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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Solomon told about his brother?
(a) His brother needs him.
(b) His brother is leaving town.
(c) His brother is in jail.
(d) His brother is dead.

2. Who does Jacobus call as the men look on skeptically and somewhat fearfully?
(a) The police.
(b) Mehring at the farm.
(c) William at the Indian Store.
(d) Backup.

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

4. Why does Mehring go back to the farmhouse?
(a) He finds no unburned place to lie down.
(b) He is tired of looking at his burnt land.
(c) He escapes the fire.
(d) It has begun to rain.

5. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?
(a) They destroy the shacks in the shantytown whenever possible.
(b) They bring powerful weapons and shoot to kill.
(c) They have a zero tolerance policy.
(d) They let the "locals" take care of the problem themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the conversation?

2. Why is Mehring not a true farmer?

3. Who has not been seen for several days?

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

5. Why is Mehring furious that the police borrowed a shovel from Jacobus?

(see the answer key)

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