To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Chapter Vocabulary and Review Questions

Chapters 1-2

 

Apothecary-a druggist; a pharmacist

Assuaged-to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain

Dictum-an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion

Entailment-to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence: a loss entailing no regret

Live oaks-an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.

Taciturn-inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.

Talcum-a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate

Review Questions

1.      Identify Finch’s Landing. 40 miles north of Saint Stevens,Small compared to huge impires around,but it produced all there needs, sons were supposed to stay there,

 

 

2.      What happened to Atticus’ first two clients? they were both hanged

 

 

3.      In what town and state does Atticus practice law? Maycomb,Alabama

 

 

4.      Who are Alexandra and Jack to Scout? her aunt and uncle

 

 

 

 

5.      What were the summertime boundaries when Scout was six and Jem was ten?Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose's house two doors to the north of us, and the Radley Place three doors to the south and they had to be in calling distance from their cook

 

 

6.      Is Dill older or younger than Jem? younger

 

 

7.      Which is not true about Dill? (a) he had snow white hair (b) he was taller than Scout (c) he had a cowlick in the center of his forehead (d) he was staying with his aunt Rachel (e) he could read.      

 

 

8.      Who comes up with the idea of making Boo come out? Dill's idea

 

 

9.      What is not one of the things unusual about the Radley house? (a) the doors were closed on Sunday (b) the people were afraid of walking by it, (c) the people kept to themselves (d) once a fire burned the back part of the house (e) all were true

 

 

10.  What had Boo done that got him into trouble with the law and would have sent him to a state industrial school?         Stole the police car, got arrested but the dad said he wouldn't be heard from again,he wasnt heard from for 15 years until he stabbed his dad in the leg.

 

 

 

11.  What happened which caused Mrs. Radley to run screaming into the street?when he stabbed his dad he pulled the scissors out and wiped the blood on his leg.

 

 

 

12.  What was Calpurnia referring to when she said, “There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into…”? Boo's dad

 

 

 

 

13.  Identify Miss Caroline Fisher. she was therteacher who made him stand in the corner, she was no more then twenty-one,she had bright auburn hair, pink cheeks, and wore crimson fingernail polish and she also wore high-heeled pumps with a red-and-white-striped dress also, she looked and smelled like a peppermint drop.

 

 

 

 

14.  What is the Dewey Decimal System according to Jem? he says its a new way of teaching, that way they dont have to learn much out of the book like,if you want to learn about cows you go milk a cow.

 

 

15.  How does Miss Caroline insult Walter Cunningham? She tried giving him money for lunch and he wouldn't take it so Scout told her he was a Cunningham and she didn't understand what she was saying,and scout meant that he couldn't pay he

 

 

 

16.  How do the Cunninghams pay their debts? they do work  or give things to people like giving the Finchs stove wood,and hickery nuts.

 

 

 

17.  What does Miss Blount threaten to do to class if they don’t get quiet? she said she would burn up everybody in it

 

 

Examples of Scout’s sense of humor:

·        Atticus’ first two clients were the last two people hanged in Alabama

·        “Because of Simon Finch’s industry, Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town.”

·        Scout’s teacher “hauled me up the front of the room and patted the palm of my hand with a ruler, then made me stand in the corner until noon.”

·        The teacher shows the class the alphabet and asks if anyone knows what they are… “Everybody did; most of the first grade had failed it last year.”

·        “I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime [being able to read]. I never deliberately learned to read, but somehow I had been wallowing illicitly in the daily paper.”

Important Descriptions

·        Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then; a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting of sweat and sweet talcum.

·        Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.

·        The Radley placed jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. Walking south, one faced its porch; the sidewalk turned and ran beside the lot. The house was low, was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate grey yard around it. Rain-rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of the veranda; oak trees kept the sun away. The remains of a picket drunkenly guarded the front yard-a swept yard that was never swept-where Johnson grass and rabbit-tobacco grew in abundance.

Consider Later

·        Atticus says, “there were other ways of making people into ghosts.”

·        “Our first raid came to pass only because Dill bet Jem The Grey Ghost against two Tom Swifts that Jem wouldn’t get any farther than the Radley gate.”

