Chapter 5

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Otto Fuchs tells Jim that the Mormons spread sunflower seeds as they traveled West from Missouri. According to legend, why did the Mormons do this?

What did the sunflower–bordered roads make Jim think of?

Jim is a great observer of the outdoors. He notices there aren't many of what in this countryside?

What sort of bread did Mrs. Shimerda make that Jim disliked?

What does the narrator (the adult Jim) compare Krajiek to?

Toward the end of paragraph 4, find the discussion about prairie dogs. "Otto Fuchs said he had seen populous dog–towns in the desert where there was no surface water for fifty miles; he insisted that some of the holes must go down to water––nearly two hundred feet, hereabouts.

What does "insisted" mean in this context?