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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the police tell Mehring will happen in the next several days?
(a) The body will be relocated once the mortuary van becomes available.
(b) The police will hunt for the murderer.
(c) A funeral will be held for the person found on Mehring's property.
(d) He will be investigated for the murder of this person.

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

4. Why does Mehring have the farm?
(a) To have a place where he can truly get away.
(b) To help the local economy.
(c) He loves farming.
(d) To show off for his business associates.

5. Who does Mehring think about as he walks?
(a) A particular woman.
(b) What jobs he needs to get done.
(c) Where he will find water for his farm.
(d) What he will plant in the fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jacobus recommend Mehring attempt to preserve the body?

2. How do Mehring's business peers feel out his "hobby" farm?

3. Who leads the conversation?

4. What else does he note about the corpse?

5. From where does Mehring return?

(see the answer key)

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