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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. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?
(a) Her ability to speak English
(b) Her manners
(c) Her sense of humor
(d) Her attitude

2. To whom are Pavel and Peter indebted?
(a) The Burdens
(b) Krajiek
(c) The Shimerdas
(d) Wick Cutter

3. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________
(a) mentally ill.
(b) cruel and unforgiving.
(c) deeply sad.
(d) dangerous and unpredictable.

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

5. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?
(a) Her father used to be a violinist.
(b) Her father is not doing well.
(c) Her father does not love her mother.
(d) Her father plans to kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonia offer Jim when she meets him?

2. Who teaches Yulka to read English?

3. Which of the Shimerdas did not want to immigrate to the United States?

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

5. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?

(see the answer key)

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