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

2. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?
(a) Marek
(b) Yulka
(c) Ambrosch
(d) Antonia

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

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

5. What gift do Jim's grandparents give him when he comes to live with them?
(a) A bicycle
(b) A rattlesnake cane
(c) A pony
(d) A wagon

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sold the Shimerda family their home?

2. Who teaches Yulka to read English?

3. Who entertains Jim when he is forced to stay indoors because of illness?

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

5. Why do Antonia and Jim travel to Russian Peter's in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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