To Kill a Mockingbird
Common Core Questions
To Kill a Mockingbird Part I Chapters 1-11
1. What moments strike you as most important in these chapters? Explain.
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2. Select a female character in Part 1. What do you learn about that character’s beliefs through her
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3. What themes does Lee develop through the female characters and the events in which they are
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To Kill a Mockingbird Part 2 chapters 12-21
4. Why do you think the jury found Tom guilty?
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5. Which sentences in Atticus’s closing argument do you find most persuasive?
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6. Choose a character from the court scene and explore what you learn about this character’s beliefs
through his or her actions.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Part 3 chapters 22-31
7. Which characters have changed over the course of the novel? How have they changed, and what
triggered the change?
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