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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the dust-filled air worse?
(a) Passing cars.
(b) Pollution from oil refineries.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Tornadoes.

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

3. What does Mehring despair about in the spare farmhouse?
(a) It is falling apart.
(b) It smells of cat.
(c) It is not very large.
(d) It has mice and rats.

4. Why does Mehring buy the farm?
(a) His family loves to visit him at the farm.
(b) He enjoys farming and being in nature.
(c) It is a relaxing oasis from the business world in which he works.
(d) He thinks it would make a great place to bring a woman.

5. Why is Mehring not a true farmer?
(a) He is a citizen of the city.
(b) He knows nothing about farming.
(c) He does not make a profit off of his farm.
(d) He does not own the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police tell Mehring will happen in the next several days?

2. About what is Mehring concerned?

3. Who is his current girlfriend?

4. How is Solomon when Jacobus finds him?

5. Why does Mehring tear up the letter from his son?

(see the answer key)

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