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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. Where does Antonia consider going to work when the Harlings forbid her to attend the dances?
(a) On her family's farm
(b) For Wick Cutter
(c) In a neighboring town
(d) For the Burdens

2. Whose visit to Black Hawk breaks up the monotony of the winter for Jim?
(a) A friend from Virginia's
(b) Blind d'Arnault's
(c) Antonia's
(d) Yulka's

3. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?
(a) Her sense of humor
(b) Her ability to speak English
(c) Her attitude
(d) Her manners

4. What does Jim's grandmother warn him to watch for when he is in her garden?
(a) Rattlesnakes
(b) Moles
(c) Poisonous plants
(d) Bees

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Antonia differ from her brother Ambrosch?

2. Which of the Harling children is Antonia's favorite?

3. Why does Jim think Antonia acts superior to him?

4. Who entertains Jim when he is forced to stay indoors because of illness?

5. To whom are Pavel and Peter indebted?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Antonia predict the winter will affect her family differently than Jim's?

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

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

4. Describe Tiny Soderball's work and living environment

5. Describe the Harlings.

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

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

8. Describe Peter and Pavel

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

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

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