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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Jim's grandmother warn him to watch for when he is in her garden?
(a) Moles
(b) Bees
(c) Poisonous plants
(d) Rattlesnakes

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

5. How does Antonia show her affection for Charley?
(a) By making him his favorite treats
(b) By playing with him more than Nina
(c) By teaching him to read
(d) By kissing and tickling him

6. Who entertains Jim when he is forced to stay indoors because of illness?
(a) Otto Fuchs
(b) Yulka
(c) Grandfather Burden
(d) Antonia

7. Which of the Harling children is Antonia's favorite?
(a) Charley
(b) Nina
(c) Sally
(d) Frances

8. Why is Ambrosch delighted when he hears Jake sold a pig in town?
(a) He asked Jake to sell the pig for him.
(b) He knows Jake has enough money to buy a new horse collar.
(c) He thinks Jake will share the proceeds of the sale with him.
(d) He believes Jake had to sell the pig to pay his fine.

9. Why do the three Marys often have to leave town?
(a) They help other immigrants in the area.
(b) Their families live in neighboring towns.
(c) They are itinerant farm workers.
(d) They are suspected of becoming pregnant.

10. Who sold the Shimerda family their home?
(a) The Burdens
(b) Otto Fuchs
(c) Krajiek
(d) Jim's grandparents

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

12. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?
(a) Her sense of humor
(b) Her attitude
(c) Her ability to speak English
(d) Her manners

13. What does Jake find under the manger in the barn where Mr. Shimerda's body is found?
(a) A gun
(b) Krajiek's ax
(c) Money
(d) Grandfather Burden's ax

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

15. What is Mrs. Harling's only complaint about Antonia's work?
(a) She visits with Jim too often.
(b) She stops working to play with the children.
(c) She does too good of a job.
(d) She is sometimes late to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches Yulka to read English?

2. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?

3. Which of the following is not a quality that Jim believes the country girls possess?

4. How has Mr. Harling made his money?

5. Who visits the Burdens on Christmas day?

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