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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. Who teaches Yulka to read English?
(a) Jim
(b) Antonia
(c) Grandmother Burden
(d) Ambrosch
2. Which of the following is not a detail about Antonia that Mrs. Steavens shares with the Burdens?
(a) Antonia goes to many dances.
(b) Many of the country people like Antonia.
(c) Antonia is a hard worker.
(d) Ambrosch hires Antonia out like a man.
3. Which of the following does NOT characterize Jim's grandparents?
(a) Stern
(b) Kind
(c) Strong
(d) Orderly
4. What about Antonia does Jim criticize as he dines with her family in Chapter 17?
(a) Her attitude
(b) Her ability to speak English
(c) Her manners
(d) Her sense of humor
5. What do Jim and Jake go to pick up from Ambrosch in Chapter 18?
(a) A wagon
(b) A cow
(c) An ax
(d) A horse collar
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the Shimerda children is considered most important by his parents?
2. What possession does Russian Peter value over all others?
3. Who accompanies Jim on his train trip to Nebraska in Chapter 1?
4. What misfortune falls upon Pavel in Chapter 8?
5. How does Antonia differ from her brother Ambrosch?
Short Essay Questions
1. What change occurs in Black Hawk in the Spring? How does this affect the people living there?
2. Describe the relationship between the Shimerdas and Krajiek
3. Does Antonia attend school? Why or why not?
4. Describe the gifts that Jim and his grandparents give to the Shimerdas for Christmas.
5. Describe Jim's first impressions of the Nebraska landscape. Why do you think he responds in this way?
6. What reaction do the Harlings have to Antonia's interest in the dances in the tent?
7. How do the Shimerdas react when the Burdens bring them supplies during the cold winter?
8. Why do the Shimerdas have difficulty getting Mr. Shimerda buried? Where is he ultimately interred?
9. Why do Jake and Ambrosch come to blows in Chapter 18?
10. How does Antonia predict the winter will affect her family differently than Jim's?
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