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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. How does Antonia contradict her "everything goes" front?
(a) Her shy personality.
(b) Her conservative clothing.
(c) Her closed way of talking.
(d) Her sensible advice.

2. What does Mehring worry about as he looks out the windows?
(a) Whether or not the fire will stop on its own.
(b) When Antonia will return.
(c) The burned willows.
(d) How he will pay for repairs on his farm.

3. What does a fire that starts on De Beer's property also burn?
(a) The shantytown.
(b) Sections of Mehring's farm.
(c) Mehring's farmhouse.
(d) Part of the town.

4. Where does Jacobus tell Mehring they found a dead man?
(a) Near a mine.
(b) In his home.
(c) In a field.
(d) Near the river.

5. Why does Antonia taunt Mehring?
(a) She enjoys making others feel inferior.
(b) He works in the city as a pig-iron dealer.
(c) He is a socialist, while she is a capitalist.
(d) He annoys her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jacobus reassure the men who do not have proper work papers?

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

4. What aspect of the farm does Mehring like?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Mehring and his son argue?

3. What does Mehring believe is the cause for the fire?

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

5. What destruction has the fire caused?

6. What do we learn about Mehring's family?

7. What is known about the corpse?

8. Why is Jacobus angry, regarding Izak?

9. What is wrong with the river?

10. Describe the environment at the beginning of this chapter.

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