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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is his current girlfriend?
(a) Alice.
(b) Antoinette.
(c) Anna.
(d) Antonia.

3. Where does Mehring lie down and fall asleep?
(a) In the grass.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) In a hammock.
(d) In the barn.

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

5. How does Mehring feel when he wakes up?
(a) Momentarily confused,
(b) Wide awake.
(c) Tired.
(d) Sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

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

3. What aspect of the farm does Mehring like?

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

5. Who does Mehring think about as he walks?

(see the answer key)

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