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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. According to Mrs. Steavens, why did Antonia come to her home each evening before getting married?
(a) To sew for her marriage
(b) To plan her wedding
(c) To ask for marital advice
(d) To earn extra money

2. What does Wick Cutter do before leaving for Omaha that Grandmother Burden finds suspicious?
(a) He asks Antonia to stay with her family.
(b) He tells Antonia he is leaving his wife.
(c) He kisses Antonia.
(d) He places a box of silver and papers under Antonia's bed.

3. What does Jim convince his grandparents to do for posterity?
(a) Take his picture
(b) Write their wills
(c) Have their picture taken
(d) Record their family stories

4. What does Jim tell the Polish violin teacher his intentions are with Lena?
(a) Friendship
(b) Business-related
(c) Marriage
(d) He has no intentions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news that Lena shares with Jim about Antonia shocks him the most?

2. How does Tiny make her fortune?

3. What does Jim tell Antonia's children about their mother when she was younger?

4. What became of Antonia's marriage to Larry Donovan?

5. Who does Mrs. Harling tell Jim to ask about Antonia's marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Larry Donovan from Jim's perspective.

2. What events occur when Jim visits Antonia?

3. How does the Polish violin teacher attempt to determine Jim's intentions with Lena? How does he react to Jim's response?

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

5. What feelings does Antonia share with Jim as they wait for the others to arrive at the river? How does Jim reassure her?

6. What does Jim tell the group of girls to convince them that Spaniards settled in Nebraska?

7. How does Jim mark his transition to manhood in this chapter?

8. How does Jim react to Antonia when he comes to visit her after many years?

9. What is symbolic about Jim and Antonia talking at Mr. Shimerda's grave site?

10. How does Cleric Gaston interpret Virgil's line "Primus ego in patriam mecum . . . deducam Musas", or, "for I shall be the first, if I live, to bring the Muse into my own country.?"

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