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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is not a quality that Jim believes the country girls possess?
(a) Refinement
(b) Devotion to work
(c) Physical strength
(d) Devotion to family

4. Who helps Ambrosch and Marek treat the horse with colic?
(a) Jim
(b) Otto Fuchs
(c) Jim's grandfather
(d) Krajiek

5. Why does Mrs. Harling disapprove of Tiny Soderball?
(a) She has a reputation for being flirtatious.
(b) She does not like country girls.
(c) She does not approve of working women.
(d) She believes working at a hotel is inappropriate for a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Antonia and Jim travel to Russian Peter's in Chapter 7?

2. Which of the following does NOT characterize Jim's grandparents?

3. What becomes of Peter when Pavel passes away?

4. Why do the three Marys often have to leave town?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Shimerda ask Jim's grandfather to say a prayer during her husband's funeral?

2. How is Jim like the Shimerdas as they both travel to Nebraska?

3. Describe Jim's encounter with the rattlesnake as he and Antonia return from Russian Peter's

4. What is significant about January 22 in this novel?

5. Describe Antonia's relationship with her father

6. Describe Blind d'Arnault and his journey to become a pianist

7. Describe Jim's first impressions of the Nebraska landscape. Why do you think he responds in this way?

8. Why do the Shimerdas have difficulty getting Mr. Shimerda buried? Where is he ultimately interred?

9. Describe the Harlings.

10. Describe Tiny Soderball's work and living environment

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