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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the Harling children helps his/her father with the family business?
(a) Nina
(b) Charley
(c) Sally
(d) Frances

3. How do the Shimerdas react to their difficult living conditions?
(a) They shut themselves off from the community.
(b) They never complain.
(c) They ask the Burdens to help them.
(d) The complain constantly.

4. 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 hires Ambrosch and Antonia to help him harvest.
(c) He forgives Ambrosch for damaging the horse collar.
(d) He speaks to Mrs. Shimerda.

5. Where does Jim believe Mr. Shimerda's spirit goes after he dies?
(a) Into Purgatory
(b) Back to Germany
(c) To live above the Burdens' home
(d) To Heaven

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

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

8. Who does Jim credit with planting sunflowers in Nebraska?
(a) Mormons
(b) Mennonites
(c) The Shimerdas
(d) Farmers

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

10. Antonia confides to Jim that her father is _______________
(a) deeply sad.
(b) mentally ill.
(c) dangerous and unpredictable.
(d) cruel and unforgiving.

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

12. Where do Otto and Jake go when the Burdens sell their farm?
(a) Back to the Wild West
(b) To work on another farm
(c) They move into Black Hawk with the Burdens.
(d) Back to Germany

13. Why are Otto's fellow travelers suspicious of him when he escorts an immigrant woman to the U.S. to meet her husband?
(a) He never leaves the woman's side.
(b) He appears to be in love with the woman.
(c) The woman gives birth to triplets.
(d) The woman leaves during the trip.

14. What is Blind d'Arnault's talent?
(a) Playing the saxophone
(b) Dancing
(c) Singing
(d) Playing the piano

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mrs. Harling's only complaint about Antonia's work?

3. Which of the Harling children is Antonia's favorite?

4. What first strikes Jim about the location of his grandparents' home?

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

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