View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim tell Antonia's children about their mother when she was younger?
(a) She was shy and withdrawn.
(b) She was difficult to get along with.
(c) She was beautiful and well liked.
(d) She had a wild spirit.

2. How does Gaston Cleric help Jim?
(a) He teaches him Greek.
(b) He awakens him to new ideas and learning.
(c) He provides him with an audience for stories about Black Hawk.
(d) He keeps him company.

3. What does Jim tell the Polish violin teacher his intentions are with Lena?
(a) Friendship
(b) He has no intentions.
(c) Business-related
(d) Marriage

4. What becomes Antonia's primary preoccupation once she begins working for the Cutters?
(a) Making money
(b) Mr. Cutter's comfort
(c) Living a moral life
(d) Attending dances and having a social life

5. Where does Jim go on his only break during the summer?
(a) To visit Mr. Shimerda's grave
(b) To visit the Shimerdas
(c) To collect elder with Antonia and her friends
(d) To visit friends in Virginia

6. What does Wick Cutter do before leaving for Omaha that Grandmother Burden finds suspicious?
(a) He kisses Antonia.
(b) He tells Antonia he is leaving his wife.
(c) He places a box of silver and papers under Antonia's bed.
(d) He asks Antonia to stay with her family.

7. Who does Jim first encounter when he arrives at Antonia's home?
(a) Antonia
(b) Two of Antonia's sons
(c) Antonia's husband
(d) Antonia's daughter

8. Who does Jim see a photograph of while waiting for his grandparents?
(a) Antonia
(b) The Shimerdas
(c) Antonia's baby
(d) Lena

9. Who does Jim's grandmother send to stay in the Cutter's house in place of Antonia?
(a) Ambrosch
(b) Jim
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) Jim's grandfather

10. What do Antonia and Jim's grandmother discover when they return to the Cutter home to pack up Antonia's belongings?
(a) Wick Cutter's is dead.
(b) Antonia's belongings are missing.
(c) The house is in disarray.
(d) Wick Cutter is burning papers.

11. How does Wick Cutter react when he finds Jim in his home?
(a) He demands to see Antonia.
(b) He throws him out of the house.
(c) He beats him.
(d) He knows Jim is trying to protect Antonia.

12. With whom is Wick Cutter constantly in conflict?
(a) Mrs. Shimerda
(b) His wife
(c) Krajiek
(d) Grandfather Burden

13. What did Wick Cutter do to trick his wife?
(a) He left her in Omaha.
(b) He gave the deed to their house to Antonia.
(c) He ran away with their possessions.
(d) He put her on the wrong train home.

14. Who does Tiny convince to move to San Francisco with her?
(a) Lena
(b) Jim
(c) Antonia
(d) Yulka

15. What is Jim constantly reminded of during his time at the university?
(a) His inadequate public school education
(b) Life on his grandparents' farm
(c) Mr. Shimerda's death
(d) His love for Antonia

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Jim dedicate his speech?

2. To whom is Wick Cutter particularly nice?

3. Who urges Jim to visit Antonia after many years?

4. Which of the following is not something Jim notices about Antonia when he goes to visit her in this chapter?

5. What does Jim convince his grandparents to do for posterity?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 528 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample