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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. Why can the orange river lilies be seen?
(a) They are in a different location from the previous summer.
(b) The farmhands have planted more this year.
(c) They have grown larger than in the past.
(d) The fire has made this viewing possible.

2. What does Mehring send Jacobus down to do?
(a) Help the couple stuck in their car.
(b) Start draining some of the trapped water.
(c) Move the cattle to a different field.
(d) Survey the damage.

3. Who is the man with Mehring that Mehring is thinking about?
(a) Jacobus.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Terry.
(d) The dead man.

4. For what does Mehring think the location of the stone outhouse would make an excellent spot?
(a) A picnic area.
(b) A barn.
(c) A new tree.
(d) A guest cottage.

5. Why do Jacobus and Mehring talk about cattle?
(a) It is the one thing they really have in common.
(b) It is an important topic to discuss.
(c) Cattle are important on the farm.
(d) That is Jacobus' job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the father and son at the store immediately do when they see Mehring?

2. What happens to a woman trying to cross the flooded lowland between Mehring's and De Beers?

3. Of what do the Indians have an inevitable feeling?

4. What does Mehring do as he watches the storm?

5. How does Mehring evade the funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Mehring as he is walking in the third pasture?

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

3. How do the Indians react to Mehring being in their store?

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

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

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

7. Why can the orange river lilies now be seen?

8. How does Dorcas' husband handle the situation with the Indians?

9. Describe the lives of the owners of the Indian Store.

10. How does Mehring feel about his farm?

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