almost useless?

(see the answer keys)

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