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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 16 | Book 1: Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Antonia and Jim travel to Russian Peter's in Chapter 7?
(a) To visit with he and Pavel.
(b) To deliver a spade
(c) To borrow a spade
(d) To show the Shimerda children the prairie dog houses.

2. Which of the Shimerdas did not want to immigrate to the United States?
(a) Mr. Shimerda
(b) Antonia
(c) Ambrosch
(d) Mrs. Shimerda

3. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?
(a) Her ability to speak English
(b) Her manners
(c) Her attitude
(d) Her sense of humor

4. What act does Jim perform that makes him a hero in Antonia's eyes?
(a) He kills a rattlesnake.
(b) He catches a prairie dog.
(c) He rescues her brother.
(d) He teaches her to read.

5. How many days pass before Mr. Shimerda's body is buried?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 10

Short Answer Questions

1. Who performs Mr. Shimerda's funeral service?

2. Which of the following does NOT characterize Jim's grandparents?

3. Who visits the Burdens on Christmas day?

4. To whom does Pavel confess his unpleasant past in Russia?

5. What does Jim's grandmother warn him to watch for when he is in her garden?

(see the answer key)

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