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To Kill a Mockingbird Part II
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Use a dictionary to find the definition that best fits in the context
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Chapter 12
Vocabulary:
ecclesiastical
altercation
contentious
bilingual
1. How old are the children now?
2. How are relations between Jem & Scout?
3. What is disappointing about the summer?
4. Where does Calpurnia take the children on Sunday?
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5. Why are Jem & Scout treated with such respect in Calpurnia's church?
6. What is Lula's attitude toward their presence?
7. Reverend Sykes hits on the theme of Impurity of Women in his sermon. Has Scout encountered this
before? How do you think Scout feels about this?
8. Why does Cal's church use "linin’" to sing?
9. What is Cal's double life?
10. How did Cal learn "English"?
11. What unpleasant surprise do the children find when they return home?
12. This chapter hints at the national economic depression occurring in U.S. at that time. What are
these hints?
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Vocabulary: persevered
1. Why has Aunt Alexandra come to Maycomb?
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2. What kind of woman is Aunt Alexandra? What is Alexandra’s social position (where would she fit
in the caste system)?
3. How does Atticus fell about the sentiments of his sister?
4. Scout is learning. For example, what has she learned about white lies on the bottom of p. 128?
6. Why does Atticus change his mind about the lecture on page 133-134?
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1. What does Alexandra suggest about Calpurnia? Why?
2. What does Scout find in her bedroom?
3. What are the two stories Dill tells about coming to Maycomb?
4. Why hasn't Boo Radley run off according to Dill?
5. What does Scout mean when she says, "Jem broke the remaining code of childhood"?
6. Contrast Scout's home life with Dill's home life.
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Chapter 15
venerable
Acquiescence
1. What does it mean in Maycomb when the grown men stand outside in the front yard instead of
coming into the house?
2. What side does Aunt Alexandra take concerning the trial?
3. On pages 146-47, what is Jem afraid of?
4. What is Atticus worried about when he goes to sit in front of the jail?
Would Atticus have been in real danger without the intervention of Scout?
5. How did Scout manage to change the behavior of the mob? (pages 152-154)
6. Pages 146 & 152 explain the significance of the statement, "Do you really think so?" When Atticus
says it, what does this question mean to Scout?
7. What does this chapter show about the relationship between Scout & Atticus?
8. Which side are Heck Tate & Mr. Underwood (the publisher) on?
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subpoena
elucidate
1. Describe Mr. Underwood.
2. How old are Jem and Scout now?
3. On page 157, what reason does Atticus give for the crowd dispersing the night before?
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What does he say about the mob?
4. Is Miss Maudie the kind of woman who would go to the trial just out of curiosity?
5. Who is Miss Stephanie Crawford?
6. From pages 160-162, describe the scene outside the courthouse?
7. What is peculiar about Dolphus Raymond?
8. What is the Idlers' Club?
9. What happens to Scout & Jem as a result of the crowded courtroom?
10. An important part of the story is contained here in two sentences: one of the Idlers says, You know
the court appointed him to defend this nigger," the other one says, "Yeah but Atticus aims to
defend him. That is what I don't like about it.” What was meant here? (163-164)
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ambidextrous
acrimonious
1. Describe the Ewell home. (170)
2. Who is Heck Tate?
3. What was his testimony?
4. What kind of people are the Ewells?
5. What is Mr. Ewell's testimony?
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6. What is Atticus trying to show?
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1. What impressions do you have about Mayella's home life?
2. What is the essence of Mayella's testimony?
3. Do you believe her? Why or why not?
4. What is peculiar about Tom R., which would make one think that he could not have raped her?
5. What was Atticus trying to establish?
6. Why does Mayella object to Atticus' calling her "ma'am" & Miss Mayella?
7. What do you think is the purpose of Dill in this story?
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expunge
1. Was Tom R. well acquainted with Mayella?
2. Did she pay him? Why did he refuse? (191)
3. Reread the last paragraph carefully on page 191. What does this paragraph show?
4. What was the true story of the rape? (194-195)
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5. What kind of man is Tom R.?
6. What does the author tell us about Tom R. in order that he should not seem too good to be true?
7. What fatal mistake does Tom R. make in his testimony? Why is this a mistake?
8. What is it that makes Dill feel sick?
9. Why doesn't this bother Scout & Jem?
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unmitigated
temerity
1. The children meet Dolphus Raymond outside the courtroom after Dill feels sick. Why does Dolphus
Raymond act the way he does? (Why does he want people to think he's drunk?) (200)
2. Why does he let the children in on his secret? (200-201)
3. How does Dolphus Raymond feel about Atticus?
4. In Atticus' closing statements, he says Mayella is coping with her own guilt. What is she guilty of?
(203)
5. In his speech to the jury, Atticus says he feels pity for the chief witness. Who is that & why does
Atticus pity him/her? (203)
6. Why does Atticus unbutton his vest, loosen his collar, take off his watch & chain, etc.? Why does
this surprise Jem & Scout? (202)
7. Did Atticus make a good defense for Tom R.? Reread the excellent summation. What important
points are made? (203-204)
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8. Will Tom R. be acquitted? Do you think he should be? Why?
