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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. What do the Shimerdas give the Burdens in exchange for the goods they bring during the winter?
(a) Dried mushrooms
(b) Money
(c) A promise of repayment
(d) Nothing

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

3. What do Jim and Jake go to pick up from Ambrosch in Chapter 18?
(a) An ax
(b) A cow
(c) A wagon
(d) A horse collar

4. What does Mr. Shimerda ask Jim's grandmother to do?
(a) Help his wife set up their home
(b) Teach all of his children to speak and read English
(c) Agree to allow Antonia to marry Jim
(d) Teach Antonia to speak and read English

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What becomes of Peter when Pavel passes away?

3. How does Lena feel when her brother leaves Black Hawk after a visit?

4. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?

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

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