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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. How long has Jim been living with his grandparents at the start of Book 2?
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 13 years

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

3. Which of the Harling children helps his/her father with the family business?
(a) Frances
(b) Sally
(c) Nina
(d) Charley

4. Where does Jim believe Mr. Shimerda's spirit goes after he dies?
(a) Back to Germany
(b) To live above the Burdens' home
(c) To Heaven
(d) Into Purgatory

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a topic of complaint by Mrs. Shimerda in Chapter 17?

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

3. What possession does Russian Peter value over all others?

4. Where in Black Hawk is Antonia hired to work?

5. Where does Jim live as an adult?

(see the answer key)

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