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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To whom are Pavel and Peter indebted?
(a) Krajiek
(b) Wick Cutter
(c) The Shimerdas
(d) The Burdens
2. What one item must all of the Shimerdas share during the winter?
(a) A coat
(b) A dish
(c) A bed
(d) A blanket
3. Where is Mr. Shimerda's body buried?
(a) In a cemetery
(b) In Bohemia
(c) At the corner of the family's lot of land
(d) On the Burdens' farm
4. Which of the following is not a topic of complaint by Mrs. Shimerda in Chapter 17?
(a) The cow Grandfather Burden sold her.
(b) Accusations against Ambrosch
(c) A broken ax.
(d) Mr. Shimerda's death
5. Who performs Mr. Shimerda's funeral service?
(a) A priest
(b) Otto Fuchs
(c) The coroner
(d) Grandfather Burden and Otto Fuchs
6. What does Tiny often share with Lena?
(a) The room she rents at the hotel
(b) News of the old country
(c) The wages she earns working at the hotel
(d) The gifts she receives from men staying at the hotel
7. How does Antonia show her affection for Charley?
(a) By teaching him to read
(b) By playing with him more than Nina
(c) By making him his favorite treats
(d) By kissing and tickling him
8. Who does Jim often run into when he is in downtown Black Hawk?
(a) Tiny
(b) Antonia
(c) Mr. Harling
(d) Lena
9. Why is Ambrosch delighted when he hears Jake sold a pig in town?
(a) He knows Jake has enough money to buy a new horse collar.
(b) He believes Jake had to sell the pig to pay his fine.
(c) He asked Jake to sell the pig for him.
(d) He thinks Jake will share the proceeds of the sale with him.
10. Where does Jim live as an adult?
(a) New York
(b) Bohemia
(c) Nebraska
(d) Iowa
11. Why do Antonia and Jim travel to Russian Peter's in Chapter 7?
(a) To deliver a spade
(b) To visit with he and Pavel.
(c) To borrow a spade
(d) To show the Shimerda children the prairie dog houses.
12. What rumor about Pavel circulates in the community?
(a) He is a fugitive from the law.
(b) He is an anarchist.
(c) He left his wife to come to the United States.
(d) He is an illegal immigrant.
13. What is Anton Jelinek's connection with the Shimerda family?
(a) Both live in Black Hawk.
(b) Both are indebted to Krajiek.
(c) Both are Bohemian.
(d) Both are from Austria.
14. Why do the Shimerdas remain involved with Krajiek?
(a) They trust him.
(b) They rely on him to teach them about the US.
(c) They come from the same country.
(d) They look up to him.
15. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?
(a) Her ability to speak English
(b) Her attitude
(c) Her manners
(d) Her sense of humor
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Jim think Antonia acts superior to him?
2. What does Jim tell the narrator of the introduction?
3. Why do Jim and his grandparents make Christmas presents for the Shimerdas instead of purchasing them?
4. Who sold the Shimerda family their home?
5. Why does Lena Lingard's presence at the Harlings' home make Antonia uncomfortable?
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