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Chapter 1 1. What does Jem say led to his broken arm? 2. Who do Jem and Scout live with and why? 3. What do we know about Dill? 3. What did the kids do to entertain themselves that summer? 4. What do we know for certain about Boo Radley? Chapter 2 1. What mistakes does Scout make on her first day at school? 2. Why do her mistakes make Miss Caroline so angry? 3. What explanation does Scout give for Walter’s refusal to take the money? 4. What is the WPA and why won’t Mr. Cunningham work for it? Chapter 3 1. What does the episode with Walter Cunningham tell us about the differences between Jem and Scout? 2. Why does Calpurnia get mad at Scout? 3. How do Atticus and Calpurnia think you should treat other people? 4. Why is Burris Ewell in school? To Kill A Mockingbird chapter ?s
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5. What is the difference between the Cunninghams and the Ewells? 6. What does Atticus tell Scout about compromise and bending the rules? Chapter 4 1. Where do you think the gum and pennies are coming from? 2. How can you tell that Jem has an idea where they are coming from? 3. What happens when Scout gets rolled in the tire? 4. What are the two reasons Scout wants to quit the “Boo Radley” game? Chapter 5 1. What kind of person is Miss Maudie? 2. How does Miss Maudie answer the question of whether or not Boo is alive? 3. Explain Miss Maudie’s statement: “sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of – oh, of your father.” 4. What do Dill’s lies tell us about him? 5. Paraphrase Atticus’s lecture about privacy on page 49: Chapter 6 1. Why do Jem and Dill try to look in the Radley window on this particular night? 2. What statement by Jem convinces Scout to go along with the plan? To Kill A Mockingbird chapter ?s
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3. Why does Jem say they were playing with matches, not cards? 4. Why is Jem determined to go after his pants? 5. What does Jem’s determination tell us about his relationship with Atticus? Chapter 7 1. Why does the fact that Jem’s pants are fixed scare him? 2. What is the significance of the gifts in the trees? 3. Why do you think Nathan Radley filled up the hole in the tree? 4. Why does Jem cry about the hole in the tree being filled? Chapter 8 1. How does Jem make the snowman? 2. Why does Atticus decide to keep the blanket incident a secret? 3. How does Miss Maudie feel about the destruction of her house? 4. What do we learn about Boo as a result of the fire incident? Chapter 9 5. What does Cecil Jacobs say to upset Scout? 6. What is Atticus’s reason for defending Tom Robinson? To Kill A Mockingbird chapter ?s
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7. Why does Scout walk away from the fight? 8. What does Atticus tell Jack about raising children? 9. What does Scout mean when she says that “it was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said.” (p. 89) Chapter 10 1. What are Atticus’s talents, according to Miss Maudie? 2. Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird, according to Miss Maudie? 3. What is the difference between Scout’s reaction and Jem’s reaction to watching their father kill the dog? Chapter 11 1. Summarize the conversation Scout and Atticus have after he sends Jem to Mrs. Dubose’s house (p. 104 ‐ 105): 2. What happens when Scout goes with Jem to Mrs. Dubose’s? 3. What does the episode with Mrs. Dubose tell us about Atticus? Chapter 12 1. Why doesn’t Dill come to Maycomb this summer? 2. What does the cartoon about Atticus show? 3. How is Calpurnia’s church different from Jem and Scout’s normal church? 4. What is Lula’s reaction to seeing Jem and Scout at church? To Kill A Mockingbird chapter ?s
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5. Why does Cal speak one way with the Finches and another way at home? Chapter 13 1. What reason is given for Aunt Alexandra’s visit? 2. What does it mean that Maycomb’s “primary reason for existence was government” (p. 131)? 3. Summarize the “facts of life” speech Atticus makes on page 133: 4. What does it mean when Scout says: “I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work.” (p. 134)? Chapter 14 1. What reaction do the townspeople have to Jem and Scout? 2. How does Atticus answer Scout’s question about rape? 3. Describe the conversation about Calpurnia between Atticus and Aunt Alexandra that Scout listens to: 4. What are Scout and Jem fighting over? 5. What explanation does Dill give for wanting to leave home? Chapter 15 1. Who are the men and what are they doing outside Atticus’s door? 2. What is Atticus’s “dangerous question” (p. 146)? To Kill A Mockingbird chapter ?s
