To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide

2. How does Atticus explain rape to Scout?

"He sighed, and said rape was a carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent"

What did Jem yell after Atticus?

"I thought I wanted to be a lawyer, but I ain't so sure now"

What is Atticus's reaction to Bob Ewell's challenge?

"I wish Bob Ewell would stop chewing tobacco," shows Atticus's maturity

Find a simile from this chapter and write down the sentence in which it appears.

"Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum."

3. Scout is unable to sleep because she is so scared. How does she describe her sleepless night? Identify an example of personification in her description. (Personification is a human trait given to a non-living object.)

"The chinaberry trees were malignant, hovering, alive." Everything she hears haunt her because she is scared that Boo Radley is coming after her.

1. The chapter begins on an ominous note as the reader receives hints that something bad is about to happen. Identify at least two instances of foreshadowing from the first several paragraphs.

"We had a week of peace together. After that, little, it seemed. A nightmare was upon us." and "In Maycomb, grown men stood outside in the front yard for only two reasons: death and politics. I wondered who had died. Jem and I went to the front door, but Atticus called, "Go back in the house."

What advice does Atticus give Scout about getting along with people?

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-"

How does Scout convince Jem to stop playing Boo Radley?

"[Her] nagging got the best of [him]."

How much money did the pastor need?

$10

How much money did Dill take from his mother?

$13

How much did it cost the family?

$500

What did some childeren do to Misses Tutti adn Frutti Barber's furnatue?

(T+F were def) They his their furnature in the basement and T+F thougth they had been robbed

Tom Robinson

- Black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell - he is unable to use his left hand which would have made it quite difficult for him to attack Mayella the way she says he did - is shot 17 times and killed by prison guards when he tries to escape

Nathan Radley

- Boo's brother who keeps him in the house and fills up the tree hole where the kids had been getting presents

Dill

- Charles Baker Harris - Scout's "fiance" who is passed around from family member to family member throughout the year - tells all sorts of crazy stories about who his daddy is - wants to be a clown when he grows up - Scout finds him under her bed

Walter Cunningham

- Scout rubbed his nose in the dirt on the first day of school for getting her in trouble - he comes to their house for dinner and pours syrup all over his food

Dolphus Raymond

- a white man who has mixed children - drinks Coca-Cola out of a paper bag but everyone thinks it is alcohol (gives them an excuse for his "behavior")

Mayella Ewell

- accuses Tom Robinson of raping her - lives in a dump but has pretty red geraniums - thinks Atticus is making fun of her when he calls her ma'am

Mrs. Dubose

- an addict whom Atticus said was the bravest person he ever knew - Jem and Scout have to read to her because Jem broke her flower bushes - she has "fits" of withdrawal from morphine

Burris Ewell

- has "cooties" (lice) - makes Miss Caroline cry - only goes to school on the first day

Miss Maudie

- nice Baptist neighbor who makes the kids 3 little cakes and takes good care of her flowers - her house catches fire - talks to the children like adults - teaches them many lessons, like that Atticus does the town's dirty work for them and is the same in his house as he is in public

Mr. Cunningham

- pays for Atticus' services with nuts instead of money - Scout talks to him about his son which diffuses the situation with the mob at the jail

Reverend Sykes

- preacher at First Purchase who sits with the kids at the trial and locks his congregation in the church until they take up enough money for the Robinson family - the children sit with him during the trial

Heck Tate

- sheriff in Maycomb - testifies that they did NOT call a doctor for Mayella - tells Atticus that "Bob Ewell fell on his knife" because he believes it would be wrong to drag Boo out into the limelight for killing Bob Ewell

Calpurnia

- the Finches' cook who is also like a second mother to the children - African American woman who takes them to her church

Francis

- the Finches' cousin whom Scout gets into a fight with when he calls Atticus names

Atticus

- the lawyer defending Tom Robinson - Scout and Jem's single father - tells Scout they will keep reading at night if she keeps going to school

Boo Radley

- town "phantom" that is rarely seen - his real name is Arthur Radley - puts a blanket around Scout the night of the fire - the kids play a game where they act out his story - supposedly stabbed his father in the leg with scissors - saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell by killing him

Bob Ewell

- town drunk who uses his relief checks on alcohol instead of caring for his children - accuses Tom Robinson of raping his daughter - attacks Jem and Scout - killed by Boo Radley

Mr. Underwood

- was guarding the jail with a shotgun - wrote an editorial in the newspaper about how Tom Robinson's death was like the "senseless slaughter of songbirds"

What did Boo do to help Scout and Jem throughout the book?

-Gave them gifts -Protected Scout -Killed Mr. Ewell -Saved their lives

Sum up what Mr. Ewell said that night:

-He hear Mayella screaming -runs to house and sees Tom inside -Tom runs away -Goes inside and Mayella isbeat up -Gets Heck Tate

Why did Jem and Dill choose Dill's last night to look in the window at Boo?

-No one would see them at night -If they got killed it was better to miss school than vacation. -Atticus was deep in his book

What four catagories did Jem out people in?

-Normal -Africa-Americans -Cunninghams -Ewells

What questions did Aatticus find Heck Tate?

-What side of her face was beat up? -How beate nup was she? -Why didn't you get a doctor? -I know there are others, but I cannot find them.

Name some other items that they found in the knothole:

-gray twine -gum -speling metal -a pocket watch

What was Tom's handicap? Why was it important to his case?

. Tom's left arm had been rendered useless in an accident. He could not have bruised Mayella's right side and he more than probably would not have physically been able to force himself on a strong, violently resisting young woman.

According to Jem, how do you get a turtle to come out of its shell? In what way might this idea be an apt parallel to get people to do what they don't want to do? Give a real-world example to support your answer

According to Jem, you make a turtle come out of its shell by striking a match under it. This may be parallel to get people to do what they don't want to do because when the turtle senses fire near its house, it has to come out in order to avoid it. The same goes for people. Even if we don't want to do something, we might have to because it's the only choice without something bad happening.

5. What is odd about Mrs. Dubose's behavior each afternoon when Scout and Jem visit her?

As time passes, the old woman stops speaking and her mouth opens and closes while her head sways from side to side. Jem asks her if she is all right, but she doesn't reply. In a few minutes, an alarm clock sounds, and Mrs. Dubose's assistant shoes them out of the room and tells them to go home because it is time for Mrs. Dubose's medicine. The Alarm clock signals the old lady's morphine time.

Where did the family spend Christmas Day?

At Finch Landing

How does Atticus react to Jem and Scout's snowman? What does Jem do after?

At first he is impressed, but after realizing who it is supposed to impersonate, he orders Jem to change some of its features. Jem puts Miss Maudie's hat on top of it, as well as inserting her hedge clippers into the body.

Mrs. Radley was very seldom seen outside of her house. Since she had no contact with her neighbors, no one was really affected by her death.

At the beginning of the chapter, Scout mentions that old Mrs. Radley died but her death "caused hardly a ripple" in the neighborhood. Why was this case?

13. On what dramatic note does chapter 1 end? What do the kids do, and what is the result of their action?

At the end of Chapter 1 there was a movement in the shutter. Then Dill ran up to the Radley's house and slapped it. Only later did a shutter move.

I practice criminal law

Atticus

Who discovered their little prank?

Atticus

Who catches Jem, Dill, and Scout trying to give a letter to Boo? Why is he/she angry?

Atticus They are trying to invade his privacy and, therefore, are "tormenting" him.

4. When Scout asks her father if they are as poor as the Cunningham's, how does he respond? Through Atticus, what does the reader learn about the Great Depression and how it affected different classes of people in different ways?

Atticus says that they are indeed poor, but not as poor as the Cunningham's. He said during the Great Depression, the farmers were hit first and they did not make enough money to go to lawyers or doctors.

What brave thing does Atticus do in Chapter 10? Why are Scout and Jem shocked?

Atticus shoots a mad dog. They are shocked because until this day, they think of Atticus as having no real talents or anything to be proud of. He never touched a gun, to their knowledge, and he did not believe in fighting. Thus, they are very surprised to find out about "One-Shot Finch."

6. What does Atticus do that surprises the children and makes them feel proud? What do they learn about their father from Miss Maudie?

Atticus shoots the mad dog which makes the kids feel proud. Miss Maudie tells the children to not go around and boast about their father because if Atticus wanted others to know, he'd tell them.

6. How does Jem find out the explanation for filling the knot-hole is false? Do think this is the real reason?

Atticus tells Jem that the tree looks healthy. Nathan is most likely trying to stop Boo from communicating with outside forces.

4. When Scout asks Atticus if he is going to win the case, he tells her, "No honey." She then asks him why he is taking on a case that cannot be won. What is his response, and what do you think he is referring to?

Atticus tells Scout that they will lose because they were beat a 100 years before it even started. Atticus is referring to slavery and the residual ideas of the whites being superior to the blacks in their community.

4. What important lesson does Atticus teach Scout about understanding people? How might this lesson help her?

Atticus tells Scout to put herself in their shoes to understand their point of view. This helps her to not be selfish when thinking about things that happen in her life.

4. When Atticus comes into Jem's room before bedtime to speak with the children, what information does he relay to them from Aunt Alexandra? Do you think he believes what Aunt Alexandra has made him say?

Atticus tells the children that Aunt Alexandra has decided (and convinced Atticus) it would be best for the family if she stays with them for "a while," which worries Scout even though she knows there's nothing to be done. No, Scout doesn't believe that Atticus feels this but she does later understand Atticus's need to have his sister involved in their lives.

Uncle Jack Finch

Atticus' brother who is a doctor - spanks Scout for punching Francis and cussing but apologizes later when he finds out why she did it

Jean Louise (Scout)

Atticus' daughter. She is currently nine (9) years old, and is Jem's sister. In addition, To Kill a Mockingbird is told in her point of view. Also, She has earned the nickname "Scout". She is six years old when the story starts. Her mother died when she was about 2 years old at the time.

