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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Being buried by the river and passing his land to his children, or at least his child.
(c) How beautiful it is.
(d) Marrying Antonia and living with her on the property.

3. How is Solomon when Jacobus finds him?
(a) He is asleep.
(b) He is beaten badly and stripped naked.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He has a broken leg.

4. How long has there been a drought?
(a) Six years.
(b) One year.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Four years.

5. What happens to a woman trying to cross the flooded lowland between Mehring's and De Beers?
(a) She gets trapped at the De Beers' home.
(b) She gets stuck in the third pasture mud.
(c) She drowns.
(d) She gets trappe at Mehring's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

2. Who speaks of bad spirits?

3. What protects the Indians' fortified enclosure?

4. How does Jacobus recommend Mehring attempt to preserve the body?

5. What do the police tell Mehring will happen in the next several days?

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