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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What one item must all of the Shimerdas share during the winter?
(a) A blanket
(b) A coat
(c) A dish
(d) A bed

2. Whose visit to Black Hawk breaks up the monotony of the winter for Jim?
(a) A friend from Virginia's
(b) Blind d'Arnault's
(c) Yulka's
(d) Antonia's

3. Who does Cuzak credit with the success of their farm?
(a) Antonia
(b) His children
(c) Himself
(d) Ambrosch

4. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?
(a) Her ability to speak English
(b) Her manners
(c) Her sense of humor
(d) Her attitude

5. How does Tiny make her fortune?
(a) She inherits it from her parents.
(b) She marries a rich man.
(c) Her hotel is wildly successful.
(d) A patron at her hotel deeds his fortune to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim characterize the woman who plays the character, Marguerite?

2. Why does Mrs. Harling disapprove of Tiny Soderball?

3. Which of the following is not a quality that Jim believes the town girls possess?

4. What is occurring on the farms when Jim goes to visit Widow Steavens?

5. Which of the Shimerdas did not want to immigrate to the United States?

(see the answer key)

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