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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 Cuzak take his son when they are in the city?
(a) To a theatre show
(b) To visit Jim's grandparents
(c) To a carnival
(d) To the market

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

3. What is the connection between Jim and Virgil?
(a) They both speak Greek.
(b) They are both poets.
(c) They both revere small towns.
(d) They both appreciate beautiful women.

4. Which of the girls arrives at the river first?
(a) Lena
(b) Antonia
(c) Tiny
(d) Anna

5. Who is the speaker at Jim's graduation?
(a) Jim
(b) Mr. Harling
(c) Wick Cutter
(d) Jim's grandfather

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim convince his grandparents to do for posterity?

2. What does Jim call the road leading to his grandparents' farm?

3. What is occurring on the farms when Jim goes to visit Widow Steavens?

4. What does Jim plan on studying after graduating Harvard?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Gaston Cleric

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

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

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

8. Summarize the story of Antonia and Larry Donovan's failed attempt at marriage (as told by Widow Steavens).

9. What part of Camille most affects Jim?

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

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