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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ambrosch give Antonia when she leaves to marry Donovan?
(a) Nothing
(b) Family heirlooms
(c) His blessing
(d) Money

2. How long has Jim been living with his grandparents at the start of Book 2?
(a) 3 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 1 year
(d) 13 years

3. What rumor about Pavel circulates in the community?
(a) He is an illegal immigrant.
(b) He is a fugitive from the law.
(c) He left his wife to come to the United States.
(d) He is an anarchist.

4. Where does Jim stay when he is in Lincoln?
(a) In rooms he rents from an elderly couple
(b) In a hotel
(c) With Gaston Cleric
(d) With his grandparents

5. What does the phrase "Optima dies...prima fugit" mean?
(a) Beauty comes to small towns.
(b) I shall be the first to bring the Muse to my country.
(c) The worst days are the first to flee.
(d) The best days are the first to flee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jim and Jake go to pick up from Ambrosch in Chapter 18?

2. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?

3. To whom does Pavel confess his unpleasant past in Russia?

4. What does Otto put on the Christmas tree that attracts everyone's attention?

5. Who does JIm befriend while staying in Lincoln?

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