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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On closer inspection, what does Jacobus discover about Solomon?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He is dying.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is breathing.

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

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

4. From where does Mehring return?
(a) A trip to his parents' home.
(b) A trip to Japan.
(c) A trip into town.
(d) A trip to the United States.

5. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?
(a) He was sent to buy beer, which Jacobus feels is unsafe for a young man.
(b) He could have been followed from the shantytown by the police, which would have caused trouble for the other men at the meeting.
(c) He is too young to be at the meeting and should have stayed at the shantytown.
(d) Izak is sent to buy supplies but comes back empty-handed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mehring's relationship with his girlfriend?

2. Why does Mehring not need water?

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

4. What does Mehring despair about in the spare farmhouse?

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

(see the answer key)

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