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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jacobus reassure the men who do not have proper work papers?
(a) They will not be caught.
(b) He will get work papers for them.
(c) He can help them work in town.
(d) He will protect them.

2. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?
(a) They have a zero tolerance policy.
(b) They let the "locals" take care of the problem themselves.
(c) They destroy the shacks in the shantytown whenever possible.
(d) They bring powerful weapons and shoot to kill.

3. What does Jacobus do when he returns to the farm?
(a) He calls Mehring to inform him of the incident.
(b) He buries Solomon.
(c) He goes back to work.
(d) He hides in his home.

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

5. Who does Mehring think about when his guests leave?
(a) The corpse on his property.
(b) His home.
(c) His sixteen-year-old son.
(d) His girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mehring think about as he walks?

2. What do the bad spirits haunt?

3. Why is Mehring not a true farmer?

4. About what do they speak?

5. What is Solomon told about his brother?

(see the answer key)

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