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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 rumor about Pavel circulates in the community?
(a) He is a fugitive from the law.
(b) He is an anarchist.
(c) He is an illegal immigrant.
(d) He left his wife to come to the United States.

2. How do the Shimerdas react to their difficult living conditions?
(a) They shut themselves off from the community.
(b) They never complain.
(c) The complain constantly.
(d) They ask the Burdens to help them.

3. What does Mr. Shimerda promise to give Jim when he is older?
(a) His gun
(b) Fatherly advice
(c) Antonia's hand in marriage
(d) His farm

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

5. What first strikes Jim about the location of his grandparents' home?
(a) There are few trees in the area.
(b) There are many immigrants living in the area.
(c) There is land as far as the eye can see.
(d) The farm is extremely quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

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

3. Why are Otto's fellow travelers suspicious of him when he escorts an immigrant woman to the U.S. to meet her husband?

4. What nickname is Antonia given?

5. How do the narrator and Jim become acquainted?

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