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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mehring furious that the police borrowed a shovel from Jacobus?
(a) To bury the body at the site.
(b) It is now bent.
(c) It is dirty.
(d) He cannot find it.

2. What streaks across the sky as Mehring reaches a stone outhouse?
(a) A plane.
(b) Heat lightning.
(c) A comet.
(d) A shooting star.

3. Who takes credit for putting out the fire?
(a) Mehring.
(b) De Beer.
(c) Jacobus.
(d) Solomon.

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

5. Where is Mehring's son, Terry?
(a) On the farm with Mehring.
(b) In Johannesburg with his mother.
(c) Away at college.
(d) In the United States with his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Mehring return?

2. What is Phineas' wife doing at the celebration?

3. What does Mehring own?

4. What protects the Indians' fortified enclosure?

5. What is Izak playing loudly?

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