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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Mehring's irrigation efforts almost useless?
(a) The burning fire.
(b) The wind.
(c) The lack of assistance by his farmhands.
(d) The lack of water.

2. Where is Jacobus' meeting being held?
(a) The spare farmhouse.
(b) In town at a local pub.
(c) A barn.
(d) Jacobus' home.

3. How long has there been a drought?
(a) Six years.
(b) One year.
(c) Four years.
(d) Eight years.

4. Who asks for Solomon?
(a) His brother.
(b) Jacobus.
(c) Mehring.
(d) A pair of men.

5. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?
(a) They let the "locals" take care of the problem themselves.
(b) They have a zero tolerance policy.
(c) They destroy the shacks in the shantytown whenever possible.
(d) They bring powerful weapons and shoot to kill.

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

7. How does Antonia contradict her "everything goes" front?
(a) Her closed way of talking.
(b) Her shy personality.
(c) Her sensible advice.
(d) Her conservative clothing.

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

10. Who does Jacobus call as the men look on skeptically and somewhat fearfully?
(a) William at the Indian Store.
(b) Mehring at the farm.
(c) The police.
(d) Backup.

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

12. Why does Mehring think the body was probably dumped there?
(a) There were marks showing it had been dragged.
(b) The dead man has no mud on his shoes.
(c) It's a quiet place that no one would notice.
(d) He does not know the man.

13. What does Mehring make himself at the farmhouse?
(a) New furniture.
(b) A scrapbook.
(c) Some lunch.
(d) A hammock.

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

15. How does Mehring's farm look?
(a) Dusty.
(b) Burnt.
(c) Lush.
(d) Fresh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mehring's son, Terry?

2. What does Mehring do when he returns to the farmhouse?

3. What does Mehring worry about as he looks out the windows?

4. What is Antonia shocked to learn about Mehring?

5. What do Mehring, Jacobus and a farmhand try and repair?

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