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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what "business" does Mehring try to go back?
(a) Training horses.
(b) Stopping some boys from taking native hen's eggs.
(c) Chasing ferrel dogs off his property.
(d) Farming his land.

2. Where is Mehring's son, Terry?
(a) In Johannesburg with his mother.
(b) In the United States with his mother.
(c) On the farm with Mehring.
(d) Away at college.

3. What do the farmhands do, regarding Solomon?
(a) Bury Solomon.
(b) Go after the men who hurt Solomon.
(c) Try to find Solomon.
(d) Try to piece together what happened to Solomon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are several of the Indians at the store worried?

2. Describe Terry's personality.

3. Who leads the conversation?

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

5. What blows garbage from the camps and industrial sites into the air?

(see the answer key)

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