Aunt Alexandra

Atticus' sister - comes to live with the Finches to give Scout a female role model - thinks Scout should think and act like a girl - won't let Scout visit Cal's house - thinks Atticus should let Cal go

Who is Aunt Alexandra?

Atticus's sister

Tone

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

When the children return home from church, who is waiting for them?

Aunt Alexandra

Who was sitting on the porch at the end of Chapter 12?

Aunt Alexandra

"Well in the first place you never stopped to give me a chance to tell you my side of it- you just lit right into me. Atticus never does that...(Lee 44). This conversation is between...

Aunt Alexandra and Scout

2. What is Aunt Alexandra's major theory concerning human behavior? How does Jem point out the irrationally of it?

Aunt Alexandra argues that the Finches are naturally more respectable and honorable than other folks in town, but Jem quips that most people in town who are not Finches by name are still related in some sense.

"Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand in a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me." Explain.

Aunt Alexandra believed in a lot of the same things as Maycomb (about ways to behave, etc.) but she didn't believe in the things that Jem and Scout liked.

Who was waiting for the children when they came home from the church service?

Aunt Alexandra had, to teach them how to be proper, to mother them, etc.

1. Why does Aunt Alexandra come to visit? How does Scout feel about her arrival?

Aunt Alexandra is Atticus' sister, she goes to visit and live with him. She also hopes that Scout can have a maternal figure in the household since Scout's mom is not there. When she reaches she thinks that Scout is too much of a tomboy and hopes that she can be more feminine. Scout feels like this is a bad idea and does not what Aunt Alexandra to stay with them.

Why does Aunt Alexandra think Atticus should dismiss Calpurnia?

Aunt Alexandra tells Atticus that since she has moved in, they can dismiss Calpurnia. Aunt Alexandra prefers that the children are raised by a white woman and not a black woman.

5. What makes Scout cry while Atticus is talking with her and Jem?

Aunt Alexandra wants the children to know all about the Finch family and uphold its genteel heritage, but Atticus has not introduced them to the entirety of their family history, and instead has told them amusing stories, such as how their cousin Josh went insane at university. Aunt Alexandra tries to pressure Atticus into telling the children why they should behave and "live up to your name." Atticus makes an attempt, but when Scout cries in response to this strange side of her father she has never seen before, he returns to his original principles and finds himself incapable of passing on what Aunt Alexandra deems important. Scout is relieved when her father returns to the same old Atticus, and says she knew what he was trying to do, but that "it takes a woman to do that kind of work."

Who was waiting for the children when they came home from the church service? Why had she come?

Aunt Alexandra was waiting for them. She had come to stay and "help out" while Atticus would be busy with the Robinson trial. She was too be scouts role model

Why did everyone go to the porch instead of the livingroom?

Because Boo was there

Jem said, "I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time... it's because he want to stay inside." Why does he say that?

Because Jem is having a hard time dealing with the confusion of life, so he thinks Boo Radley is trying to avoid that.

Why is it important to determine if Bob Ewell is right-handed or left-handed?

Because Mayella was hit with a left-handed person.

Why does Jem cry after the trial?

Because he is shocked at the injustice of the jury - the guilty vote

What does Mr. Ewell's arrogant attitude seem to say?

Because he is white he has nothing to worry about

Why did Dill say he wanted to be a clown when he grew up?

Because he liked to laugh at people.

Why did Attiucus want the snowman altered?

Because it looked like Mr. Avery

Why did Jem cry when he hear the verdict?

Because it wasn't fair.

What is the real reason Aunt Alexander has came to visit?

Because of the Tom Robinson trail

Why does Scout quit the Boo Radley game?

Because she doesn't like lying to Atticus and assumes he doesn't want them to play anymore. Also she hears a laugh coming from the house. He is becoming human.

Why does Scout do as she is told?

Because she is upset about the past year and the amount of disaproval, tyranny from Calpurnia, and would rather avoid her than to keep chewing the gum and face her.

Why didn't Aunt Alexandra want Scout to invite Walter Cunningham over?

Because she said he was like trash

Why did Cal scold Scout during lunch?

Because she was being rude to Walter and she asked him why he poured molasses all over his food.

3. Why does Atticus make the children leave the house and stand in front of the Radley's house?

Because the fire is closer to their house than the Radley's and also for them to get out of the way of the fire trucks.

Where do the Ewell's live?

Behind the town garbage dump

Who attacked them?

Bob Ewell

Where did the Ewell's live?

Bob Ewell and his children live behind the town garbage dump in a tin-roofed cabin with a yard full of trash.

What happens to Jem and Scout on the way home from the pageant?

Bob Ewell attacks them

Why does Bob Ewell feel so angry with Atticus? Do you think his threat is a real one, and how might he try to "get" Atticus?

Bob Ewell is mad at Atticus because Atticus made Mr. Ewell look bad in front of the entire town. He told the twon that he beat his daughter, Mayella. Even though Tom as found guilty, there are people in town who believed Atticus's story. At this point it is not clear HOW Mr. Ewell will get back at Atticus. As a close reader, I know that the most important thing in the world to Atticus is his children. Maybe Mr. Ewell will do something to Atticus's children as pay-back?

Describe Bob Ewell's meeting with Atticus at the post office.

Bob Ewell wanted to fight with Atticus. Atticus just said he was too old to fight, and he walked away. Bob Ewell threatened to get even.

Where did the banket on Scout's sholders come from?

Boo

Who actually killed Bob Ewell?

Boo

Who protected Scout from the sttacker?

Boo

Who really killed him?

Boo

Who saved them?

Boo

Who was standing in the corner of Jem's room?

Boo

I am the youngest son in the most mysterious family in town

Boo Radley

What do the children call the pretend game they play?

Boo Radley

Who does Atticus reveal to be the person who gave Scout the blanket?

Boo Radley

Who kills Bob Ewell?

Boo Radley

Who saved Jem and Scout? Who killed Bob Ewell?

Boo Radley

Whose perspective does Scout look at the world through in the final chapter of the book?

Boo Radley

New game?

Boo Radley Game: They decide that they want to play this game where they make fun of Boo Radley and act out scenes with him, riducling him. Jem and Dill get Scout to play because they call her scaredy cat and girly and they can because she was too scared to get the tire. She ends up playing Mrs.Radley.

Which two characters most represent mockingbirds?

Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

4. Who do you suppose is responsible for the gifts in the knot-hole? Why do you think this person is leaving these gifts?

Boo Radley is most likely giving these gifts. He is reaching out to them to be friendly most likely because he sees that they are interested in him.

8. What is frightening to the children about the Radley's house? What lives in the house, according to Scout?

Boo Radley is the frightening "malevolent phantom" that lives in the house. An evil ghost.

5. Who put the blanket around Scout's shoulders, and how does Atticus reach this conclusion? What is Scout's reaction when she hears the information?

Boo Radley must have put the blanket on Scout to keep her warm while she was watching the fire. They don't even own a blanket and didn't leave the Radley's house.

What is the second mockingbird metaphor used?

Boo being put to trial for killing Bob Ewell

Why is Heck Tate right to spare Boo the attention and publicity of a trial?

Boo did the town a "favor" by killing Bob

What makes Scout feel sad in the last chapter?

Boo gave them so much, and they never gave anything to him

According to the beginning of the novel, why does Jem think Boo Radley stays inside.

Boo is forced to against his will

What is Jem's new theory about why Boo might not want to come out of his house?

Boo might want to stay inside because he doesn't want to deal with the people of Maycomb

How did Bob Ewell die?

Boo stabbed Ewell with ewell's knife.

What is one of the town myth?

Boo stabbed his father in the leg with scissors

Who was Nathan Radley?

Boo's older brother who kept him inside after his father died.

Why does Calpurnia get lonely?

Both of the kids are at school

What is Scout not allowed to do to Jem at school?

Bother him

What was the importance of Mayella's bruises being primarily on the right-hand side of her face?

Bruises on her right side indicate that a left-handed person inflicted the wounds.

I come to school the first day, but likely will not return

Burris Ewell

Whose hair did the mouse crawl out of?

Burris Ewell's

Burris Ewell

Burris is a child that is also poor. He is rarely clean, and he only shows up for school on the first day. In addition, if Ewell doesn't get what he wants, he will get angry. Furthermore, he owns a pet rat. He is also in Scouts class and has cootie in his hair. He does not know how to spell his own name, because the cootie, Miss Caroline sends him home with a remedy to wash his hair with kerosene. He leaves and tells the teacher he is not coming back.

When Scout asked Mr. Cunningham about his entailments she meant this...

Business affairs

How did Dill get Jem to touch the Radley house?

By calling him a scardey cat and making fun of him.

Chapter 27

By the middle of October, things in Maycomb have mostly settled down. Mr. Ewell gets a job with the WPA, but gets fired for laziness—a feat Scout has never heard of before or since. Brain snack: the Works Progress Administration was created to give unemployed people jobs during the Depression, so a person would have to be a really bad worker to get fired by them. After that Mr. Ewell goes back to picking up his weekly welfare check while blaming Atticus for his unemployment in a really menacing way. Atticus isn't worried, but Judge Taylor is on his guard. Around the same time, Mr. Link Deas gives Helen a job, even though he doesn't have much for her to do. Eventually Mr. Deas finds out that Helen has to go a mile in the wrong direction to avoid the Ewells, who harass her every time she walks by their place. Over Helen's protestations, he walks her home one day. On his way back he stops at the strangely silent Ewell place, and shouts that if he hears about them causing Helen any more trouble they'll be in jail so fast they won't have time to shut the door behind them. The next day, Mr. Ewell follows Helen to work, and Mr. Deas chews him out again; after that the Ewells don't bother her any more. Otherwise, life goes on as usual for Scout. As the end of October approaches, Scout remembers what happened the previous Halloween: the local kids got up a prank on two deaf old ladies, taking all the furniture out of their house and hiding it in their cellar. Talk about trick or treat. The ladies insist on bloodhounds to track down their stolen property, and Mr. Tate obliges, though he has to travel ten miles to get them. After three failed tries to get the bloodhounds to find a trail leading away from the house, Mr. Tate finally realized what had happened. This year, the Maycomb ladies are determined to keep the kids out of trouble, so they've planned a carnival in the high school auditorium. Ugh, adults, right? But Scout decides to go, anyway. Scout soon finds herself pressed into service to play a ham in Mrs. Grace Merriweather's tribute to Maycomb agriculture. Gee, this party sounds awesome. Mrs. Crenshaw makes Scout a ham costume out of wire and cloth, which is convincing if constricting. Neither Atticus nor Aunt Alexandra has the energy to attend the parade of meats, so Scout gives them a preview in the living room and gets Jem to take her over to the high school.

