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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 rumor about Pavel circulates in the community?
(a) He left his wife to come to the United States.
(b) He is an illegal immigrant.
(c) He is an anarchist.
(d) He is a fugitive from the law.

2. Which of the following does Grandmother Burden not teach Antonia?
(a) To read English
(b) Housekeeping
(c) To cook
(d) Basic math

3. What first strikes Jim about the location of his grandparents' home?
(a) There is land as far as the eye can see.
(b) The farm is extremely quiet.
(c) There are few trees in the area.
(d) There are many immigrants living in the area.

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

5. Where does Jim live as an adult?
(a) New York
(b) Nebraska
(c) Iowa
(d) Bohemia

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the narrator and Jim become acquainted?

3. What becomes of Peter when Pavel passes away?

4. To whom are Pavel and Peter indebted?

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

(see the answer key)

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