TKM Ch. 17-19 Reading Check

Model T Ford; dentist; ice box

Inside the Ewell's yard was a _____ _ ____(on blocks) a discarded _______ chair, an ancient ___ ___, and lesser items

cigar; Fhluck

Judge Taylor took a _____ from his pocket and chewed on it. He disposed of the severed end by propelling it expertly to his lips and sayed "______"

tears; Atticus

Mayella burst into _____ because she was afraid of _______

7 (8 including her)

Mayella had _ siblings

jumped

Mayella had ______ when Atticus asked her if Tom had ever been let inside the fence before

front porch

Mayella had been sitting on the _____ _____ the night of November 21st

chiffarobe; nickel

Mayella had to chop an old __________ into kindling and when Tom R came by she said she would give him a ______ to chop the kindling

yellow stinkin cowards

Mayella said the gentlemen were ....

tollerable; drinking

Mayella says her father's __________ except when he's ________

doesn't remember; quick

Mayella says she _____'_ _________ someone hitting her across the face, "it all happened so _____"

mock; sass

Mayella says she'll answer Atticus's questions so long as he doesn't ____ or ____ her

19.5

Mayella was ____ years old

15 years

Mr. Ewell says he had been asking the county for __ _____ to clear out the black neighborhood

$5

Mr. Ewell says it would have cost him __ to get a doctor

left

Mr. Ewell was ____-handed

Robert E. Lee Ewell

Mr. Ewell's full name is:

25; 3

Tom was __ with _ kids

fainted; water bucket

According to Mayella she had _______ until Mr. Tate had pulled her off the floor and brought her over to a _____ ______

relief checks

After Atticus asked Mr. Ewell if he could read or write Mr. Ewell said: of course I can, how do you think I write my ______ ______

gavel; 5

After Mr. Ewells speculation Judge Taylor had to use his _____ for _ minutes

lye; white

All Mr. Ewell had that made him better than his black neighbors was that if you scrubbed him with ___ soap in very hot water, his skin was _____

general exodus

As a rule, recess meant a _______ ______

dropped; untangled; ran; top

As soon as Mr. Ewell heard Mayella scream he _______ his load, ran into the fence, _________ himself, then ___ into the house, and he saw Tom R on ___ of her

agreed; descriptions

Atticus asked Mr. Ewell if he ______ with Mr. Tates ____________ of Mayella's injuries

read or write

Atticus asked Mr. Ewell if he could ____ __ _____

doctor

Atticus asked if anyone had called a ______

silent

Atticus asked where the other children were and Mayella was ______

running; doctor

Atticus asks Mr. Ewell if during all his _______ if he had time to run to get the ______

injuries

Atticus first asked if they had called a doctor, then he asked what her ________ were

fountain pen

Atticus pulled out and envelope and a ________ ___ for Mr. Ewell to write his name on

beaten up; right

By Atticus asking for Mr. Ewell to write his name and show he was left-handed means Mr. Ewell could have ______ __ Mayella since she was beaten on the _____ side

picture; Ewell's home life

By Atticus asking his questions towards Mayella he was creating a _______ of the _______ ____ ____

November 21st

Day of the alleged "raping"

chicken, bacon frying, possum, rabbit (took an old countryman like Atticus to detect that, the kids just thought it was squirrel)

During Christmas the black neighborhood had:

see

Jem tells Reverend Sykes that Atticus can't ___ them from that far

3

Judge Taylor said Mr. Tate had answered the question _ times

10 minutes

Judge Taylor says they should rest ...

Christian English usage

Judge Taylor tells Mr. Ewell to keep his testimony within the confines of the...

handkerchief; sweaty rope

Mayella had twisted her ______________ into a ______ ____

ducked; glanced off

Mayella said she had ______ when Tom tried to punch her and his fist ______ ___

Mr. Jingle

Mayella sounded like __. ______ in the book Scout was reading

silent; hit

Mayella was ______ and seemed that she was trying to get something clear to herself when Atticud asked her if she remembered being ___ across the face

2-3

Mayella went to school for _-_ years

loneliest person; boo

Mayella, Scout says, is the _________ ______ in the world. Even more than ___

3 ft

Mr. Ewell had seen his daughter and Tom R from the window which is _ __ from the ground

deaf-mute

Mr. Ewell reminded Scout of a ...

