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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jim stop attending the dances at the Fireman's Hall?
(a) He does not enjoy the dances.
(b) Antonia asks him to stop attending the dances.
(c) He is embarrassed after kissing Antonia.
(d) His grandmother believes the dances are disgraceful.

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

3. What does Ambrosch give Antonia when she leaves to marry Donovan?
(a) His blessing
(b) Money
(c) Family heirlooms
(d) Nothing

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

5. Who does Jim see as the inspiration for all poetry?
(a) City girls
(b) Farmland
(c) Small towns
(d) Country girls

6. What does Jim vow to Antonia before he leaves the farm?
(a) He will visit her again.
(b) He will return to Black Hawk to live.
(c) He will marry her someday.
(d) He will never forget her.

7. 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 is cool and distant.
(d) He complains about his life choices.

8. What does Antonia tell Jim she believes is her purpose in life?
(a) Keeping her father's spirit alive
(b) Keeping the family farm going
(c) Caring for her daughter
(d) Maintaining her cultural heritage

9. According to Lena, why did Ole Benson marry his wife?
(a) He believed she was the only woman who could keep him steady.
(b) He thought he could cure her of her mental illness.
(c) He wanted to protect her from her own mental illness.
(d) She was the only woman who would marry him.

10. Why is Jim disappointed when he visits Black Hawk?
(a) His grandparents no longer live there.
(b) Many of his friends have died or or have moved.
(c) Few of his old friends recognize him.
(d) The town is desolate and run down.

11. Who does Cuzak credit with the success of their farm?
(a) Antonia
(b) Himself
(c) His children
(d) Ambrosch

12. Which of the girls arrives at the river first?
(a) Lena
(b) Antonia
(c) Tiny
(d) Anna

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Antonia and Jim walk to during his visit to the Shimerda farm?

2. Why has Gaston Cleric been sent West?

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

4. How many years pass before Jim visits Antonia again?

5. What does Jim call the road leading to his grandparents' farm?

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