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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim create for Nina Harling?
(a) A playhouse
(b) A doll
(c) A May basket
(d) A toy

2. Who is suspicious of Jim's visits to Lena?
(a) Gaston Cleric
(b) The Polish violin teacher
(c) Antonia
(d) His grandparents

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

4. What does Jim find as an unusual trait in Cuzak?
(a) He only speaks Bohemian.
(b) He rarely smiles.
(c) He looks at people sideways.
(d) He and Antonia get along very well.

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

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

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

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

9. Which of the following is not something Jim notices about Antonia when he goes to visit her in this chapter?
(a) She looks tired.
(b) She is quiet and reserved.
(c) She has color and health in her face.
(d) She is much thinner.

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

11. How does Jim characterize the woman who plays the character, Marguerite?
(a) As romantic and sultry
(b) As accurate and compelling
(c) As young and beautiful
(d) As old and overly dramatic

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

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

14. Why does Jim say Gaston Cleric "narrowly missed being a great poet?"
(a) He knows all of the classic works of literature.
(b) He speaks poetically when excited.
(c) He is well versed in Greek.
(d) He is a talented writer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does JIm befriend while staying in Lincoln?

2. What does Jim tell Antonia's children about their mother when she was younger?

3. Who does Jim see as the inspiration for all poetry?

4. What is occurring on the farms when Jim goes to visit Widow Steavens?

5. What does Mrs. Harling give Jim as a graduation present?

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