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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. How has Mr. Harling made his money?
(a) He is a cattle buyer and grain merchant.
(b) He is the owner of a general store.
(c) He is a cattle buyer.
(d) He is a grain merchant.

2. What impact do the dances in Black Hawk have on the townspeople?
(a) The community is ambivalent about the dances.
(b) The dance tent encourages immoral behavior.
(c) The dance tent becomes the social center of town.
(d) The community protests the dances.

3. What is Anton Jelinek's connection with the Shimerda family?
(a) Both live in Black Hawk.
(b) Both are indebted to Krajiek.
(c) Both are Bohemian.
(d) Both are from Austria.

4. Where does Jim believe Mr. Shimerda's spirit goes after he dies?
(a) Back to Germany
(b) To live above the Burdens' home
(c) To Heaven
(d) Into Purgatory

5. What do Jim and Jake go to pick up from Ambrosch in Chapter 18?
(a) A horse collar
(b) A cow
(c) An ax
(d) A wagon

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Antonia show her affection for Charley?

3. Which of the following does Grandmother Burden not teach Antonia?

4. What first strikes Jim about the location of his grandparents' home?

5. Why does Jim come to live with his grandparents in the first chapter of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Shimerda family (as they are introduced in Chapter 3)

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

3. What change occurs in Black Hawk in the Spring? How does this affect the people living there?

4. Describe the relationship between the Shimerdas and Krajiek

5. What is a rattlesnake cane? What is its importance for the Burdens?

6. Describe the Harlings.

7. Describe Antonia's relationship with her father

8. Describe the gifts that Jim and his grandparents give to the Shimerdas for Christmas.

9. How do the Shimerdas react when the Burdens bring them supplies during the cold winter?

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

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