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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 Antonia shocked to learn about Mehring?
(a) He has a nearly grown son, and his wife left him and moved to New York.
(b) He killed the man that was found by the river.
(c) He owns a farm, while working as a businessman.
(d) He has a wife and small child in Johannesburg.

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

3. What does Jacobus do when he returns to the farm?
(a) He hides in his home.
(b) He calls Mehring to inform him of the incident.
(c) He buries Solomon.
(d) He goes back to work.

4. What does Mehring own?
(a) A zoo in Cambodia.
(b) A large home in the city.
(c) A farm in rural South Africa.
(d) An automobile dealership in Australia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Solomon when Jacobus finds him?

2. Who is his current girlfriend?

3. How does Mehring feel when he wakes up?

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

5. From whom does he receive an unexpected phone call and visit?

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