·        Note how the ideas of tolerance and understanding of others are conveyed by the children’s views of Boo and Scout’s views of Miss Caroline (i.e. her sympathy for her as she leaves)

 

 

 

 

Chapters 3-4

Vocabulary

 

 

Contentious-tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome

 

 

Condescension-an act or instance of condescending

 

 

Diminutive-small; little; tiny:

 

 

Fractious-refractory or unruly

 

 

Amiable-having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable

 

 

Auspicious-promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable:

 

 

Wrought-elaborated; embellished;produced by shaping with a hammer

 

 

Tyranny-arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.

Scuppernong

Review Questions

1.      Who invites Walter Cunningham home for lunch?jem

 

 

2.      What does Walter do during lunch which causes Scout to ask, “What the sam hill is he doing”? pouring syrup on his vegatables and meat

 

 

3.      What lesson does Calpurnia attempt to teach Scout about Walter? that Walter was her company and not to talk bad about him just because he eats differently

 

 

4.      Why does Miss Caroline scream and point her finger at Burris Ewell? because she said when she was walking past him something came out of his hair and tounched her

 

 

5.      What strategy does the Ewell family have regarding the children’s education? that they come to school the first day and not come for the rest of the year that the teacher is supposed to mark them absent.

 

 

6.      How does Cal show she cares for Scout and Jem? she made them crackling bread because missed them and they weren't in calling distance

 

 

7.      Why, according to Atticus, do people allow Bob Ewell to hunt out of season? because he spends all his money on green whiskey and nobody hated his kids that much to let them so with out food

 

 

8.      What compromise does Atticus make with Scout regarding school? that if she stayed going to school that they could still read at night

 

 

 

 

9.      On her way home from school, what does Scout first find in the live oak tree knothole? she found two pieces of Wrigley's Double-Mint gum

 

 

10.  What do Scout and Jem find together in the tree? they found a small box patch worked with bits of tinfoil and inside of it were two shiny pennies

 

 

11.  Where does Scout end up when Jem rolls her in the tire? Radley Place Steps

 

 

12.  What new game do the children play? "Boo Radley"

 

 

 

 

13.  What finally stops them from playing the game? When Atticus saw them playing it and took the scissors from jem.

 

 

14.  What was the reason Scout wanted to quit the game which she says occurred the day she rolled in the tire?  she heard a sound that was low and couldn't have been heard from the sidewalk that some one was laughing inside

 

 

 

Lessons that Scout learns

·         See Calpurnia’s comments regarding the Walter Cunningham incident

·         Atticus: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” How does Scout show an understanding of this regarding Miss Caroline?

 

Chapter 5-6

Vocabulary

 

 

Quelled-to suppress; put an end to; extinguish:

Review Questions

1.      What does Scout do with Miss Maudie at summer twilight?

sitting with miss maudie on her front porch 

 

2.      What does Maudie like to do instead of being in her house?

be be outside and in her garden

 

3.      How does Uncle Jack tease Miss Maudie?every christmas he would yell across the street will you marry me and she always responses say it alitttle louder and they will hear you at the post office, and he said he was trying to get her goat and been trying for 40 years

 

4.      What term does Miss Maudie use for Mr. Radley: “he was a foot washing Baptist.”

 

5.      What quality best describes Miss Stephanie? (a)caring (b) gossipy (c) religious (d) hard  (e) soft

 

6.      What do Dill and Jem plan to do with a fishing pole? give boo a note and stick the pole thru the shutters

 

7.      Why does Dill ring a bell? to warn jem if anybody came along

 

8.      What does Mr. Avery do which Jem and Dill try to imitate, but Scout decides she can’t do? dance

 

9.      What do the boys plan on doing the last night Dill is in town? go peek in the loose shutter to see if they could see boo

 

10.  What happens to Jem’s pants? they got stuck in the fence so he took them off and kept going

 

11.  What lie does Dill tell about how Jem lost his pants? that they were playing strip poker

 

12.  Is Jem able to get his pants back?yes

 

Characterization

·        What kind of person is Miss Maudie? How does she contrast with some of the other characters in the book? miss maudie is a relaxed person who likes the out doors and if your around her stuff without permission she gets on to you, She is different from everybody else,really laid backk and quiet but loud when she needs to be.

