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Question #7

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?





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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?

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Question #2

What does Jim Burden do for a living?






Please enter the first three words of a sentence that shows your answers is correct.

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Question #3

The two friends talk about their childhood, in particular a Bohemian girl they both knew.

What does this girl represent to them?





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Question #5

Find paragraph 4, which begins: "As for Jim, no disappointments have been severe enough to chill his naturally romantic and ardent disposition. This disposition, though it often made him seem very funny when he was a boy, has been one of the strongest elements in his success."

What does "disposition" mean in this context?





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Chapter 1

What is the main idea of this chapter?

What does Jim Burden do for a living?

The two friends talk about their childhood, in particular a Bohemian girl they both knew.

What does this girl represent to them?

What do the two friends agree to do?

Find paragraph 4, which begins: "As for Jim, no disappointments have been severe enough to chill his naturally romantic and ardent disposition. This disposition, though it often made him seem very funny when he was a boy, has been one of the strongest elements in his success."

What does "disposition" mean in this context?