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Open Book Quiz: Book II

Your book is the only resource you may use to help you. Use specifics from the novel in your answers. Turn in answers on Monday. (Be ready for the same type of quiz on Book III)

1. What did the Burden family decide to do when Jim was 13 years old?
2. What happens to Otto and Jake?
3. Describe Mrs. Harling.
4. What does Lina Lingard move to Black Hawk to do?
5. Compare Mrs. Harling to Antonia.
6. Who brought dancing to Black Hawk? Explain.
7. What was the "curious social situation" in Black Hawk concerning the country girls?
8. Explain the quote: "Antonia's success at the tent had its consequences."
9. Describe Wick Cutter.
10. How does Antonia change after she leaves the Harlings?
11. Why does grandmother cry? What does Jim promise her?
12. Who does Jim dedicate his speech to? What do you suppose is significant about this?
13. What do Jim, Antonia, Lena, Tiny, and Anna see as the sun sets over the prairie? What might this be symbolic of?
14. Why does Antonia feel uncomfortable sleeping at the Cutters?
15. What happens to Jim while sleeping at the Cutters?

My Antonia Seasons Project:
Willa Cather spends a great deal of time describing the seasons on the Nebraskan prairie.  Go back through the novel and find these descriptions and create a large collage that represents all of the seasons.  Your collage must have text from the novel, as well as symbolic graphics that bring the quotes to life.  You may use magazine clippings, drawings, paint, fabric, photographs or any combination of the above.  Your finished piece must look professional, and ready to be displayed in the Mom's room at lunch. This assignment will be due Feb 16th. We will talk more about it in class, but if you want to start gathering quotes, materials and brainstorming now you can. You might find this website helpful: http://www.willacather.org/