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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Jim create for Nina Harling?
(a) A playhouse
(b) A May basket
(c) A doll
(d) A toy

4. What did Wick Cutter do to trick his wife?
(a) He ran away with their possessions.
(b) He gave the deed to their house to Antonia.
(c) He put her on the wrong train home.
(d) He left her in Omaha.

5. Who does Jim realize he wants to see again?
(a) Lena
(b) Ambrosch
(c) Tiny
(d) Antonia

6. Where does Jim go after graduating from Harvard?
(a) Black Hawk
(b) New York City
(c) Boston
(d) Lincoln

7. Who is the speaker at Jim's graduation?
(a) Mr. Harling
(b) Jim
(c) Wick Cutter
(d) Jim's grandfather

8. What does Jim plan on studying after graduating Harvard?
(a) Literature
(b) Law
(c) Farming
(d) History

9. Why does Jim say Gaston Cleric "narrowly missed being a great poet?"
(a) He is a talented writer.
(b) He knows all of the classic works of literature.
(c) He is well versed in Greek.
(d) He speaks poetically when excited.

10. What do Jim's grandparents think of the dances Jim attends?
(a) They encourage him to have an active social life.
(b) They are unaware of the dances.
(c) They do not approve of the dances.
(d) They believe the dances are harmless.

11. Who proposes to Lena several times?
(a) Colonel Raleigh
(b) Jim
(c) Gaston Cleric
(d) The Polish violin teacher

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

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

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

15. Where do Antonia and Jim walk to during his visit to the Shimerda farm?
(a) The river
(b) The Burdens' old farm
(c) The spot where Jim killed the rattlesnake
(d) Mr. Shimerda's grave site

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tiny convince to move to San Francisco with her?

2. What keeps Jim from visiting Antonia?

3. Where has Jim begun studying law and working?

4. What is occurring on the farms when Jim goes to visit Widow Steavens?

5. How does Gaston Cleric help Jim?

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