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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the connection between Jim and Virgil?
(a) They are both poets.
(b) They both appreciate beautiful women.
(c) They both revere small towns.
(d) They both speak Greek.

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

3. Who does Jim hold responsible for Wick Cutter's negative actions?
(a) Cutter
(b) Antonia
(c) His grandmother
(d) Krajiek

4. Why does Antonia not ask Larry Donovan for a civil marriage?
(a) She does not want to upset him.
(b) She does not believe in civil marriage.
(c) She is just happy to be with him and does not feel the need to be married.
(d) She believes he will see how wonderful she is to him and will eventually marry her in a church.

5. Who does JIm befriend while staying in Lincoln?
(a) Jake
(b) Otto Fuchs
(c) Russian Peter
(d) Gaston Cleric

6. How does Tiny make her fortune?
(a) A patron at her hotel deeds his fortune to her.
(b) Her hotel is wildly successful.
(c) She inherits it from her parents.
(d) She marries a rich man.

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

8. How do women generally respond to Larry Donovan?
(a) They are wary of his affections.
(b) They are attracted to and sympathetic to him.
(c) They admire his devotion to his job and family.
(d) They are put off by his aloofness.

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

10. To whom is Wick Cutter particularly nice?
(a) Krajiek
(b) His wife
(c) Jim's grandmother
(d) Mrs. Harling

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

12. What does Jim tell Antonia's children about their mother when she was younger?
(a) She was difficult to get along with.
(b) She was beautiful and well liked.
(c) She had a wild spirit.
(d) She was shy and withdrawn.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lena, why did Ole Benson marry his wife?

2. What has become of Antonia's daughter with Larry Donovan?

3. Why does Gaston Cleric suggest that Jim accompany him to Harvard?

4. What does Rudolph tell Jim was the source of much conflict between the Cutters?

5. What do Antonia and Jim's grandmother discover when they return to the Cutter home to pack up Antonia's belongings?

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