 

Chapters 7-8

Vocabulary

 

 

·         Pilgrimage-a journey, esp. a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion

Review Questions

1.      According to Scout, what was the only good thing about second grade?she got to stay as late as jem and they usually walked home together

 

 

2.      What secret does Jem share regarding his pants? that when he was taking them off they were tangled but when he went back to get them they were folding across the wire, and they had been sewed up

 

 

 

3.      Which of the following is NOT one of the things found in the knothole of the live oak? (a) a medal, (b) twine, (c) soap figures, (d) a pack of gum, (e) all of the above are found.

 

 

 

4.      What two things constitute the children’s biggest prize? soap figures and pocket watch...?

 

5.      What subject does Jem particularly like studying when he reaches the sixth grade? egpytian period

 

6.      What stops the gifts in the knothole? somebody put cement into

 

 

 

7.      Who does Mr. Avery blame for the change in weather?  children disobyed thier parents and smoked and made war with them the seasons would changents, 

 

8.      What unusual thing happens which causes school to be cancelled? it snowed

 

 

9.      Who is the snowman first made to look like? Mr.Avery

 

10.  Why does Atticus send the children in front of the Radley house to watch the fire? to stay out of the way and see which way the winds blowing

 

11.  What does Mr. Avery do which redeems him as a character? he climbs out of mrs.maudies window and falls

 

12.  What makes Atticus think the children didn’t stay put? because scout had a brown woolen blanket on that she didnt know where i had come from

 

13.  What disappointment does Scout have regarding Boo? that he had put the blanket on her and she never knew it or got to see him

 

14.  Why does Jem suddenly reveal all that has happened to them? he thinks its for there own safety

 

15.  Why isn’t Miss Maudie upset about the fire? because she always wanted a smaller house and larger yard for her flowers

 

Characterization

·        What kind of person is Mr. Avery? Is he someone you would like to have dinner with? Why or why not? hes the kind who whittles and is a funny hero sort of at times,and i would not like to have dinner with him he seems like he would be alittle strange and weird.

 

Chapters 9-10

Vocabulary

 

 

Changelings-a child surreptitiously or unintentionally substituted for another

 

 

Trousseau-an outfit of clothing, household linen, etc., for a bride

 

 

Provocation-the act of provoking

 

 

Jubilant-showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors

Review Questions

1.      Why does Scout fight with Cecil Jacobs? Because Cecil said she was a nigger lover.

 

2.      What reason does Atticus give for not using the word “nigger”? he says its common

 

3.      From what he tells Scout, does Atticus believe he will win the case he is trying?no

 

4.      Whose arrival was one of the good things about Christmas? Uncle Jack

 

5.      What is Atticus’ brother’s occupation? hes a doctor

 

6.      True or False….Atticus disapproves of the children getting air rifles for Christmas. false

 

7.      What relation is Francis to Aunt Alexandra? grandson

 

8.      How does Uncle Jack protect Scout? doesn't tell atticus

 

9.      Why does Atticus not tell Scout to go to bed earlier when he is talking to Jack? he wanted her to hear everything he said

 

10.  What complaint does Scout have regarding Atticus? she says he can't do anything and he doesn't have any talent

 

11.  Why, according to Miss Maudie, does Atticus believe that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird? because all they do is sing and they don't bother anybody or anything

 

12.  What target does Scout want to shoot at? Miss Maudie's behind

 

13.  Identify Tim Johnson. the bus driver's dog,that appears to be a mad dog

 

14.  Why is the incident with the dog unusual for February? that it's a mad sick dog and it usually only happens to dogs in august

 

15.  What does Atticus do that flabbergasts the kids? because he shot that dog and killed him with one shot

 

 

 

16.  What was Atticus’ nickname at the Landing?Ol' One-Shot Finch

 

Characterization

Compare and contrast the characters Atticus and Jack.

Atticus and Jack differ by the way they handle children.They can both shoot.They both are the same when it comes to trying to help the children and take care of them.They are  different because Atticus is a lawyer and Jack is a doctor.Atticus listens to both and Jack doesn't understand them.

 

 

Chapters 11-12

Vocabulary

 

 

 

 

Umbrage-offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.

 

Rectitude-rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue: the rectitude of her motives.

