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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. When Mehring roams his four-hundred-acre property, where does he always end up?

2. Who asks for Solomon?

3. What does Mehring make himself at the farmhouse?

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

5. Who is his current girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is known about the corpse?

4. What has happened to Solomon?

5. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

6. Why is Jacobus angry, regarding Izak?

7. Who is Antonia?

8. Why does Solomon leave the compound?

9. How do they handle Solomon's situation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mehring goes to the Indian Store to purchase gifts.

Part 1) How do the Indians treat him?

Part 2) Why do they treat him this way?

Part 3) How does he react to their treatment?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The author strongly hints at "something large" being unearthed by the flood.

Part 1) What is literally being unearthed? Why?

Part 2) What is figuratively being unearthed?

Part 3) How are both of the events handled by Mehring and his farmhands?

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