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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the bad spirits haunt?
(a) The town.
(b) Jacobus' home.
(c) Mehring's house.
(d) The third pasture where Solomon was found.

2. What does Mehring worry about as he looks out the windows?
(a) How he will pay for repairs on his farm.
(b) When Antonia will return.
(c) The burned willows.
(d) Whether or not the fire will stop on its own.

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

4. What starts the rain storm?
(a) El Nino.
(b) A cyclone.
(c) A warm front.
(d) A cold front.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a fire that starts on De Beer's property also burn?

2. While he thinks of their sexual liaisons, what does Mehring realize about Antonia?

3. Where does Mehring fall asleep?

4. What protects the Indians' fortified enclosure?

5. How does Mehring's farm look?

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