 

Interdict-any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer

 

Camellia-any of several shrubs of the genus Camellia, esp. C. japonica, native to Asia, having glossy evergreen leaves and white, pink, red, or variegated roselike flowers.

 

Propensities-a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much

Ecclesiastical-of or pertaining to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular

 

Review Questions

1.      What does Jem use to destroy Mrs. Dubose’s flowers? a baton

2.      What does Jem have to do as a result? go talk to her and apologize,then she makes him read to her everyday after school and fix her flowers on saturday

3.      What do the children listen for that means they are free to go? the alarm clock

4.      What are Mrs. Dubose’s fits? she would spit alot and open her mouth and suck it all in then open her mouth again

5.      What does Mrs. Dubose say that Jem should have done to get rid of the flowers? pull the whole flower up including the roots

6.      Why does Atticus say MRs. Dubose was a courageous woman? because she didn't fight her battles with a gun or a weapon she fought and won her battles by her words and action

7.      What does Mrs. Dubose leave Jem and what is his reaction to it? she leaves him a camilla in a box and he threw it in the fire

8.      Why is Calpurnia babysitting the kids? because atticus was called to work on his case for two weeks

9.      Identify Lula. she was a black lady who did not like that Cal was bringing two white kids with her to church,

10.  Identify Zeebo. he was Cal's son and the garbage man

11.  Why are the blacks “lin’n” their hymns? because not all of them could read

12.  How much money is Rev. Sykes attempting to raise? ten dollars

13.  Who is the money for? Helen(Tom's wife)

14.  What does Rev. Sykes do to assure he has the amount he wants? he says that no body can leave without him getting the money,and shuts the doors

15.  Why do the children feel Calpurnia has a double life? because when she is around the white folks she talks proper and well educated but when she is with the colored she talks less educated so she can fit in with everybody

Characterization

1.      Both Mrs. Dubose and Calpurnia teach the children by their actions. Make a list of things we learn from each.

vv  1. they taught them to take responsibility for their actions

       2.they taught them to not listen to everybodies opinions and keep their heads high

       3. they taught the kids to be honest

 

2.      Why might Harper Lee have picked Chapter 11 as the end of the first part of the book? because now it starts more with racisum and more with Atticus's case 

 

Chapters 13-14

Review Questions

1.      Why does Scout feel it wouldn’t make much of a difference if Uncle Jimmy had come with Aunt Alexandra? because he never talked anyways

2.      What best describes Aunt Alexandra’s figure? (a) diminutive (b) formidable (c) wispy (d) Maycomb (e) none of the above.

3.      What is not true about Aunt Alexandra? (a) she joined many groups (b) she is concerned with her heritage (c) she gossips (d) she admires Calpurnia (e)she feels Atticus is too easy on the children.

4.      Fill in the correct word for this idea from Aunt Alexandra: “Everybody in Maycomb, it seemed had a streak; a drinking streak, a gambling streak , a mean streak , a funny streak.”

5.      In the discussion of the history of Maycomb, who was responsible for the formation of the town: (a) Abner (b) Maycomb (c) Sinkfield (d) Cunningham (e) Ewell

6.      What had Cousin Joshua done? he cost the finch's five hundred dollars and wrote a book

7.      What does Atticus come to talk with the children about that Scout feels he really doesn’t want to talk about?  the facts of life

8.      What story about Calpurnia does Scout tell which creates an argument between Atticus and Alexandra? them going to church with her that sunday and Scout asking her dad if she could go to Cal's house next sunday

9.      Why do Scout and Jem fight? because jem told scout to mind aunty and she said no and he said he would spank her if she didn't and it started from there

10.  What do they think is under Scout’s bed? a snake

11.  What is under her bed? dill

12.  How does Jem “break the remaining code of childhood”? he went down the hall and told Atticus Dill was in their room and what happened to him

13.  How does Atticus show he has sympathy for Dill? gets Scout to fill him up with better food then cold corn bread and asks Aunt Rachel if Dill can just stay the night with them

14.  Why does Dill say he ran away? that his new father wasn't ever home and never did anything he said he would and seemed like he didn't want dill around

 

 

15.  Where does Dill think he and Scout can get a baby?There was a man Dill had heard of who had a boat that he rowed across to a foggy island where all these babies were and they could order one

16.  Where does Scout think they can get a baby? she thinks god drops them down the chimney

Characterization

1.      Compare and contrast Atticus and his sister Alexandra.

 they are both alike in the way they both want the kids to be raised right,

 but Atticus is less hard on the children and Alexandra thinks they should know everything about their family and act the sex they are,and the age and be respectful to others and shes alot harder on them.

