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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 Wick Cutter do before leaving for Omaha that Grandmother Burden finds suspicious?
(a) He tells Antonia he is leaving his wife.
(b) He places a box of silver and papers under Antonia's bed.
(c) He asks Antonia to stay with her family.
(d) He kisses Antonia.

2. Who is suspected of killing Mr. Shimerda?
(a) Wick Cutter
(b) Krajiek
(c) Ambrosch
(d) Jim

3. Which of the girls arrives at the river first?
(a) Anna
(b) Lena
(c) Tiny
(d) Antonia

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

5. What possession does Russian Peter value over all others?
(a) His home
(b) His horse
(c) His cow
(d) His plough

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Antonia show her affection for Charley?

2. Who does Jim credit with planting sunflowers in Nebraska?

3. How does Lena feel when her brother leaves Black Hawk after a visit?

4. Who does Jim see a photograph of while waiting for his grandparents?

5. Who does Antonia eventually marry?

(see the answer key)

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