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O Pioneers Quiz 1

  • 1. What is the name of the poem at the beginning of I[O Pioneers!]?
    •     Prairie Nights
    •     Prairie Spring
    •     Prairie Summer
    •     Prairie Sunset

  • 2. Where does I[O Pioneers!] take place?
    •     Hanover, Nebraska
    •     Hanover, Oklahoma
    •     Omaha, Nebraska
    •     Hanover, Kansas

  • 3. "Some of them looked as if they had been moved in overnight, and others as if they awere straying off by themselves." What is the subject of this sentence?
    •     Houses
    •     Cows
    •     Cowboys
    •     Chickens

  • 4. The first time Emil appears in the novel, he is
    •     crying.
    •     falling.
    •     singing.
    •     laughing.

  • 5. Emil gets upset because he has lost his
    •     kitten.
    •     sister.
    •     scarf.
    •     candy.

  • 6. What piece of unusual clothing does Alexandra wear when she is young?
    •     a man's coat
    •     men's boots
    •     an old-fashioned kerchief
    •     a man's hat

  • 7. Why does Alexandra uncover her hair in the first scene of the novel?
    •     She wants to use the scarf to help lure down the kitten.
    •     She takes off the scarf when she goes indoors.
    •     She wants Carl to see her beautiful hair.
    •     She wants to give her scarf to Emil.

  • 8. How does Alexandra react when the man comments on the beauty of her hair.
    •     She blushes, showing her embarrasment.
    •     She ignores him, showing her carelessness.
    •     She smiles, showing her pleasure.
    •     She glares, showing her disapproval.

  • 9. What does the man who compliments Alexandra's hair symbolize?
    •     the conflict between genders in the wilderness of the frontier
    •     the deterioration of morals on the frontier
    •     the deteriorating effect of a lack of vocation or passion for one's labor
    •     Alexandra's magnetic ability to influence those around her

  • 10. What is Carl Linstrum looking at when Alexandra finds him in town?
    •     new harnasses
    •     new sets of drawing pencils
    •     silk neck-ties from Omaha
    •     painting patterns

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