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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Ambrosch give Antonia when she leaves to marry Donovan?
(a) Nothing
(b) Family heirlooms
(c) Money
(d) His blessing
2. Why does Jim stop attending the dances at the Fireman's Hall?
(a) He is embarrassed after kissing Antonia.
(b) Antonia asks him to stop attending the dances.
(c) He does not enjoy the dances.
(d) His grandmother believes the dances are disgraceful.
3. Where does Jim often meet Lena?
(a) At a restaurant
(b) At his apartment
(c) At the library
(d) At her dress shop
4. Where does Jim go on his only break during the summer?
(a) To visit the Shimerdas
(b) To collect elder with Antonia and her friends
(c) To visit Mr. Shimerda's grave
(d) To visit friends in Virginia
5. Who does Jim see as the inspiration for all poetry?
(a) Farmland
(b) Small towns
(c) Country girls
(d) City girls
6. Who does Cuzak credit with the success of their farm?
(a) Antonia
(b) His children
(c) Himself
(d) Ambrosch
7. Who does Antonia eventually marry?
(a) Jim
(b) Larry Donovan
(c) Anton Jelinek
(d) Anton Jelinek's cousin
8. To whom is Wick Cutter particularly nice?
(a) His wife
(b) Jim's grandmother
(c) Mrs. Harling
(d) Krajiek
9. What does Wick Cutter do before leaving for Omaha that Grandmother Burden finds suspicious?
(a) He places a box of silver and papers under Antonia's bed.
(b) He tells Antonia he is leaving his wife.
(c) He kisses Antonia.
(d) He asks Antonia to stay with her family.
10. Where do Antonia and Jim walk to during his visit to the Shimerda farm?
(a) The spot where Jim killed the rattlesnake
(b) The Burdens' old farm
(c) The river
(d) Mr. Shimerda's grave site
11. What did Wick Cutter do to trick his wife?
(a) He put her on the wrong train home.
(b) He left her in Omaha.
(c) He gave the deed to their house to Antonia.
(d) He ran away with their possessions.
12. How does Gaston Cleric help Jim?
(a) He keeps him company.
(b) He awakens him to new ideas and learning.
(c) He teaches him Greek.
(d) He provides him with an audience for stories about Black Hawk.
13. Who does JIm befriend while staying in Lincoln?
(a) Jake
(b) Gaston Cleric
(c) Otto Fuchs
(d) Russian Peter
14. How does Larry Donovan's manner change when he is with women?
(a) He is flirtatious and overly friendly.
(b) He speaks highly of his wife and child.
(c) He complains about his life choices.
(d) He is cool and distant.
15. Why does Wick Cutter shoot his wife before killing himself?
(a) He wants to be with her for eternity
(b) She angers him
(c) He has had contempt for her for years
(d) So his will will be in effect since he outlived her
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jim convince his grandparents to do for posterity?
2. What warning does Mrs. Steavens give Ambrosch?
3. What is occurring on the farms when Jim goes to visit Widow Steavens?
4. Where does Cuzak take his son when they are in the city?
5. What becomes Antonia's primary preoccupation once she begins working for the Cutters?
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