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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mehring reach the police?
(a) On a walkie-talkie.
(b) Sends Jacobus to tell them.
(c) On the party line telephone.
(d) Sends them a telegraph.

2. What protects the Indians' fortified enclosure?
(a) Mehring's farmhands.
(b) Locals.
(c) Fences, roofs and dogs.
(d) A high-tech security system.

3. Why does Mehring take the opportunity to put his hand on the young girl's thigh?
(a) He wants to scare her.
(b) They accidentally touch hands.
(c) He thinks she is his wife.
(d) He is bored.

4. Why is Mehring furious that the police borrowed a shovel from Jacobus?
(a) It is dirty.
(b) It is now bent.
(c) He cannot find it.
(d) To bury the body at the site.

5. What do the father and son at the store immediately do when they see Mehring?
(a) Pretend to be busy.
(b) Stare at Mehring.
(c) Jump into action.
(d) Complain about working too hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mehring feel when he wakes up?

2. Why does Antonia distance herself from Mehring?

3. How is Phineas' wife acting strangely?

4. How is Solomon when Jacobus finds him?

5. Where is Antonia's husband?

(see the answer key)

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