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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a detail about Antonia that Mrs. Steavens shares with the Burdens?
(a) Many of the country people like Antonia.
(b) Antonia goes to many dances.
(c) Ambrosch hires Antonia out like a man.
(d) Antonia is a hard worker.

3. Who performs Mr. Shimerda's funeral service?
(a) The coroner
(b) A priest
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) Grandfather Burden and Otto Fuchs

4. What does Jim say he enjoys most about his grandfather reading Christmas prayers?
(a) His choice of prayers
(b) The sound of his voice
(c) The sense of spirituality that fills the room
(d) The memories of his parents that he invokes

5. Why does Jake have to pay a fine?
(a) Because he failed to pay taxes
(b) Because he broke a traffic law
(c) Because he punched Ambrosch
(d) Because he was involved in a bar fight

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

7. What nickname is Antonia given?
(a) Tonia
(b) Anty
(c) Tony
(d) Shimerda

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

9. How many days pass before Mr. Shimerda's body is buried?
(a) 10
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

10. What impact do the dances in Black Hawk have on the townspeople?
(a) The dance tent encourages immoral behavior.
(b) The community protests the dances.
(c) The dance tent becomes the social center of town.
(d) The community is ambivalent about the dances.

11. Where does Antonia consider going to work when the Harlings forbid her to attend the dances?
(a) For Wick Cutter
(b) In a neighboring town
(c) For the Burdens
(d) On her family's farm

12. How did Blind d'Arnault's mother react to his blindness?
(a) She helped him function as if he was sighted.
(b) She was angry.
(c) She was ashamed.
(d) She was supportive of him.

13. What gift do Jim's grandparents give him when he comes to live with them?
(a) A pony
(b) A bicycle
(c) A wagon
(d) A rattlesnake cane

14. How has Mr. Harling made his money?
(a) He is a cattle buyer.
(b) He is the owner of a general store.
(c) He is a cattle buyer and grain merchant.
(d) He is a grain merchant.

15. Why do Jim and his grandparents make Christmas presents for the Shimerdas instead of purchasing them?
(a) They know the Shimerdas prefer handmade gifts.
(b) The Burdens cannot afford to purchase presents.
(c) The family is snowed in and cannot get to the store.
(d) They do not want to appear pretentious to the Shimerdas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Shimerdas give the Burdens in exchange for the goods they bring during the winter?

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

3. Why is Ambrosch delighted when he hears Jake sold a pig in town?

4. Which of the following does NOT characterize Jim's grandparents?

5. Who does Antonia tell that Jim tried to kill Lena back in Bohemia?

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