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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 Jim plan on studying after graduating Harvard?
(a) Law
(b) Farming
(c) History
(d) Literature

2. Where is Mr. Shimerda's body buried?
(a) At the corner of the family's lot of land
(b) In a cemetery
(c) In Bohemia
(d) On the Burdens' farm

3. What does Mr. Shimerda promise to give Jim when he is older?
(a) Fatherly advice
(b) Antonia's hand in marriage
(c) His farm
(d) His gun

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

5. What reputation does the Boys' Home Hotel have?
(a) It is considered a seedy hotel.
(b) It is considered a safe place for men, but not women, to stay.
(c) It is considered the best in the area.
(d) It is considered an elite, high priced establishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim stay when he is in Lincoln?

2. Which of the following is not a quality that Jim believes the country girls possess?

3. What does Jim tell the narrator of the introduction?

4. What is Jim constantly reminded of during his time at the university?

5. How does Jim's grandfather mend relations between the Shimerdas and the Burdens?

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