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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Antonia and Jim walk to during his visit to the Shimerda farm?
(a) Mr. Shimerda's grave site
(b) The river
(c) The spot where Jim killed the rattlesnake
(d) The Burdens' old farm

2. Where does Cuzak take his son when they are in the city?
(a) To a theatre show
(b) To the market
(c) To a carnival
(d) To visit Jim's grandparents

3. Who is the speaker at Jim's graduation?
(a) Wick Cutter
(b) Mr. Harling
(c) Jim
(d) Jim's grandfather

4. What does Frances Harling say is wrong with Jim?
(a) He is in love with Antonia.
(b) He is too romantic.
(c) He is too focused on his studies.
(d) He needs to marry a country girl.

5. What gives Wick Cutter an advantage with the immigrant farmers?
(a) He loans money without interest
(b) He regularly makes donations to the Protestant church.
(c) He speaks Swedish.
(d) He is from Scandanavia.

6. Who does Antonia say will always be a part of her life?
(a) Ambrosch
(b) Her father and Jim
(c) Her father
(d) Jim

7. What does Rudolph tell Jim was the source of much conflict between the Cutters?
(a) Wick's infidelity
(b) The fate of their property after their deaths
(c) Their differing personalities
(d) Wick's obsession with Antonia

8. Where does Jim often meet Lena?
(a) At his apartment
(b) At the library
(c) At a restaurant
(d) At her dress shop

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

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

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

12. Who does Jim invite on a hunting trip in the Fall?
(a) Cuzak
(b) Two of Antonia's sons
(c) Antonia
(d) Antonia's grandsons

13. How does "Camille" affect Jim and Lena?
(a) They are both shocked by its content.
(b) Lena cries at the end of the play, but Jim is indifferent.
(c) They are left confused and homesick at the end of the play.
(d) They both cry at the end of the play.

14. Where does Jim go after graduating from Harvard?
(a) Lincoln
(b) Black Hawk
(c) New York City
(d) Boston

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jim constantly reminded of during his time at the university?

2. Where has Jim begun studying law and working?

3. Who does Mrs. Harling tell Jim to ask about Antonia's marriage?

4. What does Jim plan on studying after graduating Harvard?

5. Who does Jim hold responsible for Wick Cutter's negative actions?

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