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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 5 | Book 2: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Otto and Jake go when the Burdens sell their farm?
(a) Back to the Wild West
(b) They move into Black Hawk with the Burdens.
(c) To work on another farm
(d) Back to Germany

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

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

4. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?
(a) Jake Marpole
(b) His grandfather
(c) Antonia
(d) Otto Fuchs

5. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?
(a) Her manners
(b) Her sense of humor
(c) Her attitude
(d) Her ability to speak English

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches Yulka to read English?

2. What do the Shimerdas give the Burdens in exchange for the goods they bring during the winter?

3. Why is Ambrosch delighted when he hears Jake sold a pig in town?

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

5. Which of the Shimerdas did not want to immigrate to the United States?

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