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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 1 | Book 2: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Jim and his grandparents make Christmas presents for the Shimerdas instead of purchasing them?
(a) The Burdens cannot afford to purchase presents.
(b) They do not want to appear pretentious to the Shimerdas.
(c) They know the Shimerdas prefer handmade gifts.
(d) The family is snowed in and cannot get to the store.

2. Where do Otto and Jake go when the Burdens sell their farm?
(a) Back to the Wild West
(b) To work on another farm
(c) They move into Black Hawk with the Burdens.
(d) Back to Germany

3. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?
(a) Marek
(b) Yulka
(c) Ambrosch
(d) Antonia

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim's grandfather mend relations between the Shimerdas and the Burdens?

2. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?

3. How do the narrator and Jim become acquainted?

4. Who does Jim's grandmother hire to help her work in the house during July?

5. Why is Ambrosch delighted when he hears Jake sold a pig in town?

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