Chapter 8

What is the main idea of this chapter?

At the beginning of Chapter 7, what does Jim not like about Antonia?

Jim and Antonia ride the pony to Russian Peter's house to borrow something for Ambrosch (Antonia's older brother). What do they borrow?

What do Antonia and Jim do on their way back from Peter's house?

What makes Antonia scream suddenly?

What does Jim mean when he says what he did was a "mock adventure"?

Find the penultimate (second to last) paragraph in Chapter 7. Toward the end of that paragraph, the narrator (adult Jim) says, "I had been adequately armed by Russian Peter."

What does "adequately" mean in this context?