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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 8 | Book 1: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antonia offer Jim when she meets him?
(a) Help on the farm
(b) Her ring
(c) Wild mushrooms
(d) Her friendship

2. Why does Jim come to live with his grandparents in the first chapter of the book?
(a) His parents have divorced.
(b) His parents want him to grow up on a farm.
(c) His parents are unable to care for him.
(d) His parents have passed away.

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

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

5. How do the narrator and Jim become acquainted?
(a) They grew up in the same town.
(b) The work for the same company in New York.
(c) They meet on the train.
(d) They were both neighbors of Antonia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What rumor about Pavel circulates in the community?

3. What misfortune falls upon Pavel in Chapter 8?

4. What possession does Russian Peter value over all others?

5. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

(see the answer key)

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