My Ántonia: Study Help: Quiz

1: What is the hometown of both Jim Burden and the narrator?

a. Eagle Rock

b. Red Cloud

c. Black Hawk

d. North Point

2: How does Jim Burden come to live on the Nebraska prairie?

a. His parents die.

b. His father gets a new job.

c. His grandparents need his help.

d. His parents can no longer support him.

3: What is Mr. Shimerda’s reaction to the kindnesses of Jim and his grandparents?

a. He is resentful.

b. He is embarrassed.

c. He is grateful.

d. He is angry.

4: As a child, Antonia faced many difficulties. Which of the following was not one of them?

a. Her father’s death by suicide

b. A lack of warm clothing for the cold weather

c. A lack of food

d. Her mother’s deserting of the family

5: How does Antonia get a job in town as a hired girl?

a. Grandmother Burden arranges it.

b. Her mother gets it for her.

c. Mr. Cutter seeks her out.

d. The Harlings are friends from Bohemia.

6: At the picnic, what does Antonia scold Jim about?

a. Being too childish

b. Working too hard

c. Being disrespectful to his grandmother

d. Flirting with Lena

7: What is Wick Cutter’s profession?

a. A designer of ladies’ clothing

b. A moneylender

c. Jim’s tutor at the university

d. A miner who has struck it rich

8: Who brings Antonia out to Denver on the promise of marriage and then deserts her when she becomes pregnant?

a. Sylvester Lovett

b. Harry Paine

c. Johnnie Gardener

d. Larry Donovan

9: Who does Antonia marry?

a. Anton Cuzak

b. Anton Jelinek

c. Harry Paine

10: The story of Pavel and Peter illustrates all of the following except

a. the harshness of prairie life

b. the fears and difficulties of life in the Old World of Russia

c. the difficulty of sending for relatives in Europe

d. how Americans sometimes took advantage of immigrants financially

11: In the end, Jim Burden underlies one of the many themes of the novel when he realizes

a. he always loved Antonia and should have married her

b. the prairie is a source of peace and contentment for him

c. his early life on the prairie did not prepare him for his Eastern education

d. life in the East is much more fulfilling than the difficult life on the prairie

12: Who is Jim Burden describing in the following passage: “It was the first time [she] had been to our house, and she ran about examining our carpets and curtains and furniture, all the while commenting upon them . . . in an envious, complaining tone.”

a. Mrs. Shimerda

b. Antonia

c. Grandmother Burden

d. Lena Lingard

13: Who is Jim Burden describing in the following passage: “[She] moved without exertion, rather indolently, and her hand often accented the rhythm softly on her partner’s shoulder . . . To dance ‘Home Sweet Home’ with [her] was like coming in with the tide.”

a. Antonia

b. Lena Lingard

c. Tiny Soderball

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