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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 12 | Book 1: Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 does not love her mother.
(b) Her father plans to kill himself.
(c) Her father is not doing well.
(d) Her father used to be a violinist.

4. Why do the Shimerdas remain involved with Krajiek?
(a) They look up to him.
(b) They trust him.
(c) They rely on him to teach them about the US.
(d) They come from the same country.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What one item must all of the Shimerdas share during the winter?

4. How does Antonia differ from her brother Ambrosch?

5. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?

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