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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrosch give Antonia when she leaves to marry Donovan?

2. Where does Jim say he feels the most at home?

3. What gives Wick Cutter an advantage with the immigrant farmers?

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

5. Where has Jim begun studying law and working?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim tell the group of girls to convince them that Spaniards settled in Nebraska?

2. What events occur when Jim visits Antonia?

3. Describe Jim's visit to Black Hawk in this chapter

4. What event occurs as Jim stays at the Cutters' home?

5. Why does Jim believe he will never be a brilliant scholar?

6. What feelings does Antonia share with Jim as they wait for the others to arrive at the river? How does Jim reassure her?

7. What causes Jim to reinterpret sections of Virgil's Georgics? How does he see a particular passage differently?

8. How does Jim's grandmother react to Jim attending dances at the Fireman's Hall? How does Jim respond?

9. Describe Gaston Cleric

10. Describe Jim and Antonia's relationship after 20 years have passed

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the inscription for My Antonia Willa Cather quotes Virgil (Optima dies . . . prima fugit," or the best days are the first to flee). Discuss the significance of this quote for the novel as a whole. Why do you think the author chose this inscription? What commentary is she making?

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

One of the themes My Antonia explores is transformation or metamorphosis. Discuss what the novel has to say about this theme. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

One of the topics My Antonia explores is the role and impact of community on the individual. Discuss what the novel has to say about this topic. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

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