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emotional relationship with her husbandand children and has found satisfactionand emotional contentment in her life onthe land.3. Answers may vary. However, studentsshould include some of the followingpoints: The pioneer immigrants representthe Old World, which clashes with the valuesof the New World on the Nebraskaprairie. The immigrants must overcomeprejudice and hardship. This social prejudiceis seen in the response of the youngmen of Black Hawk to the hired girls.daughters of immigrant farmers. whocome to town to work. Jim comments thatthe boys flirt with them but always manyyoung women from Black Hawk society.However. the values of forbearance andhard work that are symbolized by the livesof these immigrants ultimately triumph.It's Jim Burden. who represents the life ofthe materialistic New World, who is incapableof finding happiness. while TonyShimerda finds emotional fulfillment onthe land. Jim-and Cather-believe thevalues of the Old World do succeed in theend. as Jim notes in 'The Hired Girlsff:"and the girls who once worked in BlackHawk kitchens are today managing bigfarms and fme families of their own; theirchildren are better off than the children ofthe town women they used to serve."Literature of the Expanding Frontier Test AnswersA. Thinking About the Anthology1. a 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. d 6. d7. b 8. a 9. a 10. aB. Identifying the Character1. Grandfather 2. Billy 3. Jody4. Carl 5. Mrs. TlflinC. Essay QuestionsAnswers will vary. Reasonable responsesinclude the following concepts:1. Phrases from Ridge's poem include thefollowing: led the way; sowed the seeds;Arising from the rest; did drive the wildbeast back. Phrases from Ward's pieceinclude the following: hunting a home;just starting in life; little family's passagewest; pleasure it is to work one's ownfarm; scraping and gathering pretty closeto keep agoing. Phrases from Soules'spiece include the following: emigrated;miss the hills and the sea; She drove andI read the maps; We camped; Let's just goon; best map reader around. All the charactersseem to share the following traits:determination, courage, and humor.2. The conflict in "Prairie Fire" is externalbetweenthe fire and the family. The conflictin "Flight" is external as wellbetweenPepe and the posse that Is chasinghim. In "Prairie Fire," the conflict consumesalmost the entire story and is onlyresolved in the last few lines. The externalconflict in "Flight" appears about a quarterof the way into the story, when Pepecomes home and tells his mother he hasto leave home to escape the posse. Thereis also an internal conflict within Pepebetweenhis pride and his fear, as heruns. Both conflicts are resolved when hedecides to overcome his fear and end hisflight from the law.3. Answers will vary but may use some ofthe following material taken from the storiesas examples of characterization.Jim Butler: Farm after farm fell into hishands; "All I'm after is the int'rest onmy money"; mainly occupied now withsitting around town on rainy dayssmoking and "gassin' with the boys";careful to convey the impression thathe was poor; "take it on your ownterms at fifty-five hundred, or-git out";"Never trust anybody. my friend";Butler shrank and quivered.Mrs. Merrick: Her tone changed to one ofobsequious solemnity as she turned tothe banker: "The parlour is ready. Mr.Phelps"; There was a kind of powerabout her face-a kind of brutal handsomeness,even; but it was scarred andfurrowed by violence, and so coloredand coarsened by fiercer passions thatgrief seemed never to have laid a gentle© Prentice-Hall, Inc.117