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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 16 | Book 1: Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT characterize Jim's grandparents?
(a) Stern
(b) Kind
(c) Orderly
(d) Strong

2. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?
(a) Her father plans to kill himself.
(b) Her father does not love her mother.
(c) Her father used to be a violinist.
(d) Her father is not doing well.

3. Why do Antonia and Jim travel to Russian Peter's in Chapter 7?
(a) To borrow a spade
(b) To deliver a spade
(c) To show the Shimerda children the prairie dog houses.
(d) To visit with he and Pavel.

4. Who entertains Jim when he is forced to stay indoors because of illness?
(a) Antonia
(b) Otto Fuchs
(c) Grandfather Burden
(d) Yulka

5. Who sold the Shimerda family their home?
(a) The Burdens
(b) Krajiek
(c) Jim's grandparents
(d) Otto Fuchs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Otto do annually on Christmas day?

3. Which of the Shimerdas did not want to immigrate to the United States?

4. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?

5. What does Antonia offer Jim when she meets him?

(see the answer key)

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