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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. Who sold the Shimerda family their home?
(a) Jim's grandparents
(b) The Burdens
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) Krajiek

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

3. Which of the following does Grandmother Burden not teach Antonia?
(a) Housekeeping
(b) To cook
(c) Basic math
(d) To read English

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

5. To whom does Pavel confess his unpleasant past in Russia?
(a) Otto Fuchs
(b) Mr. Shimerda
(c) Pavel
(d) Jim

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor about Pavel circulates in the community?

2. What does Mr. Shimerda ask Jim's grandmother to do?

3. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

4. What first strikes Jim about the location of his grandparents' home?

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

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