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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. From whom does he receive an unexpected phone call and visit?

2. Why does Mehring tear up the letter from his son?

3. What does Terry not seem to realize about the South African "system" he mocks?

4. Who does Mehring hear in the other room as he is resting?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

3. What do the police do once they are notified about the dead body?

4. What is wrong with the river?

5. Why does Solomon leave the compound?

6. What destruction has the fire caused?

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

8. What does Jacobus do when he finds a dead body? Where does he find it? What does Mehring do?

9. What do the farmhands think about what happened to Solomon?

10. What might be the reason for Mehring's thoughts of his sixteen-year-old son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mehring enjoys many aspects of the farm.

Part 1) Describe the farm.

Part 2) Why does Mehring own a farm?

Part 3) What does he love about the farm?

Essay Topic 2

Mehring and his son Terry are very different, but also have some similarities.

Part 1) Describe Terry.

Part 2) How are Mehring and Terry different?

Part 3) What are the similarities between Mehring and Terry?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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