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3. What makes the men leave? 4. Why does Dill want to carry Atticus’s chair? 5. Why does Atticus pat Jem’s head? Chapter 16 1. Why was a man like Mr. Underwood (who is known to hate Negroes) ‘covering’ Atticus at the jail? 2. Describe Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s way of life and its effect upon the town: 3. What are the differences between Judge Taylor’s appearance and his ability? Is this difference intentional? Why do you think so, or why don’t you? Chapter 17 1. Why does Atticus spend so much time describing Mayella Ewell’s injuries? What is he trying to reveal? 2. What kind of people are the Ewells? What do we know about the way they live and the values they espouse? Chapter 18 1. What is Mayella Ewell like? 2. What is so important about Tom Robinson’s physical appearance? What does it prove? 3. How does Atticus appear to feel about his method of cross‐examining Mayella? How can you tell? To Kill A Mockingbird chapter ?s
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Chapter 19 4. What ‘mistake’ did Tom make in saying that he felt ‘sorry’ for Mayella? 5. What does Scout mean when she says that Mayella ‘was even lonelier than Boo Radley’? Chapter 20 1. How does Mr. Raymond defend his deliberate appearance of drunkenness? 2. Why does he tell Scout and Jem about his life? 3. Paraphrase Atticus’s summation (closing speech) to the jury: Chapter 21 1. How does Scout ‘know’ about the verdict before she hears it? 2. Why do the Negroes stand when Atticus leaves the courtroom Chapter 22 1. How does Atticus feel when the verdict is announced? 2. Why does Miss Maudie say they have made a ‘baby step’ in the right direction? 3. What kind of clown does Dill decide to be? Why? Chapter 23 1. How does Atticus react to Bob Ewell’s threat? 2. What is the difference between Atticus’s attitude towards the Cunninghams and Aunt Alexandra’s? To Kill A Mockingbird chapter ?s
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Chapter 24 1. What kind of people are the ladies of the missionary circle? 3. Why does Scout like men better than women? 4. What does Miss Maudie mean by “We’re paying the highest tribute we can pay a man”? 5. What does Scout learn about being a true lady? Chapter 25 4. How does most of the town react to Tom’s death? 5. In what way is Mr. Underwood’s editorial similar to Atticus’s advice to Jem and Scout when they got their guns? Chapter 26 1. How have Scout’s feelings about Boo Radley changed? 2. What is ironic about Miss Gates’s lecture on democracy, given her comments at the trial? 3. Why does Jem react so violently to Scout telling him about Miss Gates? 4. What does Atticus say about this? Chapter 27 6. What were 3 threatening things that happened by the middle of October? 7. What do these events tell us about Bob Ewell? To Kill A Mockingbird chapter ?s
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8. Why don’t Atticus and Aunt Alexandra intend to go to the Hallowe’en pageant? Chapter 28 1. What does Cecil Jacobs do before the pageant which helps set up the incidents that occur after the pageant? 2. What do Jem and Scout think the noise might be? 6. How many people are finally involved in the skirmish under the tree? Chapter 29 1. Who saved Jem and Scout and how? 2. What is the difference between Atticus’s view of the essential worth of Bob Ewell and Heck Tate’s view? 3. Describe the meeting between Scout and Boo: 7. How does the meeting compare to what Scout has imagined? Chapter 30 1. What kind of reaction do Scout and Boo have to each other? 2. Does Atticus really believe what he is saying when he argues with Heck Tate? How can you tell? 3. Does Heck Tate really believe what he is saying when he argues with Atticus? How can you tell? Chapter 31 1. What does Scout see differently now that she can see the world from Boo’s ‘side of the street’? To Kill A Mockingbird chapter ?s
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2. Describe the closing scene: