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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 do Jim and Jake go to pick up from Ambrosch in Chapter 18?
(a) A horse collar
(b) A cow
(c) A wagon
(d) An ax
2. What is Anton Jelinek's connection with the Shimerda family?
(a) Both are from Austria.
(b) Both are indebted to Krajiek.
(c) Both live in Black Hawk.
(d) Both are Bohemian.
3. How long has Jim been living with his grandparents at the start of Book 2?
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 13 years
4. Why do Antonia and Jim travel to Russian Peter's in Chapter 7?
(a) To visit with he and Pavel.
(b) To show the Shimerda children the prairie dog houses.
(c) To borrow a spade
(d) To deliver a spade
5. Why do the three Marys often have to leave town?
(a) They are suspected of becoming pregnant.
(b) They help other immigrants in the area.
(c) They are itinerant farm workers.
(d) Their families live in neighboring towns.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Lena feel when her brother leaves Black Hawk after a visit?
2. What does Jim say he enjoys most about his grandfather reading Christmas prayers?
3. Which of the following does Grandmother Burden not teach Antonia?
4. How did Blind d'Arnault's mother react to his blindness?
5. What does Antonia say was found in the pocket of the tramp who died in the thresher?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about January 22 in this novel?
2. What change occurs in Black Hawk in the Spring? How does this affect the people living there?
3. How does Antonia predict the winter will affect her family differently than Jim's?
4. Describe Jim's encounter with the rattlesnake as he and Antonia return from Russian Peter's
5. Why does Mrs. Shimerda ask Jim's grandfather to say a prayer during her husband's funeral?
6. Describe Jim's experiences when he is housebound due to illness
7. What change in Jim's life occurs in the first chapter of Book 2? How does it affect him?
8. Describe Antonia's relationship with her father
9. How is Jim like the Shimerdas as they both travel to Nebraska?
10. How do the Shimerdas react when the Burdens bring them supplies during the cold winter?
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