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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. Who teaches Yulka to read English?
(a) Ambrosch
(b) Jim
(c) Grandmother Burden
(d) Antonia

2. What gift do Jim's grandparents give him when he comes to live with them?
(a) A pony
(b) A wagon
(c) A bicycle
(d) A rattlesnake cane

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

4. How does Jim's grandfather mend relations between the Shimerdas and the Burdens?
(a) He forgives Ambrosch for damaging the horse collar.
(b) He speaks to Mrs. Shimerda.
(c) He hires Ambrosch and Antonia to help him harvest.
(d) He tells Jake he must apologize for hitting Ambrosch.

5. Where is Mr. Shimerda's body buried?
(a) In a cemetery
(b) On the Burdens' farm
(c) In Bohemia
(d) At the corner of the family's lot of land

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT characterize Jim's grandparents?

2. What does Mr. Shimerda ask Jim's grandmother to do?

3. What do the Shimerdas give the Burdens in exchange for the goods they bring during the winter?

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

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

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