2.      What qualities of Dill’s would serve him well as a writer? he has a good imagination and can has a wide thinking area

Chapters 15-16

Review Questions

1.      Why do the men with Heck Tate come to see Atticus? to tell him they wanted to move tom into the county jail

2.      What was Atticus’ “dangerous question”? Do you really think so?

3.      What happened with the Ku Klux Klan tried to intimidate Sam Levy? he stood on his porch and told them things had come to a pretty pass and sold them the sheets on their backs and made them so ashamed they left

4.      Why is Jem afraid? he is afraid for atticus that somebody might hurt him

5.      Where does Atticus sit at church? third row from the front

6.      Why does Atticus take the long extension cord with him? because it had a light on the end and he was going out for a walk

7.      Why does Scout kick someone? because atticus told jem to go home and he said no and one of the strangers picked jem up and said ill send them home and so scout kicked him

8.      What does Mr. Underwood show? double barreled shotgun

9.      According to Atticus, how had Scout gotten Mr. Cunningham to “walk around in my shoes”? she brought him to his senses

10.  Why do some people get upset with Miss Maudie’s yard? because she pays more attention to her yard when she should be inside more reading the bible

11.  How do people treat the trial?publically and like a romen carnival

 

 

13.  Identify Dolphus Raymond. he was a man who was drinking out of a brown paper bag at the trial and he was getting married but she shot herself with a shotgun, he owns half of the river side, and he has a colored wife and mixed kids.

14.  Who takes the children “under his wing”? reverend Sykes

15.  Where do the children sit (be specific)? they sat upstairs in the colored section of the balcony

Themes

1.      One of the themes running throughout the book has to do with the world of children opposing the world of the adult. How do we see the two clash (particularly from a sense of understanding or not understanding what is going on)? they clash when the children think they can do whatever they want and the adults tell them no because of their age and that they need to act more  appropriate because they are a finch.

2.      What attitudes toward “colored” people are shown in these chapters? hatred,and disrespect

3.      Harper Lee exhibits a real concern for the life of even the minor characters in the story. Who are some of the characters that stand out in these chapters?Tom, Dill, and Aunt Alexandra

Chapters 17-18

Review Questions

1.      Identify Mr. Gilmer.from Abbottsville, a balding, smooth faced man, anywhere between forty and sixty.

2.      What do we learn from both Mr. Tate and Mr. Ewell about how Mayella had to have been struck?that she had bruises all over her body, hand prints around her neck and a black eye.

3.      Who lives by the dump and where does Tom live?the Ewell's live by the dump and Tom lives down the dirt road past the dump in the negro settlement.

4.      What was the surprising feature in the Ewells yard? (a) refrigerator (b) bathtub (c) dentist chair (d) flowers in slop jars.

5.      What question is asked by Atticus that shows both Mr. Tate and Mr. Ewell had no real concern about Mayella’s condition? "Did you take her to see a doctor"?

6.      What does Atticus prove by having Mr. Ewell write his name on the envelope? that he was left- handed.

7.      Does the judge feel sorry for Mr. Ewell? yes

8.      Did Mayella look like she had tried to keep herself clean? yes

9.      What does Mayella say she is afraid of? Atticus

10.  Does the judge seem to feel sorry for Mayella? yes

11.  How does the chiffarobe figure into Mayella’s story? it was the reason Tom came into the fence.

12.  What contradiction to the story Mr. Ewell told is revealed in the following quote from Mayella? “..next thing I knew Papa was in the room a’standin’ over me hollerin’ who done it, who done it?” Ewell testimony said he saw him in the window. Mayella's testimony said ne was standing over me hollerin who done it?

13.  How old is Mayella? 19

14.  Why does Atticus ask Mayella if Tom choked and hit her? because he was crippled.

15.  What is Mayella’s response to whether her father had ever beaten her? never touched a hair or laid a hand in ther whole life.

16.  Where is Mayella’s mother? dead

17.  What does Mayella do after her last speech to the courtroom? Did not answer any more questions and as she left the stand she gave Atticus a very mean look.

