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My Ántonia
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Chapter 7
1.
What is Jim implying when he notes, “On the farm the weather was the great fact, and
men’s affairs went on underneath it, as the streams creep under the ice. But in Black
Hawk the scene of human life was spread out shrunken and pinched, frozen down to
the bare stalk”?
2.
What influence does Mrs. Gardner have over the girls who work for her?
3.
What point does the anecdote about Blind d’Arnault illustrate? How does this idea apply
to the characters in the novel?
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Chapter 8
1.
About whom is Jim talking when he writes, “When boys and girls are growing up, life
can’t stand still, not even in the quietest of country towns; and they have to grow up,
whether they will or no. That is what their elders are always forgetting”?
2.
How does Cather use even the pastime of dancing to illustrate the social class conflict so
prevalent in Black Hawk?
3.
What do the events and observations presented in this chapter most likely foreshadow?
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Chapter 9
1.
Explain the criticism implicit in Jim’s claim that “anxious mothers need have felt no
alarm. They mistook the mettle of their sons. The respect for respectability was stronger
than any desire in Black Hawk youth.”
2.
What is the source of Jim’s contempt for Sylvester Lovett?
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2 points
What happens to Jim when he housesits for the Cutters in place of
Antonia?
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Why does Antonia stop working for the Harlings?
2 points
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Why does Jim stop going to the public dances that the Hired Girls go to?
2 points
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2 points
When Jim and the Hired Girls are on a picnic, they see an image against
the setting sun. What is it an image of?
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