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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose visit to Black Hawk breaks up the monotony of the winter for Jim?
(a) Antonia's
(b) Yulka's
(c) A friend from Virginia's
(d) Blind d'Arnault's

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

3. What do the Shimerdas give the Burdens in exchange for the goods they bring during the winter?
(a) Money
(b) A promise of repayment
(c) Dried mushrooms
(d) Nothing

4. How does Antonia react to the dances in town?
(a) She believes they are immoral.
(b) She rarely attends the dances.
(c) She regularly attends the dances.
(d) She is ambivalent towards the dances.

5. How does Jim's grandfather mend relations between the Shimerdas and the Burdens?
(a) He tells Jake he must apologize for hitting Ambrosch.
(b) He forgives Ambrosch for damaging the horse collar.
(c) He hires Ambrosch and Antonia to help him harvest.
(d) He speaks to Mrs. Shimerda.

6. Who helps Ambrosch and Marek treat the horse with colic?
(a) Jim
(b) Jim's grandfather
(c) Krajiek
(d) Otto Fuchs

7. Which of the Shimerdas did not want to immigrate to the United States?
(a) Mrs. Shimerda
(b) Mr. Shimerda
(c) Antonia
(d) Ambrosch

8. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?
(a) Antonia
(b) Jake Marpole
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) His grandfather

9. Who does Antonia tell that Jim tried to kill Lena back in Bohemia?
(a) Wick Cutter
(b) Ole Benson's wife
(c) Mrs. Shimerda
(d) Krajiek

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

11. Which of the following does NOT characterize Jim's grandparents?
(a) Strong
(b) Kind
(c) Orderly
(d) Stern

12. What is Anton Jelinek's connection with the Shimerda family?
(a) Both are indebted to Krajiek.
(b) Both live in Black Hawk.
(c) Both are Bohemian.
(d) Both are from Austria.

13. What misfortune falls upon Pavel in Chapter 8?
(a) He is robbed.
(b) Peter moves to another farm.
(c) He has nightmares.
(d) He is injured on the job.

14. Who sponsors the dance tent in Black Hawk?
(a) The Vannis
(b) The Burdens
(c) The Harlings
(d) Wick Cutter

15. Where in Black Hawk is Antonia hired to work?
(a) The Boy's Home Hotel
(b) The Burdens' home
(c) The Harlings' home
(d) At the school

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?

2. What reputation does the Boys' Home Hotel have?

3. Why do the Shimerdas remain involved with Krajiek?

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

5. Where is Mr. Shimerda's body buried?

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