TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Chapters 12-13 (pages 115-134)
Name_________________________
Vocabulary:
barnacles (116)
boded (115)
contemptuously (119)
denunciation (122)
forthright (122)
garish (120)
habiliments (117)
haughty (119)
innate (120)
khaki (123)
qualms (120)
rotogravure (120)
tedious (124)
voile (123)
Allusion:
bread lines
Check the statements which are true.
_____ Atticus is called out of town for a trial in another city.
_____ Jem and Scout have never attended church with Cal before.
_____ Reverend Sykes refused to let congregation members leave at one point.
_____ Church services are held in a building used as a store during the week.
_____ The children are pleasantly surprised to see Aunt Alexandra on the front porch waiting with her
luggage.
_____ Dill does not return to Maycomb for his summer visit with Aunt Rachel.
_____ Calpurnia’s church has members who take care of each other in times of need.
_____ The church can afford no hymnals, and some members cannot read.
_____ Atticus is pictured in a political cartoon.
Answer the following questions in complete sentences!!!
Describe and explain the cartoon.
Give evidence of hostilities felt by Scout and Jem when they visit Cal’s church.
Who will benefit from the money the church members donate?
How do Scout and Jem feel about Helen Robinson’s difficulties?
On page 128, give evidence that Scout is learning to compromise her honesty at times.
How does Aunt Alex define “fine folk”?
Explain how Scout disagrees with her.
What are her supposed class distinctions based upon?
Why is Aunt Alex even here at the Finch house to begin with?
Scout and Jem are not prejudiced against others. Why not?
At the end of Chapter 13, why is Scout angry and frustrated?
Why might Harper Lee have included the account of Maycomb’s history at this point in her narrative?
How does the history of the town make Aunt Alex’s claims seem a bit ridiculous?
Relate the story of Cousin Joshua.
Identify:
“linin’”
Eunice Ann Simpson
Lula
Miss Buford
Sinkfield