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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mehring not need water?
(a) He has another river he uses.
(b) He has his own well system.
(c) He purchases water from town.
(d) He has his own water tower.

3. What aspect of the farm does Mehring like?
(a) The hired help.
(b) It is secluded and has no pesky witnesses.
(c) The fields.
(d) The animals and plants.

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

5. What does Mehring do when he returns to the farmhouse?
(a) He takes a shower.
(b) He takes a nap.
(c) He talks to Jacobus.
(d) He cooks dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

2. What else does he note about the corpse?

3. How does Mehring feel when he wakes up?

4. What do Mehring, Jacobus and a farmhand try and repair?

5. Why does Mehring think the body was probably dumped there?

(see the answer key)

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