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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. Where is Mr. Shimerda's body buried?
(a) On the Burdens' farm
(b) At the corner of the family's lot of land
(c) In a cemetery
(d) In Bohemia

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

3. What does Otto do annually on Christmas day?
(a) Writes to his mother
(b) Decorates the Christmas tree
(c) Cleans the horse stables
(d) Visits the Shimerdas

4. Who sold the Shimerda family their home?
(a) The Burdens
(b) Jim's grandparents
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) Krajiek

5. Which of the following is not a topic of complaint by Mrs. Shimerda in Chapter 17?
(a) Mr. Shimerda's death
(b) A broken ax.
(c) The cow Grandfather Burden sold her.
(d) Accusations against Ambrosch

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Otto's fellow travelers suspicious of him when he escorts an immigrant woman to the U.S. to meet her husband?

2. What does Antonia offer Jim when she meets him?

3. What does Mr. Shimerda ask Jim's grandmother to do?

4. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?

5. What does Jim say he enjoys most about his grandfather reading Christmas prayers?

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