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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 does Antonia eventually marry?
(a) Jim
(b) Anton Jelinek
(c) Anton Jelinek's cousin
(d) Larry Donovan

2. How do women generally respond to Larry Donovan?
(a) They are put off by his aloofness.
(b) They admire his devotion to his job and family.
(c) They are wary of his affections.
(d) They are attracted to and sympathetic to him.

3. Why does Jim say Gaston Cleric "narrowly missed being a great poet?"
(a) He is well versed in Greek.
(b) He is a talented writer.
(c) He knows all of the classic works of literature.
(d) He speaks poetically when excited.

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

5. Who urges Jim to visit Antonia after many years?
(a) Tiny
(b) His grandmother
(c) Lena
(d) His wife

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning does Mrs. Steavens give Ambrosch?

2. Who is the speaker at Jim's graduation?

3. Who does Jim invite on a hunting trip in the Fall?

4. Why has Gaston Cleric been sent West?

5. Where does Tiny open her hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim describe the experience of going to the theatre?

2. Describe Gaston Cleric

3. What event occurs as Jim stays at the Cutters' home?

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

5. How does the novel come full circle at the end?

6. Describe the changes in Tiny Soderball's life from the point that Jim last saw her to present

7. What part of Camille most affects Jim?

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

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

10. Describe Jim and Antonia's relationship after 20 years have passed

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