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

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

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

4. Who sponsors the dance tent in Black Hawk?
(a) The Burdens
(b) The Harlings
(c) Wick Cutter
(d) The Vannis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose visit to Black Hawk breaks up the monotony of the winter for Jim?

2. What event is responsible for the lightened tone at the hotel?

3. What does Frances Harling say is wrong with Jim?

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

5. What does Mrs. Harling give Jim as a graduation present?

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