1. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?
(a) Izak is sent to buy supplies but comes back empty-handed.
(b) He was sent to buy beer, which Jacobus feels is unsafe for a young man.
(c) He is too young to be at the meeting and should have stayed at the shantytown.
(d) He could have been followed from the shantytown by the police, which would have caused trouble for the other men at the meeting.

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

3. Why are several of the Indians at the store worried?
(a) The police will uncover the fact that they are in the country illegally.
(b) The police will raid their store to find clues to the murder.
(c) The police will charge them with murder because they are part of an ethnic minority.
(d) They fear the murderer will return.

4. What does Jacobus assume is the reason for the incident involving Solomon?
(a) The men accidently beat up the wrong man.
(b) He is protecting his brother who is a member of a gang.
(c) Creditors beat him up because his brother owed someone money.
(d) He is involved in a drug deal gone bad.

5. Why does Mehring tear up the letter from his son?
(a) His son's hypocrisy disgusts him.
(b) He and his son do not get along.
(c) He knows that the boy is not his son.
(d) He is upset that his son is so far away.