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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the farmhands do, regarding Solomon?
(a) Bury Solomon.
(b) Go after the men who hurt Solomon.
(c) Try to find Solomon.
(d) Try to piece together what happened to Solomon.

2. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?
(a) He could have been followed from the shantytown by the police, which would have caused trouble for the other men at the meeting.
(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 was sent to buy beer, which Jacobus feels is unsafe for a young man.

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

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

5. How does Mehring feel about the policeman's reassurances that it will not reflect badly on him?
(a) He is somewhat assuaged.
(b) He is unconcerned.
(c) He is confident.
(d) He is very worried.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Mehring's business peers feel out his "hobby" farm?

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

3. What does Jacobus pass out at the meeting with several laborers?

4. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?

5. Where does Mehring do after returning from his trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with the river?

2. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

3. How do they handle Solomon's situation?

4. Why is Jacobus angry, regarding Izak?

5. Why is Mehring unconcerned about the river?

6. Mehring has many regrets. What three of them be?

7. What does Mehring think about as he is resting on the couch?

8. Why do Mehring and his son argue?

9. What takes place at the meeting being held by Jacobus?

10. How do the Indians feel about the police investigation?

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