Chapter 11

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Jake saw Ambrosch out shooting something, with the intention of eating it.

What did Ambrosch shoot?

What is Antonia doing when Jim arrives at her house?

What does Antonia's bedroom look like?

Mr. Shimerda talks to Grandmother while Antonia translates.

What is one of the things he wants her to know?

Mrs. Shimerda brought something from Bohemia, which she gives to Jim's grandmother. What is it?

Find the section at the beginning of Chapter 10, where Jim's grandmother is talking about Mrs. Shimerda's not having any hens. "I reckon she was confused and didn't know where to begin. I've come strange to a new country myself, but I never forgot hens are a good thing to have, no matter what you don't have."

What does "reckon" mean in this context?