characters

Question 1

The Burdens’ hired hand, who looks like a cowboy out of one of Jim’s books but is actually an Austrian immigrant

Answer 1

Otto Fuchs

Question 2

The patriarch of the Bohemian immigrant family. A melancholy man given to artistic and scholarly pursuits, he feels very much out of place in foreign land. His depression eventually leads to suicide

Answer 2

Mr. Shimerda

Question 3

eponymous character

Answer 3

Antonia

Question 4

The author of the youthful recollection that makes up the body of the novel

Answer 4

Jim Burden

Question 5

she sets up her own dressmaker’s shop and is a close friend of Antonia’s

Answer 5

Lena Lingard

Question 6

Jim’s grandmother. she shows great concern and compassion for the Shimerdas and is a loving maternal figure for Jim

Answer 6

Emmaline Burden

Question 7

Another hired hand of the Burdens. He makes the trip from Virginia to Nebraska along with Jim and accompanies Otto out west after the Burdens move to Black Hawk

Answer 7

Jake Marpole

Question 8

The matriarch of the Bohemian immigrant family. She is a brusque, bossy, and often curt woman

Answer 8

mrs shimerda

Question 9

The youngest of the Shimerda children

Answer 9

yulka shimerda

Question 10

The Shimerdas’ oldest son. Mrs. Shimerda and her daughters dote on him, claiming that he is brilliant and the reason they came to America

Answer 10

ambrosch shimerda

Question 11

The younger of the two Shimerda brothers. His physical deformities are accompanied by a handful of psychological instabilities and mental deficiencies.

Answer 11

Marek shimerda

Question 12

One of the hired girls in Black Hawk. After working with Mrs. Gardener in the Boys’ Home, she travels west and makes a small fortune during the Alaskan gold rush.

Answer 12

Tiny Soderball

Question 13

Forced into exile from his native Russia following a wolf attack on a wedding party. He eventually finds himself severely in debt and sells off his belongings, leaving America for a job as a cook in a Russian labor camp.

Answer 13

russian Peter

Question 13

an immigrant who falls ill under the care of the Shimerdas. He had been ostracized and forced to leave his native Russia after a frightful incident involving a wolf attack on a wedding party.

Answer 13

russian Pavel

Question 14

neighbors to the Burdens in Black Hawk. A businessman of keen ability, he disapproves of Ántonia’s frequent carousals at the dancing pavilion and eventually forces her to leave her post as their housekeeper because of her lifestyle.

Answer 14

Mr Harling

Question 15

develops a strong affection for Ántonia, and she provides myriad activities for her children, Ántonia, and Jim, to take part in.

Answer 15

mrs Harling

Question 16

Ántonia’s fiancé, and an arrogant and selfish young man. After being fired from his job, he leaves Ántonia on the eve of their wedding, running away to Mexico in search of a quick fortune.

Answer 16

Larry Donovan

Question 17

A blind, black pianist. Comes to Black Hawk and gives a concert at the Boys’ Home

Answer 17

Samson d’Arnault

Question 18

The leading moneylender in Black Hawk and a shady character

Answer 18

Wick Cutter

Question 19

Jim’s tutor at the university in Lincoln

Answer 19

Gaston Cleric

Question 20

develops a close relationship with Ántonia in the time surrounding the breaking of Ántonia’s engagement.

Answer 20

Widow Steavens

Question 21

A Bohemian immigrant and neighbor to the Burdens who sells the Shimerdas their first farm in America and cheats them out of several comforts.

Answer 21

Peter Krajiek

Question 22

A Bohemian immigrant to America who marries Ántonia and raises a large family with her

Answer 22

Cuzak

Question 23

The oldest of the Harling children she has a sound business mind and manages her father’s accounts with a great deal of skill

Answer 23

frances harling