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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Shimerda ask Jim's grandmother to do?
(a) Teach Antonia to speak and read English
(b) Help his wife set up their home
(c) Agree to allow Antonia to marry Jim
(d) Teach all of his children to speak and read English

2. Which of the following is not a regular occurrence in the evenings at the Harling house?
(a) Antonia tells stories of Bohemia.
(b) The family gathers in the kitchen.
(c) The family gathers in the parlor.
(d) Antonia bakes treats for the family and visitors.

3. What does Antonia tell Jim about her father when she and her mother come to visit the Burdens after the winter thaw?
(a) Her father plans to kill himself.
(b) Her father is not doing well.
(c) Her father does not love her mother.
(d) Her father used to be a violinist.

4. How do the narrator and Jim become acquainted?
(a) The work for the same company in New York.
(b) They were both neighbors of Antonia.
(c) They grew up in the same town.
(d) They meet on the train.

5. What does Mr. Shimerda promise to give Jim when he is older?
(a) His farm
(b) Fatherly advice
(c) His gun
(d) Antonia's hand in marriage

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom are Pavel and Peter indebted?

2. Why do Jim and his grandparents make Christmas presents for the Shimerdas instead of purchasing them?

3. What act does Jim perform that makes him a hero in Antonia's eyes?

4. What one item must all of the Shimerdas share during the winter?

5. Who is suspected of killing Mr. Shimerda?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Shimerda family (as they are introduced in Chapter 3)

2. What change in Jim's life occurs in the first chapter of Book 2? How does it affect him?

3. What confession does Pavel make to Mr. Shimerda on his death bed?

4. Describe the gifts that Jim and his grandparents give to the Shimerdas for Christmas.

5. What does Mr. Shimerda do in the Burdens' home on Christmas that surprises them? Why are they surprised by his action?

6. Retell the story about Lena being responsible for Antonia's feelings about the girl.

7. How does Mrs. Shimerda act when she and Antonia visit the Burdens after the thaw? How does Jim respond to her?

8. How do the Shimerdas react when the Burdens bring them supplies during the cold winter?

9. How does Antonia predict the winter will affect her family differently than Jim's?

10. Why do Jake and Ambrosch come to blows in Chapter 18?

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