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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mehring worry about as he looks out the windows?
(a) When Antonia will return.
(b) Whether or not the fire will stop on its own.
(c) How he will pay for repairs on his farm.
(d) The burned willows.

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

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

4. How does Mehring feel as he takes in the scene: river, reeds and willows?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Bored.

5. Why does Antonia distance herself from Mehring?
(a) She wants to end the relationship.
(b) She does not care for him.
(c) So that she can stay emotionally unattached.
(d) She is married.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mehring's farm look?

2. Where do they take Solomon?

3. How is Solomon when Jacobus finds him?

4. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?

5. What does Antonia say wistfully to Mehring?

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