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Who is Jake Marpole

A farmhand for Jim's father in Virginia who travles to Nebraska to work for Jim's grandfather

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What book does Jim read on the train

Life of Jesse James

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Who does Jim look like according to his grandmother

His father

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What color is the grass on the farm

Red

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Who is Otto Fuchs

Austrian worker on Jim's grandfathers farm

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Where is Jim heading in the train

Nebraska

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Where are the new neighbors from

Bohemia

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What is the name of the horse Jim receives

Dude

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What biblical term does Jim not recognize

Selah

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Who is Peter Krajiek

Sells his farm to the Shimerda's and stays to work on the farm

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What is the name of the new family that moves in next to the Burdens

Shimerda's

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What did Mr. Shimerda do in Bohemia

Weaver and fiddle player

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What is the political relationship between Bohemia and Austria

Distrusting

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What words does Jim teach Antonia

Blue sky, blue eyes

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What kind of deal did Peter make with the Shimerda's

He cheated them by selling them overpriced farm and weak animals

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Name of Antonia's siblings

Ambrosch, Yulka, Marek

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What does Antonia give jim

A ring

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How does Jim respond to the ring Antonia gives him

He refuses to take it

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What does Mr. Shimerda ask of Jim

Teach Antonia to read

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Where did the sunflowers come from

Mormons

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What plants are rare in Nebraska

Trees

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Whom do the earth owls symbolize

The Shimerdas

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What pastime to Jim and Antonia enjoy

Eating melons

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Why do the Shimerda's keep Krajiek's company

He is their interpreter

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What flowers are on the Burden's farm

Sunflowers

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How does Mrs. Shimerda's feel about Antonia learning to read

She is annoyed but knows it is necessary

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Who does the rattlesnake symbolize

Peter

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What is special about the Christmas melons

They were picked in the winter and are white

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Describe the food the Shimerda's eat

Sour ashy bread, old vegetables

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How does Mr. Shimerda handle moving to America

He is depressed

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Who are Peter and Pavel

Russian neighbors

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According to Pavel who typically owns cows in Russia

Wealthy

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What was the great trouble Peter escaped in Russia

Peter and Pavel sacrificed the bride to the wolves

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Who is Old Hata

A beggar woman who would sing to children if you took her in

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How are the daughters handling the move to America

The never complain

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Define batching

Two unmarried men living together

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What does Antonia do with the insects

Puts them in her hair

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Where did Mr. Shimerda get his gun

His friend gave it to him after he played at his wedding

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How does Antonia treat Jim

Like a child

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What caused disarray in the prairie dog town

The rattlesnake

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How does Jim kill the rattlesnake

Strikes it several times on the head with a spade

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Define laconic

Brief

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How does Antonia view Jim differently after he kills the snake

She admires and respects him

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Where do Jim and Antonia stop on their way home from Peter's

Prairie dog village

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How old was the snake

24

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Hat does Jim do with the snake after it dies

Takes it home and hangs it in the farm

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Define supercilious

Proud

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What challenges is Peter having in Russia

Financial

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What nickname does Jim give Antonia

Tony

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What sound agitates Pavel

Coyotes

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What does Peter do after Pavel dies

Sells his belongings and flees the country

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Who is Wick Cutter

Evil creditor who is Black Hawk's money lender

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What happens Paval

He gets sick and eventually dies

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Why does Paval hate the sound of wolves

Reminds him of what happened in Russia

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Why does Jim fall sick

He gives his coat to Yulka

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What is Mrs. Burdens work ethic while Jim is ill

She takes on all the chores

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What songs do Jim and Otto enjoy

Cowboy songs

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Was Jake or Otto livelier

Otto

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Why did people look down on Otto when he was escorting the woman

They thought something inappropriate was happening

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How long was Jim sick

2 weeks

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How can Jim tell Jake respects his grandparents

He does not swear and works hard

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What lifestyle did Otto have before the farm

He was a cowboy

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What compromised Otto's reputation

He escorted a woman from Chicago

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How do the Shimerda's deal with the cold

Share a coat, dog holes to sleep in

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What has happened to the Shimerda's food

Froze and rotted

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Where do the Shimerda's get their food

Trash at the post office

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How much money did the Shimerda's bring to America

More than a thousand

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What did they give the burdens to cook with

Mushrooms

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What animals do the Shimerda's begin to eat

Prairie dogs

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Who is Mr. Bushy

Worker at post office

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What was the families biggest issue

They wanted too much that they couldn't get

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Who was the hardest worker in the family

Ambrosch

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Who was supposed to be in charge of Christmas shopping

Jake

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Why can't they shop for Christmas

Snow

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What gifts do they make the Shimerda's

Picture books, candles, cakes

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What do make and Otto contribute to decorations

Pocket mirror and cowboy trunk

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What is the Christmas tree related to

Tree of knowledge

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What happened to Mr. Shimerda

Committed suicide

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Why did Mr. Shimerda commit suicide

Homesickness

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Hat was suspicious about Mr. Shimerda's death

Peter's axe was at the scene

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Define victuals

Food

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Who is Anton Jelinek

Lung bohemian from Black Hawk

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Why does Mr. Shimerda's death bother Anton

Because it was suicide he was not able to receive sacraments or a religious burial

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What did Anton and Otto make

Coffin

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What was the issue with Mr. Shimerda's burial

He couldn't be buried in a graveyard

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What was done with Mr. Shimerda's body

Buried on the edge of their property

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What does Yulka refuse to do

Look at the body

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What is Jim's grandfather asked to do at the funeral

Say a prayer

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What happened to the gravesite later

Crossroads were built near it

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How did the Burden household celebrate Christmas

They celebrate with the Shimerda's

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What does Mrs. Shimerda do when she visits the Burden's house

Takes pots

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Why does she take pots when she visits

She feels entitled because she is poor

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How does Jim feel about her taking the pots

He thinks it is rude and disrespectful

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How does his grandmother feel about her taking the pots

She is okay wit it

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What is the biggest indicator of Mr. Shimerda's homesickness

He is always sad

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Whose idea was it to come to America

Mrs. Shimerda

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What was the reason for them coming to America

To escape the country

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Who runs the Shimerda family

Ambrosch

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How do living conditions improve for the Shimerda's

They build a house

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What deal does Mr. Burden make with Mrs. Shimerda

If she lets him employ Antonia and Ambrosch she doesn't have to pay for the cow