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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 16 | Book 1: Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teaches Yulka to read English?
(a) Jim
(b) Ambrosch
(c) Antonia
(d) Grandmother Burden

2. What becomes of Peter when Pavel passes away?
(a) He returns to Russia.
(b) He moves in with the Shimerdas.
(c) He goes to work for the railroad.
(d) He also dies.

3. Where is Mr. Shimerda's body buried?
(a) On the Burdens' farm
(b) In Bohemia
(c) In a cemetery
(d) At the corner of the family's lot of land

4. Who performs Mr. Shimerda's funeral service?
(a) Grandfather Burden and Otto Fuchs
(b) A priest
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) The coroner

5. Who visits the Burdens on Christmas day?
(a) Antonia
(b) Otto
(c) Mr. Shimerda
(d) The Shimerda family

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Shimerda promise to give Jim when he is older?

2. What does Jim say he enjoys most about his grandfather reading Christmas prayers?

3. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?

4. What gift do Jim's grandparents give him when he comes to live with them?

5. What does Jim's grandmother warn him to watch for when he is in her garden?

(see the answer key)

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