Boo
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dill is fascinated with Boo Radley and the mystery surrounding his life.
Boo is blamed for various other activities in Macomb. Make a list of these “occurrences” and include the
page number:
Eats squirrels (16)
What verifiable facts do we have about Boo
His name is Arthur (15)
Describe the “contact” the children have had with the Radley house thus far:
See Jem (chapter1)
What can you infer about Boo based on the above?
What might you infer about Dill, Scout, and Jem based on the above?
Below is Jem’s description of Boo. Draw him in the space below
“Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his
tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were
bloodstained—if you ate an animal raw you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged
scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he
drooled most of the time” (16).