How did Atticus descover the kids were in the coutroom?

Cal came in with a note form Aunt Alexandra saying that the kids were missing and someone said they were in the balcony.

Besides being in charge of "lining" at the church, Zeebo is also..

Cal's son

What does Calpurnia now do which indicates Jem growing up?

Calls him Mister Jem

I taught Scout to write

Calpurnia

Who did Scout learn to write from?

Calpurnia

Who does Scout blame for teaching her how to read?

Calpurnia

Who enters the court at the end of chapter 20?

Calpurnia

Who scolds Scout for making fun of Walter?

Calpurnia

6. Who is Calpurnia? How does Scout describe her? Identify a simile that she uses in her description. (simile is compares 2 things that are alike in some way. To identify a simile it uses "like" or "as".)

Calpurnia is the house maid and was all angles and bones, slim, near sighted, and African American. On simile was, "her hand was as wide as a bed slat and twice as hard."

What does Scout learn about Calpurnia?

Calpurnia leads a double life- with the Finches, she has better grammar and is more proper, and with the balck people she talks and acts like them.

11. In this chapter, Scout and Jem seem to see Calpurnia in a new light. What do they learn about Calpurnia, and how does it change their views about her?

Calpurnia seems to be very different in personality after she stays will her own people at the church.

What was Calpurnia's fault?

Calpurnia's fault was she taught Scout how to write in cursive before she entered the first grade. Scout is annoyed about this because she is now in some hot water with Miss Caroline Fisher.

What was Calpurnia's fault?

Calpurnia's fault was she taught Scout how to write in cursive, Scout is annoyed about this because she gets in trouble with Miss. Caroline Fisher. Miss. Caroline told Scout to tell her father to stop teaching her.

Who did Scout and Jem think was following them?

Cecil

Who scared Scout and Jem?

Cecil

As Scout and Jem walk towards the pageant what happens?

Cecil Jacobs scares them

Identify Cecil Jacobs

Cecil Jacobs was a boy at Scout's school who first made her aware that Atticus was defending a black man.

Explain what happened to Jem and Scout on the way home from the pageant:

Cecil Jones scared them, Scout left her shoes at the school, and Bob Ewell attacked Jem and Scout.

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What is Dill's real name?

Charles Baker Harris

What is his real name?

Charles Baker Harris

Dill

Charles Baker Harris. Nephew to Aunt Rachel and summer companion to Scout and Jem

What did Jem see while he was on the Radley porch?

Chickens

According to Mayella, what task did she ask Tom to do for her that night?

Chop up the Chifforbe.

At what time of the year does Uncle Jack come to visit?

Christmas

What does Mr. Dophus Raymond have in the paper bag?

Coca-Cola

What best describes Mr. Ewell's attitude during the trial?

Cocky and rude

What did Scout and Dill discover Dolphus Raymond drank from the paper sack?

Coke

What are the Ewells famous for?

Coming to the first day of school and never coming back

How does Heck Tate describe Bob Ewell?

Constantly pestering a new person, he wouldn't show his face to Scout and Jem in the daylight

What special treat does Calpurnia make for Scout?

Crackling bread

What was the purpose of Walter Cunningham's mob?

Cunningham's mob wanted to get to Tom Robinson to inflict their own justice upon him. If that meant they had to beat up Atticus, they were willing to do that.

Polysyndeton

Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible both use extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy"

What does Miss Gates teach Scout's class?

Democracy

They sneak into the Radley's back yard with the goal of peeping in one of the windows to get a look at Boo. Scout and Jem hold up Dill so that he can look in the window, but all he sees are curtains and "a little teeny light way off somewhere." They move on to the back porch,where Jem carefully tiptoes up to look in another window.

Describe what Jem, Scout, and Dill do in the Radley yard at the beginning of the chapter.

Atticus's wife

Died when Scout was two years old, from a heart attack

I visit my Aunt Rachel almost every summer

Dill

What did Scout find under her bed?

Dill

Who asked Scout to marry him?

Dill

Who cried at the end of Chapter 19 and needed to go outside to settle down?

Dill

Who was especially curious about the Radley's?

Dill

What do Dill and Scout learn from Mr. Raymond?

Dill and Scout learn that people aren't always as they appear to be. They learn that Mr. Raymond lives as he does because that's simply what he wants to do. Since people could never accept that, he gives them a "reason to latch onto" so they can accept his behavior. (One might note that Boo Radley does as he pleases, but gives people no reason to latch onto, and people make up their own reasons, no matter how ridiculous.)

What did Dill dare Jem to do, and why?

Dill dared Jem to touch the Radley house, because he said that Jem was a scaredy cat

What did Dill dare Jem to do?

Dill dared Jem to touch the Radley house.

Why did Dill run away from home back to Maycomb?

Dill had everything a boy could want, except his parents didn't spend any time with him. He didn't feel like they needed him.

Why does Dill say that he will be a clown when he grows up? Do you think he would keep this ambition for long?

Dill says he wants to be a clown, because he doesn't like the way people treat others. He doesn't like people being cruel, and wants to change that. He wants to be a clown because they make people laugh. He probably won't keep up this ambition for long, because it would be hard to find reasons to laugh. He will probably change his mind.

Why did Dill and Scout leave for a little bit during the trial?

Dill was upset

What book does Scout remember she had left in Miss Maudie's house?

Dill's Tom Swift book

What was Tom convicted of in the past?

Disorderly conduct

What radical thign does Jem do to Mrs. DuBose?

Distroys her flower garden

Who was Dolphus Raymond and what was unusual about him?

Dolphus Raymond was a white man with mixed childeren; he had mixed childeren and drank beer out of a coco cola bottle in a brown paper bag.

Where does Atticus take the extension cord and light bulb?

Down to the jail to keep watch

When did Dill first leave?

Early September

Resolution

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

What was the significance of Mr. Underwood's editorial?

Even though Mr. Underwood hates colored people, he believes it's a sin to kill, no matter the circumstances

Chapter 4

Every day Scout runs by the Radley Place to get home after school. One day she notices something, and works up the nerve to go back and look at it. A tree at the edge of the Radley yard has some tinfoil stuck to a knothole, and inside the hole Scout finds two pieces of chewing gum. She takes it home, and, after some testing to try to make sure it's not poisoned, she chews it. Jem's not too pleased with this and makes her spit it out... and then gargle. Finally, it's summer. Hooray! School's out! On their way home, they find another piece of tinfoil in the same knothole, and behind it a jewelry box, decorated with more tinfoil, containing two Indian-head pennies. Should they keep it? Chewing gum is one thing, but money is another entirely. Soon Dill shows up, full of stories. They're already bored, so Dill kick things up a notch by saying he can smell death, and tells Scout that her end is nigh. She tells him to shut it, and Jem mocks both of them for being (or pretending to be) superstitious. They horse around a little, and Scout ends up flying down the sidewalk in a tire (don't ask), which ends up dumping her in ... The Radleys' front yard. Thanks to this adventure, Jem invents a new game: acting out the life and times of Boo Radley. The game starts out simple, but gets more and more complex as the summer goes on. Atticus gives this game the side-eye, but he doesn't explicitly forbid them from doing it since he doesn't know for sure what they're doing. But Scout isn't so sure. She's pretty convinced that when she got dumped out of the tire she heard someone laughing inside the Radley house.

When does Jem read to Mrs. DuBose?

Everyday after school and on saturdays for 2 hour for a month

7. What is the significance of the alarm clock by Mrs. Dubose's bed? What does Scout suddenly notice about it?

Everyday the alarm clock goes off later and later which means Mrs. Dubose took the morphine less and less as time went on. She was going through a withdraw.

When the kids finally sneaked to the courthouse, what was it like?

Everyone was haveing picnics and almost the whole town was there.

Why didnt the Ewells have to go to school?

Ewells didnt have to go to school because they were members of their own society, and the townspeople of Maycomb let them bypass certain state and government laws. the father did not care if they went or not as long as they worked in the fields. And the whole family broke rules.If the truant officer enforced the laws for the Ewells, Mr. Ewell would probably be jailed. Without their father, wretched as he was, the children would be worse off than if they simply did not go to school. Because the Ewell children's home life was so unusual, the authorities bent the rules for them.

True or False: A group of men came to the Finch house to speak with Atticus about the Tom Robinson case. This did not make Scout and Jem uneasy at all.

False

True or False: All the members of Calpurnia's church could read?

False

True or False: At the beginning of Chapter 10, Jem and Scout describe Atticus as a very athletic man who loves to hunt and stay active?

False

True or False: At the beginning of chapter 26, Jem started to play football and proved to be the star of the team.

False

True or False: At the end of Chapter 23, Jem feels more like a baby than ever. He thought he was growing up, but quickly decided that he was still a little boy!

False

True or False: Atticus's response to Bob Ewell was to hit him with his right fist.

False

True or False: Aunt Alexandra was in favor of Scout going to Calpurnia's house the following Sunday?

False

True or False: Dolphus Raymond spotted Jem and Scout in the balcony and quickly ran up to tell Atticus that they were there.

False

True or False: It snowed in Maycomb county, but the kids were not able to make a snow man because the snow was too watered down.

False

True or False: Jem and Scout were not allowed to stay at the courthouse and hear the final verdict.

False

True or False: Jem was unsuccessful in retrieving his pants from the fence

False

True or False: Mr. Radley shot Jem with a shotgun.

