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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 5 | Book 2: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Shimerdas react to their difficult living conditions?
(a) The complain constantly.
(b) They shut themselves off from the community.
(c) They never complain.
(d) They ask the Burdens to help them.

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

3. Why does Jake have to pay a fine?
(a) Because he was involved in a bar fight
(b) Because he punched Ambrosch
(c) Because he broke a traffic law
(d) Because he failed to pay taxes

4. Why is Ambrosch delighted when he hears Jake sold a pig in town?
(a) He knows Jake has enough money to buy a new horse collar.
(b) He asked Jake to sell the pig for him.
(c) He believes Jake had to sell the pig to pay his fine.
(d) He thinks Jake will share the proceeds of the sale with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonia offer Jim when she meets him?

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

3. What does Otto do annually on Christmas day?

4. What is Mrs. Harling's only complaint about Antonia's work?

5. What does Jake find under the manger in the barn where Mr. Shimerda's body is found?

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