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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 1 | Book 2: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who teaches Yulka to read English?
(a) Antonia
(b) Grandmother Burden
(c) Jim
(d) Ambrosch

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

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

5. Why does Jim come to live with his grandparents in the first chapter of the book?
(a) His parents have passed away.
(b) His parents have divorced.
(c) His parents want him to grow up on a farm.
(d) His parents are unable to care for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What misfortune falls upon Pavel in Chapter 8?

2. Where does Jim believe Mr. Shimerda's spirit goes after he dies?

3. What one item must all of the Shimerdas share during the winter?

4. What possession does Russian Peter value over all others?

5. Who does Jim's grandfather believe killed Mr. Shimerda?

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