2. What event is responsible for the lightened tone at the hotel?
(a) The manager is out of town.
(b) Tiny is promoted to the manager position.
(c) Jim and Antonia visit the hotel.
(d) The country girls are in town.

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

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

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

6. What does Jim's grandfather bring home for him after visiting the Shimerdas on Christmas?
(a) A Christmas tree
(b) A ring
(c) A horse
(d) A gift from Antonia

7. 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

8. What one item must all of the Shimerdas share during the winter?
(a) A bed
(b) A coat
(c) A blanket
(d) A dish

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

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

11. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?
(a) Antonia
(b) Ambrosch
(c) Yulka
(d) Marek

12. Which of the following is not a quality that Jim believes the town girls possess?
(a) Refinement
(b) Physical strength
(c) Isolation
(d) Beauty

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

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

15. What rumor about Pavel circulates in the community?
(a) He is a fugitive from the law.
(b) He left his wife to come to the United States.
(c) He is an anarchist.
(d) He is an illegal immigrant.