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Name _____________________________________________My AntoniaTestDate----------------A. Thinking About the NovelCircle the letter of the best answer.1. Who is the first-person narrator of this novel?a. Antonia Shimerda c. Willa Catherb. Otto Fuchs d. Jim Burden2. What important theme in the novel is first introduced by the quotation from Virgil: "Thebest day is the first to flee."a. the importance of living life to the fullestb. the awareness of the positive changes that modernization bringsc. a nostalgic longing for the pastd. the importance of nature as a nurturing force3. What word is opposite in meaning to comely?a. beautiful c. meanb. sweet d. ugly4. What kind of figurative language is used in the following image of the prairie: ''The wholeprairie was like the bush that burned with fITe and was not consumed"?a. metaphor c. personificationb. simile d. hyperbole5. How would you describe the mood of Jim's reunion with Antonia in the last book of thenovel?a. contented c. disappointedb. sad d. uncertain6. What does the move to Black Hawk symbolize for Jim?a. the start of his friendship with Gaston Clericb. the end of his carefree childhoodc. the beginning of his love for Frances Harlingd. his interest in becoming a lawyer7. What word means the same as subterranean in the following sentence: "The prairie dogslived in subterranean homes in the prairie soil"?a. confmed c. undergroundb. enormous d. hollow8. Which sentence is the best summary of the events in "The Pioneer Woman's Story"?a. Jim returns to Black Hawk and meets Antonia again. who now has a baby daughter.b. Jim's studies are interrupted by his friendship with Lena Lingard.c. The Burdens move to Black Hawk and Jim attends school there.d. Antonia welcomes Jim to her farm. where he meets her children and husband.© Prentice-Hall, Inc. 89