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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what do they speak?
(a) The farm.
(b) The dead body on his property.
(c) Business in town.
(d) Business and the history of the land.

2. What makes the dust-filled air worse?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Passing cars.
(d) Pollution from oil refineries.

3. What else does he note about the corpse?
(a) It is female.
(b) It has fairly nice clothes.
(c) It has old, dirty clothing.
(d) It looks old.

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

5. Where does Mehring lie down and fall asleep?
(a) In a hammock.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) In the grass.
(d) In the barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mehring not able to use the river as a water source?

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

3. What does Jacobus assume is the reason for the incident involving Solomon?

4. Why is Mehring furious that the police borrowed a shovel from Jacobus?

5. Why does Mehring have the farm?

(see the answer key)

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