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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mehring send Jacobus down to do?
(a) Start draining some of the trapped water.
(b) Survey the damage.
(c) Move the cattle to a different field.
(d) Help the couple stuck in their car.

2. What does Mehring realize about himself?
(a) He is alone.
(b) He has spent too much time and effort on the farm.
(c) He should stay in the city.
(d) He will be forgotten someday.

3. Why does Terry call from New York?
(a) To say happy New Year.
(b) To say he arrived safely.
(c) To wish Mehring happy birthday.
(d) To tell his father he will not be returning.

4. What aspect of the farm does Mehring like?
(a) The animals and plants.
(b) The hired help.
(c) It is secluded and has no pesky witnesses.
(d) The fields.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what is Mehring thinking?

2. Who is Antonia?

3. What protects the Indians' fortified enclosure?

4. For what does Mehring chastise himself?

5. What does the woman remember about Mehring?

(see the answer key)

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