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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 entertains Jim when he is forced to stay indoors because of illness?
(a) Yulka
(b) Antonia
(c) Grandfather Burden
(d) Otto Fuchs

2. What does Jim say he enjoys most about his grandfather reading Christmas prayers?
(a) The sense of spirituality that fills the room
(b) His choice of prayers
(c) The sound of his voice
(d) The memories of his parents that he invokes

3. What does Antonia offer Jim when she meets him?
(a) Help on the farm
(b) Her friendship
(c) Wild mushrooms
(d) Her ring

4. What does Jim's grandmother warn him to watch for when he is in her garden?
(a) Bees
(b) Poisonous plants
(c) Rattlesnakes
(d) Moles

5. How do the narrator and Jim become acquainted?
(a) They were both neighbors of Antonia.
(b) They meet on the train.
(c) The work for the same company in New York.
(d) They grew up in the same town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim come to live with his grandparents in the first chapter of the book?

2. What does Otto do annually on Christmas day?

3. What act does Jim perform that makes him a hero in Antonia's eyes?

4. How do the Shimerdas react to their difficult living conditions?

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

(see the answer key)

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