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Jericho
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Name
Ms. Fischer
_________________________________________ Literature
To Kill a Mockingbird
Date _____________
Chapter 12
1. Why does Calpurnia start referring to Jem as “Mister Jem”?
2. Why does Calpurnia so carefully oversee Jem’s and Scout’s bathing and preparation before they
attend church with her at the African American congregation?
3. Scout comments that when Calpurnia speaks to Lulu in church “her voice [was] strange: she was
talking like the rest of them [African Americans].” Why do you think Calpurnia speaks differently
among the American Americans at church than she does when working at the Finch house?
4. Explain what Lulu means when she responds to Calpurnia’s idea that Jem and Finch are “company”
by saying, “Yeah, an’ I reckon you’s comp’ny at the Finch house durin’ the week.”
5. How did most of the black congregation respond to the Finch children’s appearance at their
church?
6. Why doesn’t the African American church of hymn books? In what other ways is it different than
the white church usually attended by the Finch children?
7. Who is the church collection raised by Reverend Sykes intended to benefit? Why does this person
need the money?
8. What crime is Tom Robinson accused of committing?
9. Who arrives at the end of the chapter?