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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Lena Lingard's presence at the Harlings' home make Antonia uncomfortable?
(a) Antonia wants to have no ties to her former country.
(b) Lena is much more beautiful than Antonia is.
(c) Lena has a reputation for being sexually promiscuous.
(d) Lena has a reputation for being a vixen.

6. Who teaches Yulka to read English?
(a) Jim
(b) Antonia
(c) Grandmother Burden
(d) Ambrosch

7. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?
(a) Antonia
(b) Jake Marpole
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) His grandfather

8. Which of the following does Grandmother Burden not teach Antonia?
(a) Housekeeping
(b) Basic math
(c) To read English
(d) To cook

9. Who does Antonia tell that Jim tried to kill Lena back in Bohemia?
(a) Mrs. Shimerda
(b) Wick Cutter
(c) Krajiek
(d) Ole Benson's wife

10. Why does Mrs. Harling disapprove of Tiny Soderball?
(a) She does not approve of working women.
(b) She does not like country girls.
(c) She believes working at a hotel is inappropriate for a woman.
(d) She has a reputation for being flirtatious.

11. What misfortune falls upon Pavel in Chapter 8?
(a) He is robbed.
(b) He is injured on the job.
(c) He has nightmares.
(d) Peter moves to another farm.

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

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

14. Who does Jim's grandfather believe killed Mr. Shimerda?
(a) Ambrosch
(b) Krajiek
(c) Mr. Shimerda
(d) Wick Cutter

15. How does Lena feel when her brother leaves Black Hawk after a visit?
(a) Relieved
(b) Depressed
(c) Angry
(d) Homesick

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim's grandfather bring home for him after visiting the Shimerdas on Christmas?

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

3. Who helps Ambrosch and Marek treat the horse with colic?

4. What does Jim tell the narrator of the introduction?

5. How many days pass before Mr. Shimerda's body is buried?

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