False

True or False: Scout finds some gum in a hole in a tree on the school playground.

False

True or False: Scout found a snake under her bed?

False

True or False: Scout had to dress up like a cow for the Halloween pageant.

False

True or False: Scout though it was a great idea for her, Jem and Dill to sneak over to the Radley's house.

False

True or False: Scout, Jem and Dull made it safely into Boo's house.

False

True or False: Simon Finch, Scout's father, sells cotton

False

True or False: The Cunningham's were not harshly affected by the Depression

False

True or False: The Finches live in Meridian, Alabama

False

True or False: The church hymn books were a gift from the town's mayor.

False

True or False: Very few citizens of Maycomb stayed to hear the verdict. They had better things to do.

False

True or False: When Chapter 7 begins, Scout felt that the 2nd grade was much better than 1st grade.

False

True or False: When Tom Robinson stood up, it was clear that he had two strong arms

False

What did Atticus and Walter Cunningham discuss over lunch?

Farm and crops

Mood

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

What did Aunt Alexandra want to do with Cal?

Fire her.

Point of view of the novel

First person

Explain the two mistakes Miss Caroline makes in the first day of school:

First she tries to give Walter Cunningham money to pay back later, that he couldn't pay back because he was too poor, and then she tried to tell Burris Ewell what to do, not knowing that the Ewells were trash.

How do Miss Maudie and Scout support Aunt Alexandra?

Follow her in putting on a happy face

What happens to Jem as he leaves the Radley's place?

He guts stuck under the high-wire fence and pulls off his pants to get loose.

How did Heck Tate find Ewell?

He had a knife in his chest.

Why didn't Dill come to spend the summer?

He had a new step father.

What was Tom's handicap? Why was it important to his case?

He had a shriveled and crippled arm, which meant that he couldn't have choked Mayella and made the hand-print bruises around her neck.

What was worng with the dog that Jem saw down the street?

He had rabis.

What was Jem's punishment?

He had to read to Mrs. Dubose every day

What was Jem's punishment for distroying Mrs. BuBose flower garden?

He had to read to her

What was Jem's punishment?

He had to repair the damage as well as he could, and he had to read to Mrs. Dubose each afternoon after school for a month.

What does Dill look like?

He has blue shorts that botton to his shirt, his hair is snow white and stuck to his head and he has blue eyes.

What could be said about Mr. Dolphus Raymond?

He has mixed children, his fiance killed herself, he drinks from a paper bag, he lives with a Black woman

According to Dill, why hasn't Boo Radley run off?

He has nowhere to go

What happened to Judge Taylor when he was in his study?

He heard a scratching noise, thought it was his dog, but when he went to let his dog out, the screen was broken and he saw a shadow creeping around the corner.

Why did Jem stop several times on the way home?

He heard something

Why did Jem start to run?

He heard the person following them start to run.

Charles Baker (Dill) Harris

He is Rachel Haverford's Nephew. Up to this point, he is currently six years old, going on seven. he can read and he currently lives in the state of Mississippi. Furthermore, he has earned the nickname "Dill", and his mother works as a photographer. has no father. plays with them in summertime.

What special talent do Jem and Scout learn Atticus possesses?

He is a great shot with a gun

What is Atticus's profesion?

He is a lawyer

Based on Mayella's testimony, what can we assume about her relationship with her father?

He is abusive

Why did Jem ruin Mrs. Dubose's camellias?

He is angry about what she said about Atticus

Jem Finch

He is currently thirteen years old at the time. He is Atticus' son, and Scout's brother. In addition,He likes to play football. Broke his arm- start of story and end of story. His full name is Jeremy and he is four years older than his sister Scout.

7. Up to this point in the novel, Boo has been perceived as lunatic or monster. What evidence in the past 2 chapters indicates that he is not at all the threatening figure that people have made him out to be? (So what evidence can you find in chapters 7 and 6)

He is kind: gifts in the tree, pants, blanket, Miss Maudie's word.

What does Miss Caroline say about Atticus

He is not a good teacher

What does Atticus do to Mayella which upsets her - probably due to the fact that it's never happened to her before?

He is poliet to her and treats her with respect

What does he look like now?

He is shorter, a bit fatter, and wears boy clothes not his bright blue trousers

11. As Atticus speaks about Mrs. Dubose's bravery, what lesson is he attempting to teach Jem?

He is trying to teach Jem that even though Mrs. Dubose seemed like a cruel lady, there was so much more going on that was hidden.

How did his father punish him?

He kept him locked up in the house.

What does Dill do right before he leaves?

He kisses Scout.

Why doesn't Walter accept Ms. Caroline's money?

He knows that he cannot pay her back

What did Jem learn from his encounter with Mrs. Dubose and following her death?

He learned taht bravery isn't a man with a gun in his hand, but a person who will see something through no matter what, despite the fact that they know that they have lost the battle even before they have begun.

What did Jem learn from his encounter with Mrs. Dubose and following her death?

He learned that people aren't always what they seem, that one can't understand someone else until one has all the facts, and, most importantly, that there is a different kind of courage than physical courage.

What did Mr. Underwood's editorial say?

He likened Tom's death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children.

How did he make sure he recieved this money?

He locked the doors to the Church.

7. What prompts Reverend Sykes to order the doors to be closed and that no one be allowed to leave for a period of time?

He locks the doors so no one could leave the church without making a donation to Tom Robinsons wife Helen because Tom had died and Helen did not have a job.

2. What happens to Jem's pants? What excuse does Dill make up to explain the situation?

He looses them in a wire fence when he's trying to run away. Dill says he won them in a game of strip poker.

How did Atticus make Bob prove if he was left-handed or right-handed?

He makes him write his name

4. As Jem and Scout drink hot chocolate with their father after the fire, Scout notices Atticus looking at her with curiosity and sternness. What does he see? How does Scout react?

He notices that she is wearing a blanket that doesn't belong to them and thinks that she has wandered away from the Radley's house.

What offer does Atticus give Calpurnia as night falls? How does she respond?

He offers to let her stay for the night. She declines.

Why did Scout say that his handling of the situation was unfair?

He only listened to Francis's side of the story.

How did Uncle Jack punish Scout?

He pinned her down.

What does Walter do that Scout thinks is odd?

He pours syrup all over his food

How does Mr. Avery escape Miss Maudie's house?

He pushes through the upstairs window onto the upstairs porch, and while sliding down a pillar, he slips and falls into the bushes.

What is Atticus' reaction to Ewell's threats?

He rationally understands that Ewell is upset, and he allows Mr. Ewell the right to be upset. However, he does not believe that Bob Ewell would actually do any terrible physical harm to anyone.

What does Jem realize

He realizes his strength and capability! This is like Lizabeth when she finds out hers

5. Jem has decided that what he, Scout, and Dill did was wrong. What might account for Jem's change of heart? How does Scout feel about it?

He regrets being reckless and realizes that he was endangering them all since Nathan Radley shot at them.

8. One evening, Atticus is summoned to Mrs. Dubose's house. What does he reveal to Jem and Scout when he returns?

He reveals that Mrs. Dubose had just died a few minutes ago and a box given to Scout as a present.

How did Jem get even with Scout for contradicting him about "Hot Steams".

He rolled her in a tire into the Radley's front porch

Who is Mr. Underwood?

He runs and owns the newspaper

What did Mr. Underwood's editorial say?

He said it was a sing to kill cripples, and compared it to the senseless slaughtering of songbirds by hunters and children.

What was Tom's side of the story?

He said that this didn't even happen recently, that he had chopped up a chiffarobe last year, and that he helped Miss Mayella often. Last year, he had done to chop it up but Mayella came onto him and kissed him, and Bob Ewell caught them so he ran away.

What were Atticus' closing remarks to the jury?

He said there was no medical evidence to suggest that Mayella had been raped, that the only evidence was the questionable testimony of two witnesses. He painted a picture of Mayella as a victim of poverty and ignorance, a lonely young woman who tempted and kissed a Negro and then had to get rid of him, the evidence, of her crime against society's unspoken laws. He tried to remind the jury of Thomas Jefferson's words that "all men are created equal," and that their job as a jury was to give a fair trial to the defendant.

What did Atticus decide about whether or not to let the kids stay?

He said they had to go home and eat, but after that they could come back.

What were Atticus' closing remarks to the jury?

He said to put all of their biases aside and judge the case fairly, so that their ruling might be fair and true.

What reason does Atticus give the kids for defending Tom Robinson?

He says he wouldn't be able to tell them what to do anymore if he didn't

What does Jem say about the Indian head coins?

He says that they are really special since their so old They bring good luck in long living and passing 6 week tests

Why does Nathan Radley say he is filling the knot-hole?

He says the tree is dying. We know that it is real because he does not want Boo giving the kids presents anymore.

What does Jem do when he see's Scout?

He screams at her for 1. going to the Radleys place 2. touching a Radley tree 3. eating things off the ground or in trees

What brave thing does Atticus do in chapter 10? Why are Scout and Jem shocked?

He shoots Tim Johnson the dog, and Jem and Scout are shocked, because they thought he was too old to do anything.

Describe Bob Ewell's meeting with Atticus by the post office and state Atticus' response:

He spat in Atticus' face and said he would kill him, but Atticus just wiped his face off and started to walk away. Bob Ewell aske dif Atticus was too scared to fight, and Atticus said "No, too old."

What act of violence did Boo Radley do to his father?

He stabbed him in the leg with scissors

According to Miss. Stefanie, how did Arthur attack his father 10 years later?

He stabbed him in the leg with scissors.

Tell about Simon Finch

He started out in Philidalphia and moved to South Carolina. He was an apothocary and came from England because of religion and founded Finch's landing.

How does Jem react when he realizes who gave Scout the blanket?

He tells Atticus about the knothole, his mysteriously sown pants, and all the other secrets Scout, Dill, and he had about the Radleys.

How does Atticus convince Scout to keep going to school?

He tells her they will still read together every night.

How does Atticus make Jem quiet at the end of the chapter?

He tells him that he wanted to be lawyer.

