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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. Which of the following does Grandmother Burden not teach Antonia?
(a) To cook
(b) Housekeeping
(c) To read English
(d) Basic math

2. Why do the Shimerdas remain involved with Krajiek?
(a) They trust him.
(b) They come from the same country.
(c) They rely on him to teach them about the US.
(d) They look up to him.

3. How does Antonia react to the dances in town?
(a) She regularly attends the dances.
(b) She is ambivalent towards the dances.
(c) She believes they are immoral.
(d) She rarely attends the dances.

4. Why do Jim and his grandparents make Christmas presents for the Shimerdas instead of purchasing them?
(a) The Burdens cannot afford to purchase presents.
(b) They know the Shimerdas prefer handmade gifts.
(c) They do not want to appear pretentious to the Shimerdas.
(d) The family is snowed in and cannot get to the store.

5. What possession does Russian Peter value over all others?
(a) His plough
(b) His horse
(c) His home
(d) His cow

Short Answer Questions

1. What impact do the dances in Black Hawk have on the townspeople?

2. How long has Jim been living with his grandparents at the start of Book 2?

3. What do the Shimerdas give the Burdens in exchange for the goods they bring during the winter?

4. What misfortune falls upon Pavel in Chapter 8?

5. Where do Otto and Jake go when the Burdens sell their farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What confession does Pavel make to Mr. Shimerda on his death bed?

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

3. What change in Jim's life occurs in the first chapter of Book 2? How does it affect him?

4. What reaction do the Harlings have to Antonia's interest in the dances in the tent?

5. Compare and contrast the town and city girls (from Jim's point of view).

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

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

8. How does the Hardings' household change when Mr. Harling comes home from work?

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

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

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