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?

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?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

The first sentence of Chapter 1 says, "I first heard of Antonia on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America." Who does "I" refer to in this sentence?

Who is traveling with the boy?

Who else gets off the train at Black Hawk?

How does the narrator describe the outdoor surroundings at Black Hawk?