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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Antonia and Jim walk to during his visit to the Shimerda farm?

2. How does Antonia react when Jim kisses her?

3. What did Wick Cutter do to trick his wife?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim's grandmother react to Jim attending dances at the Fireman's Hall? How does Jim respond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the final book of the novel (Book 5) the author abruptly shifts the narrative forward 20 years. In your essay:

1) describe how the last chapter reads differently than the earlier chapters

2) explain why you think the author made this shift

3) react to her choice. Do you think this was the best way to end the novel? Why?

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

One of the themes My Antonia explores is friendship. Discuss what the novel has to say about this theme. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

One of the themes My Antonia explores is the relationship between humans and the land. Discuss what the novel has to say about this theme. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

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