7. When Jem finally comes in, Scout notices he's been crying. Why do you think he was crying?

He thinks Boo Radley is actually a good person.

Why didn't Atticus see this attack coming?

He thought that Bob had got it all out and if Bob were to go after anyone, it would be him

Why were the childeren afarid of Mr. Ewell?

He threatened to kill Atticus.

How did Link Deas take care of this problem?

He threatened to turn Mr. Ewell in

What did Jem do with the candy box?

He threw it in the fire.

Expalin how Jem "broke the remaining code of our childhood".

He told Atticus that Dill was there

How did Uncle Jack manage to pull the splinter form Scout's foot wihtout pain?

He told her a story about a fat priest who did not like going to Church and he pulled it out while she was laughing at his story.

What did Jem do when Mrs. Dubose said Atticus "lawed for ******s?"

He took Scout's birthday baton and, waving it madly, cut the tops off of all of Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes.

How did Jem loose his pants?

He took them off to free himself from the fense

What did Jem decide to do with the two pennies that they found in the knothole?

He took them to school and saw if they belonged to anyone.

Why was cousin Joshua locked up?

He tried to kill the presedent.

What did Heck Tate tell everyone happened to Mr. Ewell?

He tripped on a root and fell onto the knife.

What is Mr. Avery's "performance" that Scout, Jem, and Dill have witnessed only once?

He urinated in an arc from his front porch.

What trouble did Arthur Radley get into when he was younger?

He used bad language aroung females, disorderly conduct, disturbed peace, assult and battery, locked the sheriff in the outhouse and stole a car. ( and stabbed his dad.)

What do Scout and Jem learn about Atticus that surprises them?

He used to shoot and was the best shot in Maycomb

Why did Dill run away from home back to Maycomb?

He wanted to testify on behalf of Tom Robinson.

What does Jem mean when he says he does not want to "waste the snow"?

He wants to build a snowman, but there is not enough snow to do it. So, he does not want to use any snow so that there can be enough to build the snowman.

Why does Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife?

He wants to protect Boo Radley

"I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley stayed shut up in the house all this time....It's because.......... How does Jem finish this sentence?

He wants to stay inside

Why did Scout think Atticus was "feeble", old?

He was 50 and didn't od much but read.

What was Jem's description of Boo?

He was 6.5 feet tall, ate raw squirrels and cats, had blood atained hands because of it, had a long scar across his face, he had yellow teeth, his eyes popped out of his head and he druled.

Describe and identify Cecil Jacobs:

He was a boy who made fun of Scout at school because he said that Atticus defended black people and got into a fight with her.

Dill and plays

He was a master at faking roles and becoming people he was not. That is entire life. A fake role. He acts in one way to gain attention and friends

What did Cecil say about Atticus?

He was a negro lover.

Why did Jem refuse to go home?

He was afarid for Atticus.

What was Scout and Jem's cousin Francis like?

He was full of himself and not very nice.

What happened when he did this?

He was in the exersize place and ran for the fence, he was almost over it when he got shot.

Why does Jem cry after the trial?

He was shocked by the injustice of the jury.

Atticus Finch

He was the father of his son, Jem, and his daughter, Jean Louise (Scout). He worked as a lawyer. He is Scouts father and is one of the most well known people in Maycomb. He is a lawyer and in the first years of practice studied Economics. He also supported and helped get his brother through Medical school. He was born in Maycomb and was related to almost everyone in Maycomb.

Why did Tom run away from prison?

He was tired of white man's chances and decided to take his own.

What did the doctor say was wrong with Jem?

He was unconsious and he broke his arm

What changed about Dill when he came for the second summer?

He was wearing short shorts with a belt, he was heavier, no taller and claimed that he saw his father.

What happened to Tom Robinson?

He went crazy and lost hope and tried to run away, so he was shot seventeen times and killed.

What did Dill say how Jem lost his pants?

He won them by playing poker, but not with cards with matches.

If Atticus ever prohibited Scout, Jem, and Dill from playing Boo Radley, how would Jem find a way around it?

He would change the names of the characters.

What did Bob Ewell say he would do to Atticus in the future?

He would kill him.

How did Mr. Underwood express his feelings about Tom's death?

He wrote two newspaper articles on how it was unnecisary and not right.

Why does the attorney emphasizes what Tom said?

He's a black and she's a white

How does Jem react to the verdict?

He's upset and angry

What does this show about Dill?

He's young and has little experience in the world

Who comes to the door at the beginning of chapter 15?

Heck Tate

Why did Heck Tate and the other men come to see Atticus?

Heck Tate went to tell Atticus that Tom Robinson was being transferred. The other men gathered in Atticus' front yard to show their support for him.

Why did Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife?

Heck figured out that Arthur had killed Bob Ewell, and he saw no sense in dragging the "hero" through a nasty, public ordeal. He thought it would be better to "let the dead bury the dead."

What happened to Helen Robinson?

Helen Robinson walked the long way around to work to avoid the Ewell house because they "chunked at her" when she used the public road. Mr. Link Deas escorted Helen on the public road and threatened the Ewells. After that she had no trouble.

who was Mayella afraid of?

Her dad

What was Scout's first "crime" at school? Do you think it was really a problem?

Her first "crime" was knowing how to read and write, and this wasn't a real problem because it just showed that Scout was a smarty pants.

Atticus spends a great deal of time discussing Mayella's injuries. What does he seem to want to reveal?

Her injuries are only on he right side and a doctor was never called

3. The novel is set in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930's, during the Great Depression. What indicates that most of the towns people are poor?

Her relative Simon Finch found land, grew cotton, and continued to live on the land until Atticus Finch came along, which indicates that the towns people are poor.

What side of Mayella's face was injured?

Her righ side

What happens when Scout lets a snowflake fall on her tongue? Why?

Her tongue begins to burn. The snow is so cold that it is hot.

What are some of Scout's "complaints" about her father?

His is to old, he wears glasses, never goes out hunting , and doesn't smoke

What is so imporatnt about Tom Robinson's physical appearance?

His left hand is useless

Why did Dill runaway?

His mother and new step father were ignoring him.

What did Jem go back out to get?

His pants

What does Jem tell Scout about last night?

His pants were laid across the fence and sown as if someone had expected him to come back.

He gives her a legal definition, which she does not understand: "...rape [is] carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent." He wisely decides that she is still too young to be burdened with the knowledge of what rape is.

How does Atticus explain rape to Scout?

Skeptical of Nathan Radley's explanation, Jem asks Atticus to look at the tree and tell him if it appears to be dying. Atticus replies, "Why no, son, I don't think so. Look at the leaves, they're all green and full, no brown patches anywhere...That tree's as healthy as you are, Jem."

How does Jem find out that the explanation for filling the knot-hole is false?

Scout, on the other hand, is still very much a child. She cannot understand Jem's newfound moral realization: "It was then, I suppose, that Jem and I first began to part company. Sometimes I did not understand him, but my periods of bewilderment were short-lived. This was beyond me."

How does Scout feel about it?

: "...every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley's insane fingers picking the wire to pieces...." Scout uses personification in the last phrase of her description: "the chinaberry trees were malignant, hovering, alive."

How does she describe her sleepless night? Identify an example of personification in her description.

When Jem and Scout go into town, people whisper about them and make remarks behind their backs, such as, "There's his chillun" or "Yonder's some Finches." Jem and Scout overhear one man say, "They c'n go loose and rape up the countryside for all of 'em who run this county care," a reference to Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson.

How is the trial affecting the children's weekly visits to town? What are people saying?

While Tom is standing on the chair, what does Tom say Mayella did?

Hugged him around the legs, he falls then she hugs and kisses him

What is Mr. Bob Ewell allowed to do that others aren't?

Hunt out of season

Mrs. Dubose is the meanest person that ever lived. This is an example of

Hyperbole

Asyndeton example

I came, I saw, I conquered

What book did Jem take with him?

I didn't get this one either, could you fill it out too??????

Why does Jem want to get his pants back?

If he doesn't, Mr. Nathan Radley will find them and show them to Atticus. Atticus has never whipped Jem before, and Jem wants to keep it like that.

How does Miss Maudie respond when Scout asks her if Boo is crazy?

If he wasn't crazy then, he is crazy now, especially with the fact that he has been indoors and secluded from society for a long time.

What agreement does Atticus make with Scout?

If she agrees to go to school, he will continue to read to her in the evenings

What deal does Atticus make with Scout?

If she goes to school, he will secretly read with her

What is Atticus' definition of courage?

If you know you will lose before you begin and you see it through anyways

How is Scout dressed when she and Jem walk home and why?

In her costume; because she was embarrassed

Where does Little Chuck keep his mouse?

In his hair

As Scout waits for the verdict, she thinks of earlier events. What are these and how do they remind us of the novel's central themes?

In the beginning of the novel, Scout witnesses a dog being shot by her father. She remembers the fire in Mrs. Maudies house and the courtroom when Tom Robinson was pronounced guilty. These are all events that Scout could not help stop because she had no power in them. Sicne she is young she can't understand how all of these events go together but the reader can make the connection that all these events are times when she had no power over situations.

Where was Mr. Avery stuck during the fire?

In the window.

What is the significance of the last line of Chapter 27?

Indicates it will be a long, eventful night

10. Beginning with the line, "The misery of that house began many years before Jem and I were born," Scout tells the reader the sad history of the Radley family. Briefly summarize what happened to the family.

It all started when they kept all to themselves and didn't talk to anyone in the community. They didn't go to Church and Boo got in trouble and was released to his father on the condition that Boo never caused any trouble again. This is why Boo has never truly been seen.

What did the note say?

It asked him to come out and say what he did while he was locked up in his house and they wouldn't hurt him, but buy him icecream.

What happened to Miss maudie's house? What was her reaction?

It burnt down, and she didn't care and was actually kind of happy because she hated being indoors so much, she just liked her garden.

3. What does Atticus mean when he says, "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience?"

It doesn't change how you feel about it. For example, if you thought a rule was wrong before, having a majority vote it into law doesn't change the fact that you still feel it is wrong.

