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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Gaston Cleric suggest that Jim accompany him to Harvard?
(a) Cleric needs assistance teaching a class.
(b) They can both take classes at Harvard.
(c) The two can use Harvard's library to study the classics.
(d) Jim has become distracted from his studies by Lena.

4. How does Gaston Cleric help Jim?
(a) He awakens him to new ideas and learning.
(b) He keeps him company.
(c) He provides him with an audience for stories about Black Hawk.
(d) He teaches him Greek.

5. What is occurring on the farms when Jim goes to visit Widow Steavens?
(a) The threshing of the wheat fields
(b) The planting of the wheat fields
(c) The harvest of the wheat fields
(d) The baling of hay

6. Where does Jim go on his only break during the summer?
(a) To collect elder with Antonia and her friends
(b) To visit Mr. Shimerda's grave
(c) To visit friends in Virginia
(d) To visit the Shimerdas

7. Why does Antonia not ask Larry Donovan for a civil marriage?
(a) She is just happy to be with him and does not feel the need to be married.
(b) She does not believe in civil marriage.
(c) She does not want to upset him.
(d) She believes he will see how wonderful she is to him and will eventually marry her in a church.

8. Who does JIm befriend while staying in Lincoln?
(a) Russian Peter
(b) Jake
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) Gaston Cleric

9. How many years pass before Jim visits Antonia again?
(a) 20 years
(b) 50 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 10 years

10. Where does Tiny open her hotel?
(a) Salt Lake City
(b) Black Hawk
(c) Alaska
(d) San Francisco

11. What does Jim tell the girls is evidence that the Spanish settled in Nebraska?
(a) Spanish horses.
(b) Spanish coins found in the area
(c) The presence of the Spanish language
(d) A Spanish sword found in the area

12. Where does Jim often meet Lena?
(a) At her dress shop
(b) At the library
(c) At his apartment
(d) At a restaurant

13. What does Ambrosch give Antonia when she leaves to marry Donovan?
(a) Family heirlooms
(b) His blessing
(c) Nothing
(d) Money

14. How does Tiny make her fortune?
(a) A patron at her hotel deeds his fortune to her.
(b) She inherits it from her parents.
(c) Her hotel is wildly successful.
(d) She marries a rich man.

15. What has become of Antonia's daughter with Larry Donovan?
(a) She is now married.
(b) She went to live with her father.
(c) She still lives with Antonia and her family.
(d) She passed away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wick Cutter do to trick his wife?

2. Which of the girls arrives at the river first?

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

4. Who is the speaker at Jim's graduation?

5. What does Jim find as an unusual trait in Cuzak?

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