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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 8 | Book 1: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim tell the narrator of the introduction?
(a) He was secretly in love with Antonia.
(b) He plans to move back to Nebraska.
(c) He dislikes his wife.
(d) He has been writing down his memories of Antonia.

2. How do the Shimerdas react to their difficult living conditions?
(a) They shut themselves off from the community.
(b) They never complain.
(c) They ask the Burdens to help them.
(d) The complain constantly.

3. Which of the following does Grandmother Burden not teach Antonia?
(a) Basic math
(b) To read English
(c) Housekeeping
(d) To cook

4. To whom does Pavel confess his unpleasant past in Russia?
(a) Mr. Shimerda
(b) Jim
(c) Pavel
(d) Otto Fuchs

5. Why are Otto's fellow travelers suspicious of him when he escorts an immigrant woman to the U.S. to meet her husband?
(a) The woman leaves during the trip.
(b) He never leaves the woman's side.
(c) He appears to be in love with the woman.
(d) The woman gives birth to triplets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the narrator and Jim become acquainted?

2. What does Mr. Shimerda promise to give Jim when he is older?

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

4. What misfortune falls upon Pavel in Chapter 8?

5. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?

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