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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does Mehring return?
(a) A trip to his parents' home.
(b) A trip to the United States.
(c) A trip into town.
(d) A trip to Japan.

2. What does Mehring think about as he walks through the property?
(a) How he wishes his son was as interested in the farm as he is.
(b) How beautiful it is.
(c) Being buried by the river and passing his land to his children, or at least his child.
(d) Marrying Antonia and living with her on the property.

3. Why is Mehring easily able to make the issue with the young girl disappear?
(a) She did not complain.
(b) The girl's family is of a lower social class and therefore powerless.
(c) He is innocent.
(d) The girl's family are immigrants and do not want trouble.

4. What do the farmhands do, regarding Solomon?
(a) Try to find Solomon.
(b) Go after the men who hurt Solomon.
(c) Try to piece together what happened to Solomon.
(d) Bury Solomon.

5. When they land at Johannesburg, after some polite conversation, what does the young girl do?
(a) She asks for his phone number.
(b) She joins her family.
(c) She asks his name.
(d) Screams out and runs to her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must raise the alarm that quickly goes around the farm?

2. How does Antonia act mysteriously?

3. Why does Antonia taunt Mehring?

4. What protects the Indians' fortified enclosure?

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

(see the answer key)

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