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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?

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

3. Who does Mehring think about as he walks?

4. Why are several of the Indians at the store worried?

5. How does Mehring reach the police?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

3. Who calls unexpectedly? What do they discuss with Mehring?

4. What has happened to Solomon?

5. Describe Antonia.

6. What is known about the corpse?

7. Why does Solomon leave the compound?

8. What do the children say about the attack on Solomon?

9. Who are Kurt and Emmy?

10. Who is Merhring?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mehring is the protagonist in this book.

Part 1) Describe Mehring.

Part 2) How does his character change throughout the book?

Part 3) Compare and contrast Mehring at the beginning of the book to Mehring at the end.

Essay Topic 2

Mehring walks down the reeds in the third pasture and gets his leg badly stuck in the mud.

Part 1) Describe the rest of this event.

Part 2) How does Mehring react to this event? Why?

Part 3) What does this event symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Jalal is painting peace signs that can be seen by the public.

Part 1) Why is Jalal painting peace signs?

Part 2) How does his father react? Why?

Part 3) What do the peace signs look like at the end of the story? Why?

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