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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mehring go back to the farmhouse?
(a) He finds no unburned place to lie down.
(b) It has begun to rain.
(c) He is tired of looking at his burnt land.
(d) He escapes the fire.

2. From whom does he receive an unexpected phone call and visit?
(a) The police.
(b) His family.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) The De Beer family.

3. Mehring realizes that the house is wasted, but what is the true value?
(a) The land itself.
(b) The lives of his farmhands.
(c) His life.
(d) His animals.

4. On closer inspection, what does Jacobus discover about Solomon?
(a) He is dying.
(b) He is breathing.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He is dead.

5. What do the farmhands do, regarding Solomon?
(a) Go after the men who hurt Solomon.
(b) Try to find Solomon.
(c) Try to piece together what happened to Solomon.
(d) Bury Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mehring think about as he walks through the property?

2. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

3. Why can the orange river lilies be seen?

4. Why does Antonia distance herself from Mehring?

5. Why are they so excited?

(see the answer key)

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