Chapters 19-20

Review Questions

1.      How had Tom ever been in trouble with the law before? disorderly conduct

2.      Why does Scout think Mayella must have been lonely? nobody ever helped and she had no friends.

3.      According to Tom, why were the children gone that day? to get icecream

4.      According to Tom, what had Mayella asked him to do? fix something (door) inside the house

5.      Did Mayella suggest she’d ever been kissed before? Not by a grown man and different from her father.

6.      According to Tom, whom did Mr. Ewell direct his anger toward? Mayella

7.      What, according to Atticus, is a lawyer supposed to concentrate on during a witness’ testimony? words not actions

8.      Why is Tom’s left arm important to the defense? because someone left- handed had to have blacked her right eye. He was crippled.

9.      What does Tom say to Mr. Gilmer that makes the crowd angry? he felt sorry for Mayella

10.  Why is the judge furious with Link Deas? he stood up and spoke on Tom's behalf not under oath.

11.  Why do Scout and Dill go outside? Dill was crying.

12.  Why does Dolphus Raymond pretend to drink?because he see's someone else doin it so he wants to try it but he not realy doin it.

13.  Why, according to Atticus, does Mayella want Tom to be found guilty?because he's the only black american there.

14.  What did Atticus do in public that Scout had never seen him do?act crazy

15.  What one way are all men created equal, according to Atticus?they treat their women the same way

16.  Who comes to the trial at the end of the chapter?atticus

Characterization

1.      Readers must often “read between the lines” of literature and find what is really being implied. What important implications do you find in Tom’s testimony in what really happened?that he was being honest from the start he wasnt getting up there just messing around.

2.      What does it add to our understanding of Bob and Mayella Ewell? What uncomfortable assumption are we to make by Tom’s reporting, “She says she never kissed a grown man before an she might as well kiss a nigger. She says what her papa do to her don’t count”?that she came on to tom by saying that remark

3.      What do you think actually happened viewing all the testimony?that she accused tom of doin something that he didnt do and i belive she came on to him.

Chapters 21-22

Review Questions

1.      Who wrote the note that Calpurnia gave to Atticus?scout

2.      What agreement does Atticus make with the children regarding the trial?that if they are called to trail they must tell the truth and nothing but the truth

3.      Why are the children surprised when they return to the courthouse?that mayelle is still following up with the same story from the start

4.      True or False….The jury is out until after 11p.m.false

5.      How, according to Scout, do you know whether a jury has found the defendant guilty or not before the verdict?because scout is assuming

6.      How do you know the blacks think highly of Atticus at the end of the trial?they dont

7.      What do the blacks do for Atticus the next day?invite him to dinner that next day

8.      What immediate reaction does Jem have to the verdict?that mayella is always comin on to somebody like that

9.      Who, according to Atticus, are the only ones to cry when Maycomb does terrible things like the jury did?the victims

10.  What was Miss Rachel’s reaction to the previous night?that she cant belive that mayella would try something like that on an innoucence man.

11.  What does Miss Maudie do for the children, which shows which side she’s on?she started talkin to them bout the blacks n whites

12.  How, according to Miss Maudie, did Judge Taylor help Tom?she proved that he didnt do it

13.  What occupation does Dill decide he wants to pursue?a lawyer or a judge

14.  What happened to Atticus that prompts Miss Rachel to tell Dill to stay at home and say, “There’s danger a’comin’”? he left

Characterization

1.      In the first section we saw Jem growing up. How is the trial an important awakening on Jem’s part to what the world is really like?

2.      How does Miss Maudie explain what has happened and how one’s Christianity is shown?

3.      Do you find similarity between Maycomb’s prejudice toward black people and the prejudice toward women? If President Richard Nixon’s view of women in the 1970s was that they should not serve on his cabinet and should not be educated, what was the viewpoint of the 1930s evident in this book?