How does Scout describe Miss Maudie's voice?

It is "enough to shut anybody up".

2. The novel's title, To Kill A Mocking Bird, is reference in this chapter. In what context is it presented?

It is a sin to kill a mocking bird because all they do is sing to make people happy.

Why does Miss Maudie not enjoy the snow?

It is destroying her plants.

For what reason does Scout say that the world is ending?

It is snowing outside.

What causes the "shiny clean line" on the otherwise "dull wire" of Scout's costume?

It punctured Bob Ewell's body during the attack

What was the significance of Calpurnia's two little cakes and one large one?

It showed that Jem was growing up.

As Scout leaves the Radley porch, she looks out at the neighborhood and recounts the events of the last few years from the Radley's perspective. Why is this important in analyzing Scout's character?

It shows how Scout has matured since the beginning of the book.

What is unusual about how long it takes the jury to reach a jury to reach a verdict?

It usually takes much longer, which means there was doubts of convicting Tom within the jury

Why does Atticus say they can't shoot mockingbirds?

It's a sin because they don't harm anybody

Chapter 28

It's a warm but windy moonless evening as Jem and Scout walk from their house to the high school, Jem carrying Scout's ham costume. The kids joke about "haints," which no longer seem scary now that they're so grown up. As they pass through a field, someone leaps out at them with a light. Eek! Oh, it's only Cecil Jacobs. They all head over the auditorium, and Scout wriggles into her slightly mashed ham costume. But she falls asleep and misses her cue, earning a big scolding from Mrs. Merriweather. Scout doesn't want to face anyone after her goof, so she keeps her ham costume on for anonymity. Not that dressing as a giant ham is a great way to ensure anonymity. They leave the school to go back the way they came, through the midnight-black field. Scout realizes she's forgotten her shoes. When they turn back to get them the lights at the school go off, and Jem tells her she'll have to go back tomorrow. Jem seems nervous about something, and tells Scout to shush for a while. Scout tells him she's too old to play these games. It's not a game. Jem tells her he hears something when they're walking, but it stops when they do. Jem says it's probably just Cecil. How can Cecil can see them in the darkness? The fat streaks in her ham are made with reflective paint. Scout shouts a teasing comment at Cecil Jacobs, but doesn't get any response. It's weird for Cecil to delay the payoff of a prank for so long. Can Scout take off her costume? She thinks so, but she's not wearing much under it. Jem has her dress, but she can't put it on in the dark. And then Scout realizes that Jem knows their stalker isn't Cecil, but he's pretending he thinks it is so as not to scare her. Then the stalker runs towards them, and it's not a kid. It's a man. Jem screams at Scout to run, but she's off-kilter in her ham costume and she falls to the ground. There's fighting, but Scout can't see. More fighting, and then a crunch and a scream from Jem. Scout runs back towards Jem and crashes into a man's stomach. The man squeezes her until she can barely breathe, but suddenly falls backwards; Scout thinks Jem must have gotten up. The night is quiet again, except for the sound of a man wheezing. Scout calls out Jem's name, but he doesn't answer. Eventually Scout realizes that there's two men under the tree besides her and Jem. She says Atticus's name hesitatingly, but still gets no answer. The man walks towards the road, and Scout goes to where he had been, looking for Jem. Instead she finds a man lying on the ground smelling of booze. Scout finally makes her way over the road, and in the light of the street lamp Scout sees a man carrying Jem, whose arm is hanging at an unnatural angle. The man heads to the Finch house, where Atticus lets him in. There's a bunch of running around, and Atticus and Alexandra call a doctor and the sheriff, in that order. Aunt Alexandra de-hams Scout and asks her what happened, but Scout says she doesn't know. Dr. Reynolds arrives and tends to Jem's broken arm and concussion, and then to Scout, who's also gotten knocked around the head. In Jem's room, Scout sees Atticus, Aunt Alexandra, and a man she doesn't know. Mr. Tate arrives with news: he's found a pink dress, some pieces of ham-colored cloth—and the corpse of Bob Ewell, who's been stabbed to death.

Chapter 15

It's arranged that Dill can stay in Maycomb for the summer. After an uneventful week, one evening Mr. Heck Tate knocks on the front door of the Finch house. Some men want Atticus to step outside. The bits of the conversation Scout can hear are about Tom Robinson: Tate doesn't want to keep him in the town jail the night before the trial starts. There are some back-and-forth threats, and then Atticus says that he's going to make sure that the truth gets told. Tension rises, until Jem shouts that the telephone's ringing. Atticus tells him to answer it, causing the men—whom Scout now recognizes as people she sees every day—to go off laughing. Was that a gang? Nope, Atticus says. Those were their friends. Yeah, some friends. What about the Ku Klux Klan? They're gone and will never come back. (Sadly, not true. They came back in the 1950s, when the Civil Rights Movement took off.) Sunday comes, and Scout sees some men at church who don't usually attend, including Mr. Heck Tate and Mr. Underwood, the editor of The Maycomb Tribune. Tom Robinson has arrived at the Maycomb jail. The evening, something weird happens: Atticus comes into the living room with a light bulb and an extension cord. He says that he's going out for a while and won't be back till after the kids are in bed. Strange event #2: Atticus takes the car, instead of walking like he usually does. Obviously, the kids sneak out to follow him. Finally they see him in front of the jail, reading by the light of the light bulb he went off with. Four cars drive up. Atticus puts down his newspaper, and Scout thinks that he seems to be expecting these visitors. The kids hide in a nearby doorway and overhear a man telling Atticus to move away from the door and let them through. Atticus tells them to go home and that Heck Tate's nearby. Another man says that they decoyed Tate out into the woods. He's not coming back any time soon. There's some threatening talk, and Scout can't take it: she runs out to Atticus. For a moment Atticus looks afraid when he sees Scout, and Scout's upset, too: these aren't the same men as last night. Atticus tells Jem to take Scout and Dill home, but Jem doesn't want to. Father and son face off. One of the men grabs Jem, and Scout kicks him right where it counts, making him back off. Finally, Scout sees a familiar face: Mr. Cunningham. And she starts talking. She asks him about his entailment, tells him to say hi to Walter for her, and keeps prattling away until his lack of answers really starts to get to her. Just then, Mr. Cunningham squats down and tells Scout that he's going to give Walter her message. He tells the other men that they're going to leave, and they do. Whew! A voice comes from above: Tom Robinson is asking if the men have gone. From across the square, another voice: Mr. Underwood has been playing sniper backup from The Maycomb Tribune office. Atticus and Mr. Underwood talk for a while, and then Atticus and the kids take Atticus's stuff to his car to go home. Scout thinks Jem is going to get royally chewed out for following Atticus into town, but her dad actually just rubs his head affectionately. Adults. They are so weird.

Chapter 24

It's the end of August, and Aunt Alexandra is hosting a missionary tea at the Finch house. Brain snack: a missionary tea is just a church fund-raising activity to support missionary or charitable projects. Unusually, she's letting Calpurnia serve, rather than controlling every detail like she usually does. Doubly unusually, Scout is indoors—Jem is occupied in teaching Dill to swim, and they're skinny-dipping so they won't let her come along. Scout offers to help Calpurnia serve, and gets to carry in the silver coffee pitcher. Aunt Alexandra, pleased Scout is (1) wearing a pink dress, and (2) managing to carry something without spilling it, asks her to join them. Miss Stephanie Crawford asks Scout if she wants to be a lawyer when she grows up, since she's already taken to attending trials. Scout tries to be polite, but Miss Stephanie keeps needling her. So finally, Scout replies that she doesn't want to be a lawyer, just a lady. Ooh, burn. Scout takes up conversation with Mrs. Grace Merriweather, who had reported to the group on the Mruna tribe, whom J. Grimes Everett is trying to convert to Christianity. J. Grimes Everett's saintly behavior is apparently Mrs. Merriweather's favorite topic, and she goes on about him at great length. Eventually Mrs. Merriweather is distracted by a conversation going on next to her. She makes a comment about the need to "forgive and forget," and to help an unknown woman "lead a Christian life for those children from here on out" (24.36). Scout asks if she's talking about Mayella Ewell, but Mrs. Merriweather says no, she's talking about Helen Robinson (though she doesn't actually know the woman's name). Mrs. Merriweather talks about how distressing it is when the colored help is cranky about something, and how it's important to remind them that Jesus was never cranky about anything so they should strive to do the same. Mrs. Farrow replies that there's nothing white people can do to change the inherent immoral nature of the black man. Unless they're trying to convert them in Africa, apparently. Mrs. Merriweather continues that she won't name names, but there are some "good but misguided" (24.47) people in Maycomb who think they're helping but are really just making trouble. Miss Maudie breaks in to say, "His food doesn't stick going down, does it?" (24.48), and a daydreaming Scout can tell she's very angry, though she doesn't understand why. Aunt Alexandra smooths things over with more cake, and turns the conversation in less dangerous directions, while also shooting Miss Maudie a thank-you look which Scout notices but again does not understand. (Translation: Mrs. Merriweather was smack-talking Atticus, and Miss Maudie put her in her place.) Scout wonders if she'll ever be able to function in this world of ladies whose rules make so little sense to her, especially compared to the male world. Finally, Atticus comes home. He's not looking too good. In the kitchen, he tells Scout, Aunt Alexandra, and Miss Maudie that Tom Robinson is dead. He tried to climb over the prison fence right in front of the guards and was shot, no fewer than seventeen times.After Atticus leaves with Calpurnia to tell Helen, a stunned Aunt Alexandra and Miss Maudie sit in the kitchen with Scout. Aunt Alexandra is mad at the town that puts the responsibility of doing the right thing on Atticus's because they're too scared to do it themselves. Miss Maudie says that "the handful of people in this town with background" (24.81) share the principles he's working to uphold, and are grateful to Atticus for fighting on the side of the angels. Aunt Alexandra composes herself and they go back in to face the tea party, acting as if nothing is wrong. Scout joins them in their effort to keep up a ladylike attitude.

