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

2. Who visits the Burdens on Christmas day?
(a) The Shimerda family
(b) Antonia
(c) Mr. Shimerda
(d) Otto

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

4. What act does Jim perform that makes him a hero in Antonia's eyes?
(a) He catches a prairie dog.
(b) He kills a rattlesnake.
(c) He rescues her brother.
(d) He teaches her to read.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Harling's only complaint about Antonia's work?

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

3. How does Lena feel when her brother leaves Black Hawk after a visit?

4. What misfortune falls upon Pavel in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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