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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became of Antonia's marriage to Larry Donovan?
(a) He left her with a baby.
(b) Larry Donovan died.
(c) He refused to marry her.
(d) Antonia left Donovan because he was unfaithful.

2. What does Jim romanticize at the end of the novel?
(a) The farm land
(b) His past
(c) The city
(d) Antonia

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

4. According to Antonia, how did her father and mother meet?
(a) They attended the same church.
(b) Her father worked for her mother's family.
(c) Her mother worked for her father's family.
(d) They attended a dance together.

5. To whom does Jim dedicate his speech?
(a) His grandparents
(b) Antonia
(c) The Harlings
(d) Mr. Shimerda

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

7. Why has Gaston Cleric been sent West?
(a) To attend a university
(b) To start a new life
(c) To study Greek
(d) To recover from a health issue

8. What does Jim convince his grandparents to do for posterity?
(a) Write their wills
(b) Record their family stories
(c) Take his picture
(d) Have their picture taken

9. Who urges Jim to visit Antonia after many years?
(a) Tiny
(b) Lena
(c) His grandmother
(d) His wife

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

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

12. What do Jim's grandparents think of the dances Jim attends?
(a) They encourage him to have an active social life.
(b) They are unaware of the dances.
(c) They believe the dances are harmless.
(d) They do not approve of the dances.

13. Who appears at Jim's door as he is contemplating Virgil's words?
(a) Antonia
(b) Larry Donovan
(c) Lena Linguard
(d) Gaston Cleric

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

15. What character in "Camille" does Jim consider most sympathetic?
(a) Virgil
(b) Armand
(c) Camille
(d) Marguerite

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Larry Donovan's manner change when he is with women?

2. With whom is Wick Cutter constantly in conflict?

3. What upsetting news does Antonia learn in a letter from Larry Donovan prior to their marriage?

4. How does "Camille" affect Jim and Lena?

5. What does Jim tell Antonia he believes happened to her father's soul?

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