What is Scout's Uncle's name?

Jack

Scout

Jean Louise Finch - a tomboy who likes to fight

Scout

Jean Louise Finch. Narrator of to Kill a Mockingbird. Younger sibling of Jem and daughter of Atticus Finch

Chapter 3

Jean Louise catches Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard and beats him up for being the reason she got in trouble, but Jem stops her. She explains to Jem (who calls her Scout, so we will too) what happened. Jem invites Walter to come home for lunch with Scout and him. At the Finch house, Atticus talks to Walter about farming, while Jem and Scout listen half-comprehendingly. Walter asks for molasses, which he proceeds to pour all over his food. Scout is all, "What?," and he stops in embarrassment. Calpurnia calls Scout into the kitchen, where she gives her a lecture on hospitality—Walter's a guest and so he can basically do whatever he wants. The kids go back to school, and Scout grumps silently about Calpurnia's lecture. She's called back to the here and now by a shriek from Miss Caroline, who's seen a "cootie" (3.37)—probably a louse, which may sound more familiar in the plural, lice—on one of the students. Miss Caroline tries to send the student, named Burris Ewell, home to wash his hair (after looking up lice remedies in a reference book), and says he should take a bath (which he apparently really needs, since he looks worse than Pigpen from Peanuts) before coming back to class. But Burris tells her that he's not coming back. What? Apparently, Burris is one of the Ewells. Ewells come the first day to satisfy the truant officer and then skeddaddle. Burris decides he's already done with school for the year even though the first day isn't over yet, and manages to make Miss Caroline cry before he leaves. The other students try to cheer Miss Caroline up, and she reads them another boring story. Highly dissatisfied with her first day of school, Scout goes home and makes plans to run away. Atticus comes home from work, having apparently forgotten about Scout's lunchtime misbehavior, and Calpurnia gets back on Scout's good side with tasty crackling bread. After dinner, Atticus invites Scout to come read with him, which brings up unpleasant memories. Scout tries to convince Atticus that she doesn't really need to go to school, but he's not buying it. She tells him about her first day of school, and Atticus tells her to try to think about things from the other person's perspective—in this case, Miss Caroline, who was only trying to do her best in a strange place, whose ways she doesn't yet understand. Scout says that Burris Ewell stays home from school so she should be able to do so too, but apparently what holds true for Ewells doesn't apply to Finches. Finally, Atticus proposes a compromise: they'll keep reading at home if she'll keep going to school—but she shouldn't tell Miss Caroline about it.

An example of a dynamic character is...

Jem

I touched the Radley house on a dare

Jem

Who "broke the remaining code of our childhood"?

Jem

Who interferes with Scout and Walter?

Jem

Who says there are different kinds of "folks"?

Jem

Who took Scout to school on her first day?

Jem

Who touches the Radley house after a dare at the end of Chapter 1?

Jem

Who came with Atticus and Calpurnia to Helen Robinson's house?

Jem and Dill

Describe and explain Jem and Scout's relationship through these chapters.

Jem and Scout are getting farther apart because Jem is getting older and moodier, so he doesn't like being with younger children so much anymore. This leaves Scout hurt and confused.

Jem and Scout call their father by his first name, Atticus, instead of calling him "Dad" or "Daddy." What does this tell you about their relationship?

Jem and Scout call their father by his first name, Atticus, because they want to treat him like the professional that he is. Their father is also more of a business man than a person that is "warm and fuzzy".

Describe Jem and Scout's relationship through these chapters as Jem matures.

Jem and Scout seem to grow apart, but they don't really. They fuss more often than they had, mostly because Scout resents Jem's telling her what to do. Actually, though, they are still very close and join forces when their pride is at stake.

Chapter 6

Jem and Scout spend the day with Dill at his aunt's fish pond. Scout wants to keep an eye out for Mr. Avery, a neighbor who had previously astonished them by peeing in an impressive arc off his front porch, but Dill just wants to go for a walk. Scout, knowing that no one in Maycomb just goes for a walk, smells a rat. Oh, you know, they're just going to go to the streetlight by the Radley Place. And then they just want to peek in the window. Scout doesn't like this at all, but stops complaining when they accuse her of being a girl about it. The trio go under the wire fence at the back of the Radley Place and, after dealing with swishy collard greens, a squeaky gate, and clucking chickens, make it up to the house. Jem and Scout raise Dill up so he can look through the window, but all he sees is curtains. They're still skulking when Scout sees a shadow—a man's shadow, heading towards Jem. The shadow goes up to Jem, raises his arm, drops it again, and then leaves. The kids scram, and Scout trips as she hears a loud noise—someone's shooting at them. The kids make it home (Jem loses his pants along the way) and see a bunch of neighbors in front of the Radley Place. Miss Maudie tells them that Mr. Radley has been shooting at a "Negro" (6.60) in his yard. Suddenly everyone notices that Jem doesn't have any pants on. Dill tries to save the day by saying they were playing strip poker, but playing cards is a big no-no in Maycomb, so Jem says that they were actually playing with matches. Whatevs, everyone says, and they head off to bed. Scout worries that every sound she hears might be Boo Radley coming to wreak his revenge. But Jem's off to get his pants. Scout tries to stop him, but Jem heads off anyway. Scout sits outside on the porch, listening for the dreaded shotgun blast and waiting for Jem to return. Finally Jem returns. With the pants.

Chapter 10

Jem and Scout think their father super uncool, not to mention old. He can't even play football, like the other kids' fathers do. Plus, kids at school are giving them grief about the Tom Robinson case, and Scout can't even fight now that she's promised her dad not to. And Atticus refuses to teach Scout and Jem how to shoot their shiny new air rifles. Luckily, Uncle Jack steps up. Atticus tells Jem that "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (10.7). Although apparently bluejays are okay. Scout grumps about how their neighborhood is all old people, and Miss Maudie acknowledges that there aren't any 20- or 30-somethings around to be role models. Miss Maudie tries to defend Atticus (he's a checkers grand master! he can play the Jew's Harp!), but Scout is not impressed. Then Jem is all depressed when his father refuses to join in on the town's Methodists vs. Baptists football game. Seriously, worst dad ever. Right? One day Jem and Scout go off to find local wildlife to kill when they see a dog acting kind of strange. Calpurnia dashes for the phone to tell Atticus that there's a mad dog (i.e., rabid) on the loose. Then she talks to Miss Eula May, the town telephone operator, to tell her to let everyone else on the street know that they should stay out of the way of the rabid animal. The Radleys don't have a phone, so Calpurnia runs over to their place, bangs on their front door, and shouts, "Mad dog's comin'!" (10.72). Everyone hunkers down inside to watch the dog. The dog finally gets within range of Heck Tate's rifle, but he wants Atticus to make the shot. See, if he misses, the bullet will hit the Radley Place. And Mr. Tate knows he can't shoot that well. Atticus reluctantly takes the weapon, walks to the middle of the street, aims, fires, and kills the dog. Jem is flabbergasted. This is apparently like all of a sudden seeing your dad make a perfect three-point jump shot or make it through the Expert level of a Guitar Hero song you've been failing. Miss Maudie tells Jem and Scout that Atticus "was the deadest shot in Maycomb County in his time" and his nickname was "Ol' One-Shot" (10.137). So why have Scout and Jem never heard their dad talk about it? Well, Atticus feels that his marksmanship is a God-given talent that gives him an unfair advantage over other living creatures, and that he shouldn't use it unless he has to. Scout wants to brag to everyone at school about her father's shooting skill, but Jem tells her not to, because he thinks Atticus wouldn't want her to, since he's never mentioned it before. Jem says that he wouldn't care if Atticus couldn't do anything, because, as he says, "Atticus is a gentleman, just like me!" (10.152). Sounds like someone (Jem) has learned a valuable lesson.

Atticus Finch

Jem and Scout's father Lawyer defending Tom Robinson

7. What does Jem do that shocks Dill and Scout? How does he explain this? How does it establish his maturity?

Jem breaks the code of childhood by acting responsibly. Dill had run away from home, and was hiding under Scout's bed. She goes to get Jem and when he discovers Dill, he knows that it is not something he can keep a secret. He shocks Scout by going and telling his father what had happened.

Why did Jem cry?

Jem cried because he was shocked at the injustice of the jury, people from his own town, which he had always considered above such prejudice.

Whose idea is it to leave the house at night and go find Atticus because they are worried about him?

Jem decides to get dress around 10 PM and go to look for Atticus and Scout and Dill tag along

12. After Dill wonders aloud what Boo Radley looks like, Jem gives a description form his imagination. How does he describe Boo? What image does his description provoke?

Jem depicted Boo to be about 6 feet tall, judging from his tracks. He was usually dining on raw squirrel and any cat he could catch. That's why his hands were always bloodstained: if you ate any 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 eye popped and he drooled most of the time, which to most was characterized as a monster.

Why does Scout's question upset Jem?

Jem doesn't want to be reminded of the trial

What does Jem expect the verdict to be?

Jem expects the verdict to be not guilty

1. Jem has been acting odd ever since he went to retrieve his pants from the Radley's fence. What surprised him that night, and why is he frightened by it?

Jem found his pants neatly folded and the rip was sewed up. He thinks the person knew what he was thinking and knew what he was going to do.

When Jem went back for his pants, he found them mended and neatly folded over the fence. This frightens him because it makes him think that someone had been watching him or reading his mind: "...like somebody could tell what I was gonna do. Can't anybody tell what I'm gonna do lest they know me, can they, Scout?"

Jem has been acting odd ever since he went to retrieve his pants from the Radley's fence. What surprised him that night, and why is he frightened by it?

Jem has this change of heart but it is likely due to his developing maturity. He is now thinking about the consequences of his actions and is feeling remorse for having disappointed Atticus.

Jem has decided that what he, Scout, and Dill did was wrong. What might account for Jem's change of heart?

2. Why is Dill not coming to Maycomb this summer? How does Scout feel about his absence.

Jem has found a new father in another place and Scout is very sad about his absence.

