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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what "business" does Mehring try to go back?
(a) Farming his land.
(b) Stopping some boys from taking native hen's eggs.
(c) Chasing ferrel dogs off his property.
(d) Training horses.

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

3. How do Mehring's friends feel about his peaceful life?
(a) They marvel at it.
(b) They think nothing of it, for they have their own peaceful lives.
(c) They find it boring.
(d) They love to visit him and be a part of his peaceful life.

4. What is Antonia shocked to learn about Mehring?
(a) He killed the man that was found by the river.
(b) He owns a farm, while working as a businessman.
(c) He has a nearly grown son, and his wife left him and moved to New York.
(d) He has a wife and small child in Johannesburg.

5. How is Mehring's relationship with his girlfriend?
(a) A comfortable relationship.
(b) A trusting relationship.
(c) A "love / hate" relationship.
(d) A loving relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mehring not need water?

2. Where is Antonia's husband?

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

4. Why is Mehring not a true farmer?

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

(see the answer key)

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