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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. What does Mr. Shimerda ask Jim's grandmother to do?
(a) Help his wife set up their home
(b) Teach Antonia to speak and read English
(c) Agree to allow Antonia to marry Jim
(d) Teach all of his children to speak and read English

2. What misfortune falls upon Pavel in Chapter 8?
(a) He is robbed.
(b) Peter moves to another farm.
(c) He has nightmares.
(d) He is injured on the job.

3. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________
(a) mentally ill.
(b) cruel and unforgiving.
(c) deeply sad.
(d) dangerous and unpredictable.

4. To whom does Pavel confess his unpleasant past in Russia?
(a) Pavel
(b) Mr. Shimerda
(c) Jim
(d) Otto Fuchs

5. Who teaches Yulka to read English?
(a) Jim
(b) Ambrosch
(c) Grandmother Burden
(d) Antonia

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mr. Shimerda's body buried?

2. Why are Otto's fellow travelers suspicious of him when he escorts an immigrant woman to the U.S. to meet her husband?

3. What act does Jim perform that makes him a hero in Antonia's eyes?

4. Why do Antonia and Jim travel to Russian Peter's in Chapter 7?

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

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