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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. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?
(a) His grandfather
(b) Antonia
(c) Jake Marpole
(d) Otto Fuchs

2. What do the Shimerdas give the Burdens in exchange for the goods they bring during the winter?
(a) Money
(b) A promise of repayment
(c) Dried mushrooms
(d) Nothing

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

4. What possession does Russian Peter value over all others?
(a) His horse
(b) His cow
(c) His plough
(d) His home

5. Why are Otto's fellow travelers suspicious of him when he escorts an immigrant woman to the U.S. to meet her husband?
(a) The woman leaves during the trip.
(b) The woman gives birth to triplets.
(c) He never leaves the woman's side.
(d) He appears to be in love with the woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits the Burdens on Christmas day?

2. What does Otto do annually on Christmas day?

3. To whom are Pavel and Peter indebted?

4. Which of the following does Grandmother Burden not teach Antonia?

5. What does Jim's grandfather bring home for him after visiting the Shimerdas on Christmas?

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