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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. What does Jim's grandmother warn him to watch for when he is in her garden?
(a) Moles
(b) Rattlesnakes
(c) Poisonous plants
(d) Bees

2. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?
(a) Antonia
(b) Yulka
(c) Ambrosch
(d) Marek

3. What nickname is Antonia given?
(a) Tony
(b) Tonia
(c) Anty
(d) Shimerda

4. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?
(a) Her father is not doing well.
(b) Her father used to be a violinist.
(c) Her father does not love her mother.
(d) Her father plans to kill himself.

5. Why does Jim think Antonia acts superior to him?
(a) She believes females are superior to males.
(b) She believes she is smarter than he is.
(c) She is from a different culture than he is.
(d) She is older than he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Antonia and Jim travel to Russian Peter's in Chapter 7?

2. Where is Mr. Shimerda's body buried?

3. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

4. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?

5. Who entertains Jim when he is forced to stay indoors because of illness?

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