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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stops by the Indians' store?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Izak.
(c) Mehring.
(d) Jacobus.

2. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?
(a) He is too young to be at the meeting and should have stayed at the shantytown.
(b) Izak is sent to buy supplies but comes back empty-handed.
(c) He could have been followed from the shantytown by the police, which would have caused trouble for the other men at the meeting.
(d) He was sent to buy beer, which Jacobus feels is unsafe for a young man.

3. Describe Terry's personality.
(a) Spoiled.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Shy.
(d) Kind.

4. What does Mehring despair about in the spare farmhouse?
(a) It is falling apart.
(b) It is not very large.
(c) It smells of cat.
(d) It has mice and rats.

5. How does Mehring feel as he takes in the scene: river, reeds and willows?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Bored.
(d) Peaceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What protects the Indians' fortified enclosure?

2. Where is Antonia's husband?

3. When they land at Johannesburg, after some polite conversation, what does the young girl do?

4. What does Mehring make himself at the farmhouse?

5. What does Mehring think would be more appropriate to plant?

(see the answer key)

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