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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lena Lingard's presence at the Harlings' home make Antonia uncomfortable?
(a) Lena has a reputation for being a vixen.
(b) Antonia wants to have no ties to her former country.
(c) Lena has a reputation for being sexually promiscuous.
(d) Lena is much more beautiful than Antonia is.

2. What do Jim and Jake go to pick up from Ambrosch in Chapter 18?
(a) A wagon
(b) An ax
(c) A cow
(d) A horse collar

3. What does Frances Harling say is wrong with Jim?
(a) He is too romantic.
(b) He is in love with Antonia.
(c) He needs to marry a country girl.
(d) He is too focused on his studies.

4. Who does Mrs. Harling tell Jim to ask about Antonia's marriage?
(a) Tiny
(b) Mrs. Steavens
(c) Antonia
(d) His grandmother

5. What do Antonia and Jim's grandmother discover when they return to the Cutter home to pack up Antonia's belongings?
(a) The house is in disarray.
(b) Wick Cutter is burning papers.
(c) Wick Cutter's is dead.
(d) Antonia's belongings are missing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Otto put on the Christmas tree that attracts everyone's attention?

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

3. Who does Cuzak credit with the success of their farm?

4. Who does Jim see as the inspiration for all poetry?

5. Why does Jim say Gaston Cleric "narrowly missed being a great poet?"

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