Chapter 16 - A visitor for Heidi

Question 1

at fastest speed

Answer 1

at full tilt

Question 2

made unable to speak

Answer 2

robbed him of his speech

Question 3

noisy

Answer 3

boisterous

Question 4

at a distance

Answer 4

aloof

Question 5

noisy and disorderly

Answer 5

obstreperous

Question 6

How did Heidi’s stay at Frankfurt affect her habits and ideas about housekeeping?

Answer 6

She learned to keep everything neat and tidy every single day.

Question 7

What distracts Heidi while she is doing her housework?

Answer 7

Heidi is distracted by many different things: sunbeams, the beauty of the scenery, and the fir tree’s song.

Question 8

What specific things does Heidi do to “chase the shadow from the doctor’s eyes”?

Answer 8

She holds his hand and tells him summer will soon come.

Question 9

What makes Heidi speechless with excitement?

Answer 9

Heidi is amazed at the package of gifts Clara has sent.

Question 10

What is Bridget’s reaction to the present given to her and her family?

Answer 10

She looks at it reverently because it is more than they have ever had before.

Question 11

“Oh, it will soon be spring. Time goes quickly up here. They’ll be able to stay longer then, and Clara will like that.”

Answer 11

Heidi to Dr. Classen

Question 12

“This is certainly the place for Clara to come to. She would soon become a different person if she could eat as I have today, and get quite plump and rosy.”

Answer 12

Dr. Classen to Heidi and Grandfather