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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mehring's son, Terry?
(a) In the United States with his mother.
(b) On the farm with Mehring.
(c) In Johannesburg with his mother.
(d) Away at college.

2. Why are several of the Indians at the store worried?
(a) The police will raid their store to find clues to the murder.
(b) The police will uncover the fact that they are in the country illegally.
(c) They fear the murderer will return.
(d) The police will charge them with murder because they are part of an ethnic minority.

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

4. Why does Mehring think the body was probably dumped there?
(a) The dead man has no mud on his shoes.
(b) It's a quiet place that no one would notice.
(c) There were marks showing it had been dragged.
(d) He does not know the man.

5. Who speaks of bad spirits?
(a) The children.
(b) Mehring.
(c) Jacobus.
(d) The farmhands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?

3. Who does Mehring think about when his guests leave?

4. Why do people dig through piles of garbage?

5. What does Mehring do when he returns to the farmhouse?

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