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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mehring become annoyed with the police?
(a) They want him to send the body to them.
(b) They refuse to visit the scene until the next day.
(c) They refuse to leave his property.
(d) They think he is a suspect.

2. How does Mehring reach the police?
(a) On a walkie-talkie.
(b) Sends Jacobus to tell them.
(c) On the party line telephone.
(d) Sends them a telegraph.

3. Where does Mehring do after returning from his trip?
(a) Looks for thieves.
(b) Takes a walk by the river.
(c) Takes a nap on a hammock.
(d) Begins plowing the fields.

4. On first glance, what does Jacobus think about Solomon?
(a) He has run away.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He is stealing from Mehring.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Mehring's business peers feel out his "hobby" farm?

2. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?

3. On closer inspection, what does Jacobus discover about Solomon?

4. What do Mehring, Jacobus and a farmhand try and repair?

5. How do Mehring's friends feel about his peaceful life?

(see the answer key)

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