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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. Where does Tiny open her hotel?
(a) Salt Lake City
(b) San Francisco
(c) Alaska
(d) Black Hawk

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim tell the Polish violin teacher his intentions are with Lena?

2. Why has Gaston Cleric been sent West?

3. What becomes Antonia's primary preoccupation once she begins working for the Cutters?

4. What does Mrs. Harling give Jim as a graduation present?

5. What does Jim romanticize at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mr. and Mrs. Cutter respond to the incident in the Cutters' home between Jim and Wick?

2. Describe Cuzak's life story as he tells it to Jim

3. Describe Gaston Cleric

4. Who proposes to Lena? How does she respond?

5. What events occur when Jim visits Antonia?

6. Describe Wick Cutter.

7. Why does Jim believe he will never be a brilliant scholar?

8. Describe Antonia's preparations for marriage.

9. Why does Jim think it is ironic that Antonia's marriage failed?

10. How does dancing with Lena differ from dancing with Antonia in Jim's mind?

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