Christ-fearing

Mr. Ewell said he was a _____-_______ man and tricking lawyers like Atticus took advantage of him

ambidextrous

Mr. Gilmer asked Mr. Ewell if he was ______________ but he said no. (it's being able to write with both hands)

slight cast; eyes; advantage

Mr. Gilmer had a ______ ____ in one of his ____ which he used to his _________

Horace

Mr. Gilmer's first name

left; right

Mr. Tate first said she had been hit in her ____ eye but then corrected himself and said it had been her _____

front room; beat up

Mr. Tate found Mr. Bob Ewell's girl lying on the floor in the middle of the _____ ____, she was pretty well ____ __

necessary

Mr. Tate said he hadn't called a doctor because he said it hadn't been ___________

30; told

Mr. Tate said she had been raped __ minutes before he got there because that's what they ____ him

bruises; black eye; fingermarks

Mr. Tate said that she was beaten around the head, _______ showing on her arms, had a _____ ___ coming, and ___________ on her gullet

ordinary business suit

Mr. Tate wore an ...

Christmas

Nobody had occasion to pass by the Ewell's except on __________

door

On November 21st, Tom had just been heading home when he passed the Ewell's and Mayella had asked him to come inside and help her fix their old ____ that was off its hinges

sense

Scout asked Jem if Mayella had good _____

cross-examination; question; wreck

Scout learned from Atticus that you never on _____-___________ ask a witness a ________ you don't already know the answer to. (it was a tenet she absorbed with her baby food) Do it, and you'll often get an answer you don't want, an answer that might ____ your case

dull

Scout said so far the trial was utterly ____

fragile; strenuous labor

Scout sayed Mayella Violet Ewell looked almost _______ saying the oath but then becake what she was, a thick-bodied girl accustomed to _________ _____

70

Scout thinks that Judge Taylor must be __

chickens

Scout thought Jem was counting his ________

imaginary person

Scout went through a mental patomine of an _________ ______ and concluded that someone left handed could hold her with their right hand and hit her with their left

deaf witness

Scouts never heard her father raise his voice in court except for a ____ _______

cheesecloth

The Ewell's house in the summertime was covered with greasy strips of ___________ to keep out the varmints that feasted on Maycomb's refuse

garbage dump

The Ewell's lived behind the town's ________ ____ in what was once a black person's cabin

feed; drank

The Ewell's relief check was far from enough money to ____ the family and Papa _____ it up anyway

Mr. Gilmer

The solicitor was __. ______ from Abbotsville

90

The temperature was an easy __

women and children

There had been a request for _____ ___ ________ to leave the courtroom but the request had been denied for the time being

crippled; 12 inches

Tom R was "________": his left arm was fully __ ______ shorter than his right and hung at his side

Mr. Link Deas

Tom goes by the Ewell's everyday to work at __. ____ ____ field. In November he works in his yard

spring

Tom had chopped up the chiffarobe for Mayella (he only had a hoe but she said she had a hatchet) but it had been last ______ over a year ago

free; help out

Tom helped Mayella a lot ____ of charge because her dad and siblings didn't seem to ____ ___

black-velvet

Tom was a _____-_____ man, not shiny

disorderly conduct; 30; fine

Tom was in trouble once before for __________ _______. A man tried to cut him and Tom had to be in jail for __ days because he couldn't pay his ____ the other man did though

stomach hurt; terror and fury

When Atticus turned away from Mayella it looked like his ______ ____ and her face was a mix of ______ ___ ____

window

When Atticus was about to question Mayella he walked over to the ______ and then walked over to her

ma's dead

When Mr. Gilmer asked Mr. Ewell if he was Mayella's dad he said that if he wasn't he couldn't do anything about it now since her __'_ ____

cotton gin

When Tom R was a boy he got caught in Mr. Dolphus Raymond's ______ ___

Tom Robinson

___ ________ was Atticus's witness

Bert; stock-market quotation

____, the court reporter, read Mr. Tate's testimony as if it were a _____-______ _________

Reverend Sykes

________ _____ tells Jem to take Scout home -Scout says you have to make me first and Jem tells him it's okay she doesn't understand anyway

pantomime

a dramatic entertainment

bantam cock

a small, aggressive rooster

truant

a student who stays away from school without leave or explanation

varmints

a troublesome wild animal

Jem

all the spectators were as relaxed as Judge Taylor except ___

a chiffarobe

an old dresser full of drawers on one side

acrimonious

angry and bitter speech

scrutiny

critical observation or examination

browbeat

intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words

4

it was almost _ when they took a recess

wrong idea; enemies

lawyers children, on seeing their parents in court in the heat of argument get the _____ ____: they think the opposing counsel is the personal _______ of their parents

woods; kindling; hog

on the night of November 21st, Mr. Ewell had been coming in from the _____ with a load of _______ and as soon as he got to the fence he heard Mayella scream like a stuck ___ in a house (The time was right before sundown)

6; red geraniums

one corner of the Ewell's yard were _ chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant ___ _________ (they were Mayella's)

prosperity; depression

people like the Ewells lived as guests in the county in __________ as well as in the depths of __________

amiably

pleasant and in a friendly manner