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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 12 | Book 1: Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes of Peter when Pavel passes away?
(a) He goes to work for the railroad.
(b) He moves in with the Shimerdas.
(c) He returns to Russia.
(d) He also dies.

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

3. Who does Jim credit with planting sunflowers in Nebraska?
(a) Mormons
(b) Mennonites
(c) Farmers
(d) The Shimerdas

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why do the Shimerdas remain involved with Krajiek?

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

5. What does Jim tell the narrator of the introduction?

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