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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is responsible for the lightened tone at the hotel?
(a) The country girls are in town.
(b) Jim and Antonia visit the hotel.
(c) The manager is out of town.
(d) Tiny is promoted to the manager position.

2. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?
(a) Her father plans to kill himself.
(b) Her father is not doing well.
(c) Her father used to be a violinist.
(d) Her father does not love her mother.

3. To whom does Jim dedicate his speech?
(a) Antonia
(b) His grandparents
(c) Mr. Shimerda
(d) The Harlings

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

5. Why does Jim stop attending the dances at the Fireman's Hall?
(a) He does not enjoy the dances.
(b) He is embarrassed after kissing Antonia.
(c) Antonia asks him to stop attending the dances.
(d) His grandmother believes the dances are disgraceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jim's grandmother hire to help her work in the house during July?

2. Why does Jake have to pay a fine?

3. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

4. Who is the speaker at Jim's graduation?

5. How did Blind d'Arnault's mother react to his blindness?

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