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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who leads the conversation?
(a) The youngest.
(b) The supervisor.
(c) The eldest.
(d) The novice.

3. What is one of Mehring's many regrets?
(a) Not taking the time to do "father" things with Terry.
(b) Allowing his wife to move to the United States.
(c) Letting his son go away to college.
(d) Not marrying Antonia.

4. What blows garbage from the camps and industrial sites into the air?
(a) An east wind.
(b) Large fans.
(c) August winds.
(d) Ocean winds.

5. What does Mehring make himself at the farmhouse?
(a) A hammock.
(b) Some lunch.
(c) New furniture.
(d) A scrapbook.

Short Answer Questions

1. On first glance, what does Jacobus think about Solomon?

2. What makes Mehring's irrigation efforts almost useless?

3. Who does Jacobus call as the men look on skeptically and somewhat fearfully?

4. How many generations of his unexpected visitors are present?

5. What does Jacobus do when he returns to the farm?

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