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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mehring's farm look?
(a) Burnt.
(b) Lush.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Fresh.

2. How long has there been a drought?
(a) Six years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) One year.
(d) Four years.

3. What else does Mehring worry about when he looks out the windows?
(a) The loss of his cattle.
(b) The safety of his farmhands.
(c) The possible loss of the water birds.
(d) When Antonia will return.

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

5. What makes Mehring's irrigation efforts almost useless?
(a) The lack of water.
(b) The burning fire.
(c) The wind.
(d) The lack of assistance by his farmhands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Antonia shocked to learn about Mehring?

2. Who is Antonia?

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

4. Who has not been seen for several days?

5. What is wrong with the goat meat?

(see the answer key)

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