Chapters 23-24

Review Questions

1.      What was the only thing Atticus said about his encounter with Mr. Ewell?wish bob ewell wouldnt chew tobacco

2.      What is Jem’s solution to the jury system?that to talk to mayella and see if he can get the truth out of her

3.      What kind of person does Atticus call trash?mayella

4.      Why couldn’t women be on the juries, according to Atticus?because its a man job to do according to atticus

5.      Who does Aunt Alexandra talk about which causes Scout to cry?that she aint suppose to love african americans

6.      What are the four kinds of people in Maycomb, according to Jem?niggers,niggerlover,africans,african american

7.      What kind of folks are there, according to Scout?all kind that love one another african americans and hispanic

8.      What causes the difference in background, according to Jem?the way they act

9.      Identify the Mrunas.they were nice loving people

10.  Who is the woman who seems to lead all the discussion?mayella

11.  Identify J. Grimes Everett.loving caring man

12.  What news does Atticus bring?that tom didnt do it

13.  How do Aunt Alexandra and Miss Maudie show courage?they started talking bout it

14.  What is Jean Louise’s reaction to Aunt Alexandra at the end of the chapter?that she think she is the one bringing drama

Characterization

1.      Chapter 23 is important in defining Jem’s new perception of the legal system and the class system of his world. Note how Scout perceives the same worlds. What changes are evident in the children’s views?

2.      Look at the topic of the Missionary Circle’s meeting. How is the hypocracy of the women illustrated? One of the things which angered people of Monroeville the most was this chapter. What about this chapter would get such a reaction?

3.      Scout is an accurate reporter for us, but she doesn’t understand the subtext of what she is seeing. What battle is going on between Ms. Grace Merriweather and Miss Maudie?

4.      How does the idea of courage reimerege with both Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra?

Chapters 25-26

Review Questions

1.      What is Scout about to do which upsets Jem? call him a niger lover n switch around and say he call her one.

2.      What were Dill and Jem doing that allowed them to go to Tom’s house with Atticus?helping and behaving like they should.

3.      What was Helen Robinson’s reaction at seeing Atticus?wondering what in sands are he doing over there.

4.      How long was Maycomb interested in Tom’s story?the whole time

5.      To what does Mr. Underwood compare Tom’s death?dont know

6.      What comment does Mr. Ewell make, which is reported by Miss Stephanie?that she likes african americans

7.      What is Scout’s fantasy about Boo?that he will come talk to her

8.      How does Miss Gates react to the grit paper?dont know

9.      What does Cecil Jacobs bring up that prompts Miss Gates to discuss “democracy”?dont know

10.  What had Miss Gates said, leaving the courthouse, that confused Scout?dont know

11.  How does Jem react to it all?dont know

Characterization

1.      What hypocracy does Miss Gates exhibit? How could the plight of the Jews be compared to the plight of the blacks of the 1930s South?dont know

Chapters 27-28

Plot

1.      To understand the end of Chapter 28, you really have to finish the book first. Then you need to remember that Scout is a very accurate reporter, but she doesn’t always understand what she is reporting. Don’t assume she is right in her assumptions.

2.      Scout’s costume is an important prop in the story because it saves her life. Look back over the description and see if you can draw what it looked like.

Chapters 29-31

Review Questions

1.      Describe the two knives that Mr. Tate had.dont know

2.      What assumption does Mr. Tate make about Scout’s costume and the shiny line on the back of her costume?

3.      How did Scout know she was by a tree?

4.      Why could none of the neighbors have heard Scout call?dont know

5.      Why couldn’t Atticus and Alexandra hear Scout?

6.      At first, who did Atticus believed killed Mr. Ewell?

7.      What does Mr. Tate say happened?

8.      How did Mr. Ewell actually get killed?dont know

9.      Scout in one of the previous chapters had a fantasy about her being with Boo. Was her meeting the same? Explain.dont know

10.  How did the adults treat Boo?dont know

11.  What does Boo ask Scout to do for him?

12.  What does Scout realize standing on the Radley porch?dont know

13.  What does Atticus read to Scout?dont know

14.  What realization doe Scout have about other people at the end of the book?dont know

Plot

1.      As was stated in Chapter 28, Scout is a good reporter but doesn’t always understand what is said. Here she does, but sometimes younger readers miss what she is saying. Note that Mr. Tate says he took one of the knives off a drunk earlier that evening. He doesn’t really lie, but the drunk he is referring to is Mr. Ewell. Mr. Tate is not trying to protect Jem, he is trying to protect Boo. Can you find the point where everybody understands what he is saying, even Scout?