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Stage 2 · The Grand Tour

Heidi

Johanna Spyri · 1881

A girl living with her grandfather in the Alps learns what home and people mean after a stay in the city.

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  1. Part 9Grandfather says the great bird is mocking the people in the villages. What does this tell us about how Grandfather feels about other people?
  2. Part 13The pastor and Grandfather both care about Heidi, but they disagree about school. Who do you think is right, and why?
  3. Last partHow does Heidi change the people around her on the mountain: Grandfather, Peter, and the grandmother?

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  1. Lesson 1FreeHeidi is being taken to live with a grandfather the villagers are afraid of. What kind of person do people say he is?Start
  2. Lesson 2SubscriptionWhy do you think Alm-Uncle chose to live all alone on the mountain?Locked
  3. Lesson 3SubscriptionHeidi meets her grandfather for the first time. How do Heidi, the grandfather, and Dete each act, and what does it show about them?Locked
  4. Lesson 4SubscriptionOn her first afternoon at the hut, what does Heidi do that shows her grandfather what kind of child she is?Locked
  5. Lesson 5SubscriptionBy the end of Heidi's first day, what do the grandfather's actions show about how he feels?Locked
  6. Lesson 6SubscriptionWhy is Heidi so happy on her first morning on the mountain?Locked
  7. Lesson 7SubscriptionHeidi gives most of her dinner to Peter. What does this show about Heidi, and why does it surprise Peter so much?Locked
  8. Lesson 8Subscription"You have no right to touch her!" Why does Heidi care so much about the goats?Locked
  9. Lesson 9SubscriptionGrandfather says the great bird is mocking the people in the villages. What does this tell us about how Grandfather feels about other people?Locked
  10. Lesson 10SubscriptionHeidi keeps saying, "the grandmother will be waiting for me." Why does this visit matter so much to Heidi?Locked
  11. Lesson 11SubscriptionHeidi cannot make the grandmother see again. What can Heidi give her instead?Locked
  12. Lesson 12SubscriptionGrandfather mends the grandmother's house but does not want to be thanked. Why do you think he helps?Locked
  13. Lesson 13SubscriptionThe pastor and Grandfather both care about Heidi, but they disagree about school. Who do you think is right, and why?Locked
  14. Lesson 14SubscriptionHeidi says, "I am not coming," but in the end she goes with Dete. How does Dete get Heidi to go?Locked
  15. Lesson 15SubscriptionHow does Heidi change the people around her on the mountain: Grandfather, Peter, and the grandmother?Review · Final essayLocked

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  1. CHAPTER VTWO VISITS AND WHAT CAME OF THEMcontinues from the last lesson
  2. CHAPTER VIA NEW CHAPTER ABOUT NEW THINGS
  3. CHAPTER VIIFRAULEIN ROTTENMEIER SPENDS AN UNCOMFORTABLE DAY
  4. CHAPTER VIIITHERE IS GREAT COMMOTION IN THE LARGE HOUSE
  5. CHAPTER IXHERR SESEMANN HEARS OF THINGS WHICH ARE NEW TO HIM
  6. CHAPTER XANOTHER GRANDMOTHER
  7. CHAPTER XIHEIDI GAINS IN ONE WAY AND LOSES IN ANOTHER
  8. CHAPTER XIIA GHOST IN THE HOUSE
  9. CHAPTER XIIIA SUMMER EVENING ON THE MOUNTAIN
  10. CHAPTER XIVSUNDAY BELLS
  11. CHAPTER XVPREPARATIONS FOR A JOURNEY
  12. CHAPTER XVIA VISITOR
  13. CHAPTER XVIIA COMPENSATION
  14. CHAPTER XVIIIWINTER IN DORFLI
  15. CHAPTER XIXTHE WINTER CONTINUES
  16. CHAPTER XXNEWS FROM DISTANT FRIENDS
  17. CHAPTER XXIHOW LIFE WENT ON AT GRANDFATHER'S
  18. CHAPTER XXIISOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
  19. CHAPTER XXIII"GOOD-BYE TILL WE MEET AGAIN"

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