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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Antonia react to the dances in town?
(a) She regularly attends the dances.
(b) She is ambivalent towards the dances.
(c) She believes they are immoral.
(d) She rarely attends the dances.

2. Who entertains Jim when he is forced to stay indoors because of illness?
(a) Grandfather Burden
(b) Yulka
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) Antonia

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

4. What reputation does the Boys' Home Hotel have?
(a) It is considered a safe place for men, but not women, to stay.
(b) It is considered an elite, high priced establishment.
(c) It is considered the best in the area.
(d) It is considered a seedy hotel.

5. Who does Jim often run into when he is in downtown Black Hawk?
(a) Lena
(b) Mr. Harling
(c) Antonia
(d) Tiny

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jim tell the girls is evidence that the Spanish settled in Nebraska?

3. What event occurs that causes Mr. Harling to tell Antonia she cannot attend the dances?

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

5. Why has Gaston Cleric been sent West?

(see the answer key)

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