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

2. Who does Jim hold responsible for Wick Cutter's negative actions?
(a) His grandmother
(b) Antonia
(c) Krajiek
(d) Cutter

3. Why does Antonia not ask Larry Donovan for a civil marriage?
(a) She does not believe in civil marriage.
(b) She believes he will see how wonderful she is to him and will eventually marry her in a church.
(c) She does not want to upset him.
(d) She is just happy to be with him and does not feel the need to be married.

4. What does Jim call the road leading to his grandparents' farm?
(a) The Road to the Country
(b) The Road to Destiny
(c) The Road to the Future
(d) The Road to Peace

5. How does Jim feel when swimming in the river?
(a) Anxious and unsettled
(b) Confused and frustrated
(c) Peaceful and contented
(d) Excited and alive

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Jim notices about Antonia when he goes to visit her in this chapter?

2. Who urges Jim to visit Antonia after many years?

3. Why is Jim disappointed when he visits Black Hawk?

4. What does Jim tell Antonia he believes happened to her father's soul?

5. Who proposes to Lena several times?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.?"

5. What causes Jim to reinterpret sections of Virgil's Georgics? How does he see a particular passage differently?

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

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

8. Describe Antonia's preparations for marriage.

9. What does Jim see on the wall of the photographer's studio? How does this affect him?

10. Describe Larry Donovan from Jim's perspective.

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