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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is suspected of killing Mr. Shimerda?
(a) Krajiek
(b) Jim
(c) Ambrosch
(d) Wick Cutter

4. Why do Antonia and Jim travel to Russian Peter's in Chapter 7?
(a) To show the Shimerda children the prairie dog houses.
(b) To deliver a spade
(c) To borrow a spade
(d) To visit with he and Pavel.

5. Which of the Harling children is Antonia's favorite?
(a) Charley
(b) Frances
(c) Sally
(d) Nina

6. What first strikes Jim about the location of his grandparents' home?
(a) There are few trees in the area.
(b) There is land as far as the eye can see.
(c) The farm is extremely quiet.
(d) There are many immigrants living in the area.

7. Why does Jim think Antonia acts superior to him?
(a) She is from a different culture than he is.
(b) She believes females are superior to males.
(c) She believes she is smarter than he is.
(d) She is older than he is.

8. What nickname is Antonia given?
(a) Anty
(b) Tonia
(c) Tony
(d) Shimerda

9. What rumor about Pavel circulates in the community?
(a) He is an illegal immigrant.
(b) He left his wife to come to the United States.
(c) He is a fugitive from the law.
(d) He is an anarchist.

10. Why do the Shimerdas remain involved with Krajiek?
(a) They trust him.
(b) They look up to him.
(c) They rely on him to teach them about the US.
(d) They come from the same country.

11. What does Mr. Shimerda promise to give Jim when he is older?
(a) His farm
(b) Fatherly advice
(c) His gun
(d) Antonia's hand in marriage

12. To whom does Pavel confess his unpleasant past in Russia?
(a) Mr. Shimerda
(b) Jim
(c) Pavel
(d) Otto Fuchs

13. How did Blind d'Arnault's mother react to his blindness?
(a) She helped him function as if he was sighted.
(b) She was angry.
(c) She was ashamed.
(d) She was supportive of him.

14. What one item must all of the Shimerdas share during the winter?
(a) A bed
(b) A coat
(c) A blanket
(d) A dish

15. Why does Jim come to live with his grandparents in the first chapter of the book?
(a) His parents have passed away.
(b) His parents are unable to care for him.
(c) His parents have divorced.
(d) His parents want him to grow up on a farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reputation does the Boys' Home Hotel have?

2. What does Antonia say was found in the pocket of the tramp who died in the thresher?

3. What does Jim's grandmother warn him to watch for when he is in her garden?

4. What does Jim say he enjoys most about his grandfather reading Christmas prayers?

5. What event is responsible for the lightened tone at the hotel?

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