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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes Antonia's primary preoccupation once she begins working for the Cutters?
(a) Living a moral life
(b) Mr. Cutter's comfort
(c) Making money
(d) Attending dances and having a social life

2. What does Jake find under the manger in the barn where Mr. Shimerda's body is found?
(a) A gun
(b) Krajiek's ax
(c) Money
(d) Grandfather Burden's ax

3. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?
(a) His grandfather
(b) Antonia
(c) Jake Marpole
(d) Otto Fuchs

4. Who entertains Jim when he is forced to stay indoors because of illness?
(a) Yulka
(b) Otto Fuchs
(c) Grandfather Burden
(d) Antonia

5. What is Mrs. Harling's only complaint about Antonia's work?
(a) She visits with Jim too often.
(b) She does too good of a job.
(c) She is sometimes late to work.
(d) She stops working to play with the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim come to live with his grandparents in the first chapter of the book?

2. What does Jim say he enjoys most about his grandfather reading Christmas prayers?

3. How does Jim feel when swimming in the river?

4. What first strikes Jim about the location of his grandparents' home?

5. Where does Jim live as an adult?

(see the answer key)

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