Chapter 2

What is the main idea of this chapter?

The first sentence of Chapter 1 says, "I first heard of Antonia on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America." Who does "I" refer to in this sentence?

Who is traveling with the boy?

Who else gets off the train at Black Hawk?

How does the narrator describe the outdoor surroundings at Black Hawk?

Find the last sentence in paragraph 6: "I pricked up my ears, for it was positively the first time I had ever heard a foreign tongue."

What does "tongue" mean in this context?

Find the last paragraph, where the boy is riding in a wagon under a buffalo skin. "Cautiously I slipped from under the buffalo hide, got up on my knees and peered over the side of the wagon."

What does "peered" mean in this context?