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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 12 | Book 1: Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Otto's fellow travelers suspicious of him when he escorts an immigrant woman to the U.S. to meet her husband?
(a) He appears to be in love with the woman.
(b) He never leaves the woman's side.
(c) The woman leaves during the trip.
(d) The woman gives birth to triplets.

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

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

4. What nickname is Antonia given?
(a) Tonia
(b) Anty
(c) Tony
(d) Shimerda

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor about Pavel circulates in the community?

2. What possession does Russian Peter value over all others?

3. What does Otto do annually on Christmas day?

4. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

5. To whom are Pavel and Peter indebted?

(see the answer key)

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