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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 8 | Book 1: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim tell the narrator of the introduction?
(a) He dislikes his wife.
(b) He has been writing down his memories of Antonia.
(c) He plans to move back to Nebraska.
(d) He was secretly in love with Antonia.

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

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

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

5. How do the Shimerdas react to their difficult living conditions?
(a) The complain constantly.
(b) They ask the Burdens to help them.
(c) They shut themselves off from the community.
(d) They never complain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What first strikes Jim about the location of his grandparents' home?

2. What becomes of Peter when Pavel passes away?

3. What does Mr. Shimerda promise to give Jim when he is older?

4. Where does Jim live as an adult?

5. What does Mr. Shimerda ask Jim's grandmother to do?

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