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

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

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

5. What does Jim create for Nina Harling?
(a) A doll
(b) A May basket
(c) A playhouse
(d) A toy

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jim and Jake go to pick up from Ambrosch in Chapter 18?

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

3. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

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

5. Who helps Ambrosch and Marek treat the horse with colic?

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