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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 1 | Book 2: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jake have to pay a fine?
(a) Because he was involved in a bar fight
(b) Because he failed to pay taxes
(c) Because he punched Ambrosch
(d) Because he broke a traffic law

2. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?
(a) Antonia
(b) Jake Marpole
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) His grandfather

3. What do Jim and Jake go to pick up from Ambrosch in Chapter 18?
(a) A cow
(b) A wagon
(c) An ax
(d) A horse collar

4. Who helps Ambrosch and Marek treat the horse with colic?
(a) Krajiek
(b) Jim
(c) Jim's grandfather
(d) Otto Fuchs

5. How long has Jim been living with his grandparents at the start of Book 2?
(a) 1 year
(b) 3 years
(c) 13 years
(d) 2 years

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Otto and Jake go when the Burdens sell their farm?

2. Who is suspected of killing Mr. Shimerda?

3. How does Jim's grandfather mend relations between the Shimerdas and the Burdens?

4. How does Antonia differ from her brother Ambrosch?

5. Who sold the Shimerda family their home?

(see the answer key)

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