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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mehring notice about the orange river lilies?
(a) They are not as plentiful as before the fire.
(b) They are growing where Solomon is found.
(c) They are the same color as Antonia's hair.
(d) They are blooming in fiery splendor at the riverbank.

2. Who does Mehring think of as he rests on the couch?
(a) Solomon and his brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) Antonia and Terry.
(d) The De Beers.

3. What does Jacobus pass out at the meeting with several laborers?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Important contact information.
(c) Pamphlets.
(d) Identification cards.

4. Who does Mehring hear in the other room as he is resting?
(a) Terry, his son.
(b) Alina, the servant.
(c) Jacobus, a fieldhand.
(d) Antonia, his girlfriend.

5. Why is Mehring upset with Terry?
(a) Terry will not take over the farm.
(b) Terry does not have the nerve to tell him in person that he is staying in the United States.
(c) Terry will no longer be near him.
(d) Terry moved to the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has there been a drought?

2. Why can Mehring not get to the farm for two weeks?

3. What is wrong with the goat meat?

4. How does Antonia contradict her "everything goes" front?

5. How does Mehring feel about the policeman's reassurances that it will not reflect badly on him?

(see the answer key)

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