1. What do you know about the author?
  2. Who translated the book?
  3. Who illustrated it?
  4. Which collection was it published in? Who was the editor?
  5. Where was it printed? Who helped with the publishing?
  6. At which publishing house and when was the book published?

  7. When and where does the story happen?
  8. Present Minny's family in Kotilova country house.
  9. How did Minny's family await the new year 1900?
  10. Why did Minny's father decide to travel to America?
  11. How did Minny's brother write about life in America? Do you think his it reflects the real circumstances abroad?
  12. What did Minny's family prepare for the journey to America?
  13. How did Minnny's parents prepare the luggage? Name the accessories which they used for carrying, transporting the luggage?
  14. What food was suitable for travelling? Their preparations reflect it.
  15. How did Minny and her grandmother expirience parting?
  16. How did the villagers part with the young family?
  17. By which means of transport did the family travel to America? Describe them.
  18. How did Minny's family expirience the train travel? How was Mikko behaving?
  19. How were the living quatters on the ship Urania? What is sea sickness?
  20. What language does Minny's family speak? What didi Minny's father thing about knowledge of foreign languages and about the preservation of native language?
  21. How did the children expirience the long journey on sea in how did they communicate?
  22. Why will Liverpool remain in Minna's memory?
  23. What was Minna yearnig for on the ship from Liverpool to America, when she watched other ships heading towards them?
  24. What did the passengers do when they sighted America? What were Minna's recollections about the arrival on the American soil?
  25. Why did her father change the first job? Waht was his new job like and how was the new apartment in Paddock?
  26. How did they spend their first year in America? Was it realy like what they expected  before their departure or even how they read about it in uncle Viljam's letters?
  27. Present us Mikanopy's family. What is a reserve ? Who lives in American  reservations?
  28. Characterize Mikanopy.
  29. What did Mikko learn about immigrants in school?
  30. Which habbits and customs did the Finn preserve and were differnet from others becouse of them? Which national food did Minna's mother earn good money with? Describe it. How did they differ from other residents?
  31. How does a Finnish breakfast look like? Which of grandmothers functions did Minny take over? Copy the old prayer.
  32. What can you conclude about Minna's family by reading the last chapter?

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