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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 possession does Russian Peter value over all others?
(a) His home
(b) His cow
(c) His horse
(d) His plough

2. Who performs Mr. Shimerda's funeral service?
(a) A priest
(b) The coroner
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) Grandfather Burden and Otto Fuchs

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

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

5. Which of the Harling children is Antonia's favorite?
(a) Charley
(b) Nina
(c) Sally
(d) Frances

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sold the Shimerda family their home?

2. Which of the following does Grandmother Burden not teach Antonia?

3. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

4. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?

5. What does Antonia say was found in the pocket of the tramp who died in the thresher?

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