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indignant
exhilarated
1. Why does Calpurnia come to the courtroom?
2. On page 211, why do the African Americans in the balcony stand?
3. How does Scout know as soon as she sees the jury coming that they convicted Tom R.?
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Chapter 22
cynical
1. What is different about Aunt Alexandra when they return home? (212)
2. In your opinion, did Atticus "win" anything in this case?
3. What does Atticus mean when he says, "This is their home; we've made it that way for them; they
might as well learn to cope with it"?
4. What happened to Jem that he says, "It's like being a caterpillar in a cocoon, that's what it is . . .”
(215)
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5. Why does Dill say he's going to become a clown?
6. What does Miss Maudie say to make them feel better?
7. What threat does Bob Ewell make, specifically?
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adamant
vehement
1. What happens that worries the children very much?
2. Does Atticus feel that he is in danger from Ewell? Explain. (218)
3. What will happen to Tom R. if he loses his appeal?
4. Does Atticus believe in the jury system? Explain.
5. On page 219, what does Atticus think of the death penalty?
6. What man on the jury took the longest to be convinced that Tom R. was guilty?
7. What does Jem believe Background is? (226)
8. What does Jem say in this chapter about understanding Boo Radley? (227)
9. On page 227, what does Scout think of the caste system?
10. Will Aunt Alexandra allow Scout to have Walter Cunningham over for dinner another time?
Explain. (220)
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Delectable
Devout
Pious
Hypocrite
1. Why does Scout attend Alexandra's meetings & teas?
2. Does Scout want to be a lady?
3. What is the purpose of this chapter? (Why did Lee include it?)
4. Look at Mrs. Merriweather's dialogue on pages 230-231. Why can she be labeled a hypocrite?
5. On page 233, how does Miss Maudie react to Mrs. Merriweather?
6. What has happened to Tom R.? Be specific. (235)
7. Why was he trying to escape? (235)
8. How does Aunt Alexandra react to the news? (236)
9. What does Scout learn about being a lady?
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demise
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1. What time of year is it now?
2. Who went with Atticus and Cal when they went to tell Helen R about her husband's death?
3. On page 240, Jem once again echoes the, "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird" theme. How? What does
the title of the book mean?
4. What is Macomb’s attitude toward Tom's death?
5. How did Mr. Underwood react? Why can he say whatever he wants in his newspaper?
6. How did Mr. Ewell react? Who are the "two" he refers to? What worry keeps cropping up for the
children? (241)
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1. Why is Bob E. still causing trouble for everyone connected with the case? (250)
2. What is different about Halloween in Maycomb this year?
3. What is peculiar about Scout's costume? What is she?
4. Scout tells of three important events in October? What are they?
5. What are the two changes in Maycomb?
6. On page 254, Scout writes, "Thus began our longest journey together." Note that this remark is
IMPORTANT.
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Chapter 28
1. What first fright do the children receive on their way to school?
2. Why do the children wait backstage until the audience has left the school?
3. Why does Scout wear her costume home?
4. What happens in the dark?
5. Who attacked the children? What happened to the attacker?
6. Why is it sometimes hard to understand what’s going on under the tree? Why did Lee write it that
way?
Chapter 29
1. What saved Scout from being stabbed?
2. Why is it logical that Boo would save the children?
Chapter 30
1. Who does Atticus think stabbed the attacker, at first? Why does he think that person stabbed him?
3. How does Heck Tate explain the attacker’s death?
4. What does Tate really know about the stabbing?
5. From page 275, where did the switchblade come from?
6. What does Heck Tate mean when he says, "Let the dead bury the dead"?
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7. Read page 276. To whom is Heck Tate referring?
8. Why do the two men agree silently about the death of their attacker?
9. Is this a difficult decision for Atticus? Why?
10. Does Scout understand the decision? Why?
Chapter 31
1.
Why does Scout say, “I would lead him through our house, but I would never lead him home?”
2.
What does Scout do on the Radley porch after Boo gets in?
3.
What does Scout mean when she says, “I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn’t
much left for us to learn, except possibly algebra?”
4.
How does Atticus’ reading of The Grey Ghost fin into the book?
5.
What did you think of the ending of this book?
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What themes are most important in the part of the book?
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What have you learned from Atticus?
From Harper Lee?
What rite of passage has Jem gone through in this section?
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