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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 does Jim create for Nina Harling?
(a) A playhouse
(b) A toy
(c) A doll
(d) A May basket

2. To whom are Pavel and Peter indebted?
(a) The Shimerdas
(b) Wick Cutter
(c) Krajiek
(d) The Burdens

3. To whom does Pavel confess his unpleasant past in Russia?
(a) Pavel
(b) Mr. Shimerda
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) Jim

4. What do Jim's grandparents think of the dances Jim attends?
(a) They do not approve of the dances.
(b) They encourage him to have an active social life.
(c) They are unaware of the dances.
(d) They believe the dances are harmless.

5. What does Jim tell the narrator of the introduction?
(a) He has been writing down his memories of Antonia.
(b) He dislikes his wife.
(c) He plans to move back to Nebraska.
(d) He was secretly in love with Antonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ambrosch delighted when he hears Jake sold a pig in town?

2. Why does Jake have to pay a fine?

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

4. Which of the girls arrives at the river first?

5. Who does Jim's grandmother hire to help her work in the house during July?

(see the answer key)

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