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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Marston's relationship with the Turners?
(a) He was going to watch their farm.
(b) He is a distant cousin of Dick Turner.
(c) He is their real estate agent.
(d) He was going to help them turn their farm into a tobacco plantation.

2. Why did Mary have no desire to get married?
(a) She was very ugly.
(b) She did not like men.
(c) The idea of home brought back bad memories.
(d) Her personality was unpleasant and no one wanted to marry her.

3. What type of work did Mary enjoy?
(a) Baking.
(b) Office work.
(c) Farm work.
(d) Railway work.

4. Who discovered the body?
(a) Farm boys.
(b) Dick Turner.
(c) Charlie Slatter.
(d) Moses.

5. What did Charlie once do in a fit of rage?
(a) Break a sjambok over his knee.
(b) Slap one of his children.
(c) Beat his wife.
(d) Kill a native.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary ruin her first romantic relationship?

2. What was Mary afraid of above all else?

3. Of what was Mary doomed to be the subject?

4. How many miles does Slatter live from the Turners?

5. Why did Charlie come to Africa?

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