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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?
(a) Her father plans to kill himself.
(b) Her father is not doing well.
(c) Her father used to be a violinist.
(d) Her father does not love her mother.

2. What is Anton Jelinek's connection with the Shimerda family?
(a) Both are from Austria.
(b) Both live in Black Hawk.
(c) Both are Bohemian.
(d) Both are indebted to Krajiek.

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

4. How does Jim feel when swimming in the river?
(a) Excited and alive
(b) Confused and frustrated
(c) Anxious and unsettled
(d) Peaceful and contented

5. Who is suspicious of Jim's visits to Lena?
(a) Gaston Cleric
(b) His grandparents
(c) The Polish violin teacher
(d) Antonia

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim create for Nina Harling?

2. To whom is Wick Cutter particularly nice?

3. Why does Gaston Cleric suggest that Jim accompany him to Harvard?

4. What does Mr. Shimerda promise to give Jim when he is older?

5. Which of the following is not a quality that Jim believes the town girls possess?

(see the answer key)

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