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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jim characterize the woman who plays the character, Marguerite?
(a) As old and overly dramatic
(b) As romantic and sultry
(c) As accurate and compelling
(d) As young and beautiful

2. Who does Antonia eventually marry?
(a) Anton Jelinek
(b) Jim
(c) Anton Jelinek's cousin
(d) Larry Donovan

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

4. What does Jim romanticize at the end of the novel?
(a) His past
(b) Antonia
(c) The city
(d) The farm land

5. What does Jim tell Antonia he believes happened to her father's soul?
(a) It returned to Bohemia.
(b) It went to Heaven.
(c) It is in limbo.
(d) It resides in the Shimerda's home.

6. What does the phrase "Optima dies...prima fugit" mean?
(a) Beauty comes to small towns.
(b) The best days are the first to flee.
(c) I shall be the first to bring the Muse to my country.
(d) The worst days are the first to flee.

7. What warning does Mrs. Steavens give Ambrosch?
(a) To be kind to Antonia's baby
(b) To support Antonia
(c) To raise Antonia's baby as his own
(d) To never speak to her again

8. Which of the following is not something Jim notices about Antonia when he goes to visit her in this chapter?
(a) She is much thinner.
(b) She has color and health in her face.
(c) She is quiet and reserved.
(d) She looks tired.

9. Who does Jim see as the inspiration for all poetry?
(a) Country girls
(b) Small towns
(c) City girls
(d) Farmland

10. Where does Lena tell Jim that Antonia is now working?
(a) At the Harlings' home
(b) At the Cutter's home
(c) At her dress shop in Lincoln
(d) At Mrs. Gardener's hotel

11. What does Jim call the road leading to his grandparents' farm?
(a) The Road to Destiny
(b) The Road to Peace
(c) The Road to the Future
(d) The Road to the Country

12. Which of the girls arrives at the river first?
(a) Lena
(b) Anna
(c) Tiny
(d) Antonia

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

14. Why does Jim stop attending the dances at the Fireman's Hall?
(a) Antonia asks him to stop attending the dances.
(b) He does not enjoy the dances.
(c) He is embarrassed after kissing Antonia.
(d) His grandmother believes the dances are disgraceful.

15. How does Larry Donovan's manner change when he is with women?
(a) He complains about his life choices.
(b) He is flirtatious and overly friendly.
(c) He is cool and distant.
(d) He speaks highly of his wife and child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Antonia and Jim's grandmother discover when they return to the Cutter home to pack up Antonia's belongings?

2. How does Antonia react when Jim kisses her?

3. How does "Camille" affect Jim and Lena?

4. Who does Jim realize he wants to see again?

5. How do women generally respond to Larry Donovan?

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