What is the main idea of this chapter?

Who is asked to do all the Christmas shopping for Jim's family?

Jim's grandparents decide to have a "country Christmas."

What does this mean?

What does Jake bring back for Jim after delivering gifts to the Shimerdas?

What did Otto pull out of his trunk?

Find the section where Jim and his grandmother are making a book for Yulka. He says, "We bound it between pasteboards, which I covered with [�] scenes from a circus."

What does "bound" mean in this context?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Grandfather doesn't talk much. How do the others know what he's thinking?

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

What does Otto do every Christmas?

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

Why does it take Otto so long to do what he does every Christmas?

What does Mr. Shimerda do after they light the Christmas tree?

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

Reread the penultimate (second to last) paragraph in Chapter 12. Jim recalls, "As we sat down to the table, it occurred to me that he liked to look at us, and that our faces were open books to him."

What does "it occurred to me" mean in this context?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Grandfather doesn't talk much. How do the others know what he's thinking?

What does Otto do every Christmas?

Why does it take Otto so long to do what he does every Christmas?

What does Mr. Shimerda do after they light the Christmas tree?

Reread the penultimate (second to last) paragraph in Chapter 12. Jim recalls, "As we sat down to the table, it occurred to me that he liked to look at us, and that our faces were open books to him."

What does "it occurred to me" mean in this context?

What is the main idea of this chapter?