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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. Who teaches Yulka to read English?
(a) Antonia
(b) Grandmother Burden
(c) Jim
(d) Ambrosch

2. Why does Jim think Antonia acts superior to him?
(a) She believes she is smarter than he is.
(b) She believes females are superior to males.
(c) She is older than he is.
(d) She is from a different culture than he is.

3. Why does Jim come to live with his grandparents in the first chapter of the book?
(a) His parents want him to grow up on a farm.
(b) His parents have passed away.
(c) His parents are unable to care for him.
(d) His parents have divorced.

4. Why do the three Marys often have to leave town?
(a) They help other immigrants in the area.
(b) They are itinerant farm workers.
(c) Their families live in neighboring towns.
(d) They are suspected of becoming pregnant.

5. What nickname is Antonia given?
(a) Anty
(b) Shimerda
(c) Tony
(d) Tonia

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________

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

4. Who performs Mr. Shimerda's funeral service?

5. What do Antonia and Jim's grandmother discover when they return to the Cutter home to pack up Antonia's belongings?

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