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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On first glance, what does Jacobus think about Solomon?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He has run away.
(d) He is stealing from Mehring.

2. Who leads the conversation?
(a) The novice.
(b) The supervisor.
(c) The youngest.
(d) The eldest.

3. Who does Mehring hear in the other room as he is resting?
(a) Antonia, his girlfriend.
(b) Jacobus, a fieldhand.
(c) Alina, the servant.
(d) Terry, his son.

4. What else does Mehring worry about when he looks out the windows?
(a) When Antonia will return.
(b) The loss of his cattle.
(c) The safety of his farmhands.
(d) The possible loss of the water birds.

5. How do Mehring's friends feel about his peaceful life?
(a) They find it boring.
(b) They marvel at it.
(c) They love to visit him and be a part of his peaceful life.
(d) They think nothing of it, for they have their own peaceful lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What streaks across the sky as Mehring reaches a stone outhouse?

2. What else does he note about the corpse?

3. Describe Terry's personality.

4. What aspect of the farm does Mehring like?

5. For what is the beer and goat meat?

(see the answer key)

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