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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mehring make himself at the farmhouse?
(a) A hammock.
(b) A scrapbook.
(c) New furniture.
(d) Some lunch.

2. What does Antonia say wistfully to Mehring?
(a) "I wish I had your farm..."
(b) "I wish I could stay with you..."
(c) "I wish I could marry you..."
(d) "I wish Terry was my son..."

3. Who does Mehring think of as he rests on the couch?
(a) His wife.
(b) The De Beers.
(c) Antonia and Terry.
(d) Solomon and his brother.

4. What does Mehring find annoying about the Indians?
(a) They put on the charm.
(b) They do not treat him with respect.
(c) They do not work fast enough.
(d) They are not very helpful.

5. What does Mehring despair about in the spare farmhouse?
(a) It is not very large.
(b) It has mice and rats.
(c) It is falling apart.
(d) It smells of cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?

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

3. What are the farmhands becoming on Christmas day?

4. How does Mehring feel as he takes in the scene: river, reeds and willows?

5. How do the police handle problems in the shantytowns?

(see the answer key)

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