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O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
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Part I
Part II, Chapters 1-4
Part II, Chapters 5-12
Part III
Part IV
Part V
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Part 1
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Part 2, Chapters 5-12
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
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1
of 5
Who comes to visit Alexandra for several weeks in the winter following Emil and Carl's departures?
Mrs. Lee
Annie Lee
Marie Shabata
Angelique Chevalier
2
of 5
What object does Alexandra find in Marie's closet?
A yellow cane
A green cape
A beaver skin hat
A snakeskin boot
3
of 5
What does Alexandra's discovery of the yellow cane prompt Marie to reflect upon with unprecedented frankness?
Her love of Emil
The difficulties of womanhood
Her marital unhappiness
All of the above
4
of 5
What mental or emotional faculty do we learn that Alexandra has sublimated into her efforts to cultivate the land?
Hatred
Love
Imagination
Rational thought
5
of 5
Who or what is the object of Alexandra's recurring fantasy?
Emil's return
A powerful man
A chest of riches
An Edenic forest
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