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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mehring evade the funeral?
(a) By calling on the family later in the week.
(b) By say he is sick.
(c) By sending Antonia in his stead.
(d) By sending a large bouquet and donation to the widow.

2. Why does Antonia taunt Mehring?
(a) He is a socialist, while she is a capitalist.
(b) He works in the city as a pig-iron dealer.
(c) She enjoys making others feel inferior.
(d) He annoys her.

3. When they land at Johannesburg, after some polite conversation, what does the young girl do?
(a) Screams out and runs to her mother.
(b) She joins her family.
(c) She asks his name.
(d) She asks for his phone number.

4. What is Jalal painting?
(a) His car.
(b) The windmill and water tank.
(c) Mehring's home.
(d) The Indian Store.

5. Why can no one find Mehring?
(a) He is by the river.
(b) He is in his room with the door locked.
(c) He is in the deep grass of the third pasture.
(d) He is in the cellar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens after the rain diminishes for a morning?

3. What does Mehring worry about as he looks out the windows?

4. To what "business" does Mehring try to go back?

5. Why does Izak know the symbol Jalal is painting?

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