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My Antonia

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Question 1

1.

Select the excerpt from paragraph 2 in Passage 1 that supports the idea that modern changes have come to the prairie.

As I wandered over those rough pastures, I had the good luck to stumble upon a bit of the first road that went from Black-Hawk out to the north country, to my grandfather's farm, then on to the Shimerdas and to the Norweegian settlement.

Everywhere else it had been ploughed under when the highways were surveyed; 

this half mile or so within the pasture fence was all that was left of that old road which was used to like a wild thing across the open prairie

clinging to the high places and circling and doubling like a rabbit before the hounds.

Question 2

2.

Which sentence from Passage 1 signals the narrator recollecting an earlier time?

"They looked like gashes torn by grizzly's claws..." (paragraph 3)

"On the level land the tracks had almost disappeared-were mere shadings in the grass..." (paragraph3)

"I had only to close my eyes to hear the rumbling of hte wagons in the dark..."(paragraph 4)

"I had the sense of coming home to myself..." (paragraph 4)

Question 3

3.

In paragraph 3 of Passage 1, what is the impact of the phrase "gashes torn by a grizzly's claws" on the meaning of the passage?

It implies that the prairie is a dangerous place.

It implies that the narrator is fearful for his life.

It suggests that there is a harshness to the landscape.

It suggests that bad things happen when the land is uncared for

Question 4

4.

Based on the prefix "pre-," what does the word predetermined men in paragraph 4 of Passage 1?

not decided

decided again

almost decided

decided in advance

Question 5

5.

Part A
How does the narrator in Passage 1 feel during his prairie walk?

disappointed

helpless

reflective

restless

Question 6

6.

Part B
Which sentence from Passage 1 supports the answer in Part A?

"I took a long walk north of the town, out into the pastures....." (paragraph 1)

"Russian thistles were blowing across the uploads and piling against the wire fenses like barricades." (paragraph 1)

"I had escaped from the curious depression that hangs over little towns, and my mind was full of pleasant things..." (paragraph 1)

The rains had made channelsof the wheel-ruts and washed them so deeply that the sod had never healed overthem." (paragraph 3)

Question 7

7.

Which quality is emphasized by the poet's use of "roam" and "play" in stanza 1 of Passage 2?

disobedience

foreefulness

freedom

humor