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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. How does Antonia differ from her brother Ambrosch?
(a) Ambrosch is much harder working than Antonia.
(b) Ambrosch is mean but Antonia is kind.
(c) Ambrosch is much more social than Anotnia is.
(d) Antonia is mean but Ambrosch is kind.

2. What does Jim tell the narrator of the introduction?
(a) He dislikes his wife.
(b) He has been writing down his memories of Antonia.
(c) He plans to move back to Nebraska.
(d) He was secretly in love with Antonia.

3. Which of the Shimerdas did not want to immigrate to the United States?
(a) Ambrosch
(b) Antonia
(c) Mrs. Shimerda
(d) Mr. Shimerda

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

5. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________
(a) mentally ill.
(b) deeply sad.
(c) cruel and unforgiving.
(d) dangerous and unpredictable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift do Jim's grandparents give him when he comes to live with them?

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

3. What becomes of Peter when Pavel passes away?

4. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?

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

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