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

2. What blows garbage from the camps and industrial sites into the air?
(a) An east wind.
(b) Large fans.
(c) Ocean winds.
(d) August winds.

3. How many generations of his unexpected visitors are present?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

4. What do Mehring, Jacobus and a farmhand try and repair?
(a) A fence for the cattle.
(b) The roof on the house.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A water pump for the cattle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Antonia?

3. Where does Mehring lie down and fall asleep?

4. What is Antonia shocked to learn about Mehring?

5. Why does Antonia distance herself from Mehring?

(see the answer key)

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