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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Indians hope to keep officials at bay?
(a) Legal documents.
(b) Large guard dogs.
(c) Money paid constantly towards lawyers.
(d) Security cameras and fencing.

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

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

4. How does Mehring evade the funeral?
(a) By sending Antonia in his stead.
(b) By calling on the family later in the week.
(c) By say he is sick.
(d) By sending a large bouquet and donation to the widow.

5. What do the Indians allow black laborers to do?
(a) Create advertisments for the store.
(b) Stock the store.
(c) Fix holes in the fence.
(d) Work in the store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jacobus call as the men look on skeptically and somewhat fearfully?

2. In what car do Mehring and his son ride?

3. To what "business" does Mehring try to go back?

4. Why is Mehring not a true farmer?

5. What else does Mehring worry about when he looks out the windows?

(see the answer key)

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