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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mehring find in Terry's backpack?
(a) A plane ticket to the United States.
(b) A photograph of his mother.
(c) Illegal drugs.
(d) A publication published by "The Campaign for Homosexual Equality."

2. What does Terry not seem to realize about the South African "system" he mocks?
(a) It is the best system on the continent of Africa.
(b) It is the same one that pays for him and his mother's lifestyle.
(c) Terry's father works for that system.
(d) It is not as flawed as he believes it to be.

3. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?
(a) They let the "locals" take care of the problem themselves.
(b) They destroy the shacks in the shantytown whenever possible.
(c) They bring powerful weapons and shoot to kill.
(d) They have a zero tolerance policy.

4. Who does Jacobus call as the men look on skeptically and somewhat fearfully?
(a) William at the Indian Store.
(b) Mehring at the farm.
(c) The police.
(d) Backup.

5. Where is Mehring's son, Terry?
(a) In Johannesburg with his mother.
(b) In the United States with his mother.
(c) On the farm with Mehring.
(d) Away at college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Terry call from New York?

2. What is the symbol Jalal is painting?

3. What are Jacobus and Solomon planting in the field?

4. Why does Mehring ride in tourist class on a plane ride from Lisbon?

5. Why does Antonia taunt Mehring?

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