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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

3. What is occurring on the farms when Jim goes to visit Widow Steavens?
(a) The threshing of the wheat fields
(b) The planting of the wheat fields
(c) The harvest of the wheat fields
(d) The baling of hay

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

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

6. What does Jim plan on studying after graduating Harvard?
(a) Law
(b) History
(c) Literature
(d) Farming

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

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

9. How many years pass before Jim visits Antonia again?
(a) 2 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 50 years

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

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

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(c) She was shy and withdrawn.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

13. What does Jim say he and Antonia will always share?
(a) The country
(b) The past
(c) Love
(d) Friendship

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Wick Cutter an advantage with the immigrant farmers?

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

3. Who does Jim's grandmother send to stay in the Cutter's house in place of Antonia?

4. What is the basis of the plot in the play "Camille?"

5. Why does Wick Cutter shoot his wife before killing himself?

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