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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. How did Blind d'Arnault's mother react to his blindness?
(a) She was angry.
(b) She helped him function as if he was sighted.
(c) She was supportive of him.
(d) She was ashamed.

2. Who does Jim's grandmother hire to help her work in the house during July?
(a) Mrs. Shimerda
(b) Jim
(c) Antonia
(d) Yulka

3. What act does Jim perform that makes him a hero in Antonia's eyes?
(a) He catches a prairie dog.
(b) He kills a rattlesnake.
(c) He teaches her to read.
(d) He rescues her brother.

4. What impact do the dances in Black Hawk have on the townspeople?
(a) The community is ambivalent about the dances.
(b) The dance tent becomes the social center of town.
(c) The dance tent encourages immoral behavior.
(d) The community protests the dances.

5. Which of the Shimerdas did not want to immigrate to the United States?
(a) Mr. Shimerda
(b) Antonia
(c) Ambrosch
(d) Mrs. Shimerda

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sponsors the dance tent in Black Hawk?

2. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?

3. What is Blind d'Arnault's talent?

4. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

5. Why does Jim think Antonia acts superior to him?

(see the answer key)

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