How old are the children as part two begins?

Jem is 12 and Scout is 8

How does Jem change?

Jem is growing up. He is trying to make sense of things he sees, trying to be like Atticus, and trying to put behind him childish games and youthful pranks. Consequently, he is moody sometimes and occasionally seems to lord his authority over Scout. She resents his new "airs."

Chapter 22

Jem is weeping tears of injustice. At home, Alexandra softens up enough to tell Atticus she's sorry he lost the case—but she still doesn't think he should have let the kids listen in. Atticus says that they have to deal with the fallout from it anyway, and that racism is just as much a Maycomb standby as missionary teas are. In the morning, he tells his family that it's not over yet—there's still the appeal process. Breakfast is a lavish affair, as it seems every African-American in the county has sent the Finches a gift of food. The kids head out to see Miss Stephanie Crawford giving a blow-by-blow account of the trial to Miss Maudie Atkinson and Mr. Avery. Miss Maudie keeps Miss Stephanie from asking rude questions and offers the kids some cake. There are two little cakes and one big one, and Scout thinks that Miss Maudie has uncharacteristically forgotten Dill, but then finds out the big cake is for Jem. Scout realizes this is Miss Maudie's way of saying everything is still cool between them. Jem is pretty bummed out. He always thought that Maycomb folks were good people, but it doesn't seem like that to him any more, since no one stepped up to support Tom Robinson. Actually, Miss Maudie says, some did. Judge Taylor usually appoints an inexperienced local lawyer as public defender, but made an exception in Tom Robinson's case to appoint Atticus instead. And even though Atticus didn't win, he made the jury think about their decision for a long time. That's a step in the right direction. They leave Miss Maudie's house, and Dill says that he's going to be a clown when he grows up, because the only possible response to humanity is to laugh at it. Jem says that Dill's got it wrong: clowns get laughed at by everyone else. Nope, Dill says. He'll be a new sort of clown, one who looks at the audience and laughs at them. Miss Rachel and Aunt Alexandra tell the kids to get off the street, there's trouble coming, and Miss Stephanie butts in to tell them why: that morning Mr. Ewell spit in Atticus's face and told him that he had it out for him.

2. As Scout and Jem are returning home from town one day, Jem does something to the shock and astonishment of Scout. What does he do and why?

Jem makes his way to Mrs. Dubose's house and destroys all of her camellias because of her thoughts of Atticus defending n*****

What does Jem ask her to do after she spit the gum out

Jem makes sure that she gargles or else he will tell Calpurnia

How does Dill see through the window of the Radley's house? What does he see?

Jem picks up Scout, who picks up Dill, in order to reach the window. curtains, as well as small light

This is a coming of Age moment. Why?

Jem realizes his capability. Also we learn that gossip is very dangerous because if you don't have the correct info it can cause bullying. CHildren and Miss Lottie

How does Jem react when Atticus tells him to go home?

Jem refuses to go home because he thinks the men might harm Atticus in his absence.

How did Scout accedentally end up on the Radley porch?

Jem rolled her too hard in the tire and she ended up on the Radley porch.

8. Why has Dill run away from home? What reasons does he give?

Jem says Dill's mom remarried and he doesn't like them, his parents don't pay any attention to him, and just ignore him. His new dad also said he would build a boat with him but he never did, while all they do is read by themselves in their room. They are always gone and he said they got him everything he wanted. Lastly, they didn't kiss him good night and he in total felt neglected because they don't show any signs that they love him.

6. Why do Atticus and Jem decide not to return the blanket at this time?

Jem tells Atticus about the treats Boo has left and that the reason Nathan Radley filled the tree with cement was to stop the gifts from coming. They decided to keep the blanket a secret so it doesn't get Boo in trouble with Nathan.

5. What does Jem tell Scout she should do when dealing with Aunt Alexandra? How does Scout react to his suggestion?

Jem tells Scout to keep her feeling and words to herself, after which, she starts to fight with him.

What does Jem expect the verdict to be? Does Atticus think the same?

Jem thinks that Tom Robinson will be found innocent. Jem is still a child and does not understand discrimination. He does not understand that the jury will say he is guilty because he is black. Atticus did his best to defend Tom and Atticus knows that Tom did not rape Mayella. While he knows this is true, he thinks the jury will find him guilty anyway. Atticus knows about discrimination in Maycomb.

What did Jem do when Mrs. Dubose said Atticus "lawed for ******s"?

Jem uprooted all of her floewrs and vandalized her front yard

Big Finale Scene?

Jem would sneak into house and get scissors, halting the game whenever a person walked by, and they did the scence by plunging the scissor into Mr.radley (dill) thigh (fake) Atticus comes and takes the scissors away

Chapter 12

Jem's hit the middle school years, and everyone knows what that means: he's angsty, moody, prone to prolonged silences broken by angry outbursts, and he all of a sudden thinks Scout should act like a girl. Scout asks Atticus and Calpurnia what's up with Jem and whether she can fix it by beating him up, but they say he's just growing up and she should leave him alone. To make things worse, Dill isn't coming for the summer. And then to make things the absolute worst, Atticus (who's a member of the state legislature) gets called into a special session and is away for two weeks. With Atticus away, Calpurnia doesn't trust Jem and Scout to go to church by themselves (there was a past incident involving tying up one of their Sunday School classmates in the furnace room), and decides to take them with her to her church instead. On Saturday night, Cal scrubs Scout down to her bare skin and makes sure that there's not a thread out of place on the kids' clothes. Why? As she says, "I don't want anybody sayin' I don't look after my children" (12.31). On Sunday, they head over to First Purchase African M.E. Church outside of town. Everyone's happy to see them, except one: a tall woman named Lula who asks Calpurnia why she's brought white children to the African-American church. For a minute, things look like they might get ugly, but then the crowd drives Lula off and welcomes the kids. The church is plain and there aren't any hymn-books, but Cal won't let Scout ask questions. The priest, Reverend Sykes, begins the service by welcoming the Finches, and then reads some announcements. One of the announcements is that the day's collection will go to Helen, Tom Robinson's wife. Zeebo leads the congregation in a hymn by reading out each line of the lyrics, which everyone else sings after him, surprising both Scout and Jem, who had never heard of such a thing before. Reverend Sykes gives a sermon, which like that of the Finches' usual preacher, focuses on "the Impurity of Women" (12.79). Contrary to the Finches' usual church experience, the Reverend names names as to who's been sinning lately, and tells them individually to cut it out. After the collection, Jem and Scout are again surprised when Reverend Sykes counts the collection money in front of everyone and then announces they don't have enough—they need at least ten dollars to get Helen and her family through the week. The Reverend goes so far as to lock the doors and hold the congregation hostage until they cough up enough cash. Jem and Scout put in their dimes from Atticus. Once the ten dollars is finally collected, the doors are opened and the service is over. Afterwards, Scout asks Calpurnia why Helen can't find work. She says that Tom's family is being shunned because of his alleged crime. So, what'd he do? Cal reluctantly tells her that Bob Ewell has accused him of raping Ewell's daughter. First, Scout wonders why anyone would listen to the Ewells, and then asks Calpurnia what rape is. Uh, ask Atticus, Cal says. Now it's Jem's turn to ask questions. Why does the congregation sings their hymns the way they do, instead of saving up for hymn-books? Well, hymn-books wouldn't do them much good—hardly any people in the church can read. Cal only can because Miss Maudie's aunt, Miss Buford, taught her to read. Some other facts about Cal, which Jem and Scout only now think to ask her: She's older than Atticus though she doesn't know her age exactly, or even her birthday—she just celebrates it on Christmas to make it easy to remember. She grew up near Finch's Landing, and moved to Maycomb with Atticus when he married. She taught her oldest son Zeebo to read, too (but not using anything like "This is Spot. See Spot run."). Nope, she brought out the big guns: the Bible and a book Miss Buford used to teach her—Blackstone's Commentaries, a gift from the Finch kids' grandfather. Jem's blow away that she learned and taught English out of such a difficult book as the Commentaries. That must be why she doesn't talk like the other African-Americans he knows. Scout is blown away to think that Calpurnia has a whole other life besides being their cook, much like a child realizing that teachers don't sleep at school. One last question. Why does Cal talk differently at the African-American church than she does with white people? She says that it makes more sense to fit in. Okay, this is actually the last question: can Scout visit Calpurnia at her home some time? Sure. And then they arrive home to find Aunt Alexandra installed on their front porch.

4. What is Jem's punishment for knocking the tops off of Mrs. Dubose's flowers? How does he feel about this punishment?

Jem's punishment consists of having to read two hours everyday of the week to Mrs. Dubose. Jem feels very scared and anxious because he doesn't know what Mrs. Dubose will do with him.

Who is Scout?

Jem's younger sister, the main character and Atticus's daughter

What was the Boo Radley game?

Jem, Dill and Scout reenacted the few facts and many peculiar stories they had heard about the Radleys. The Boo Radley game was similar to a skit. further into the game, scout quit.

How did Jem lose his pants? What did he find when he went back for them?

Jem, Scout and Dill went to look into the Radley house. When they were discovered, they ran. Jem got caught on the fence, and in an effort to free himself, he took off his pants and left them on the fence. When he went back for them, they were mended and folded, sitting on the fence.

Jem

Jeremiah Atticus Finch. Scout's older brother who likes a dare

What does Zeebo do?

Leads the congregation in the hymns

10. What is "linin'," and why is it done?

Linin' is where one person sings and the whole congregation repeats what was said. In the novel, when Scout and Jem go to church with Calpurnia, Zeebo is singing and all the members repeat what he says. This is often done because many of the members are illiterate or because they don't have enough money to buy hymn books.

Who helps deal with the mouse?

Little Chuck Little

What does Atticus do which the children have never seen him do before?

Loosen up his tie, takes off his jacket, and unbuttens his collar and vest

Describe the Radley's house:

Low, once was white with dark green shutters, but is now a dark gray, has rain rotten shingles, oak trees blocked the sun. It has Johnson grass and tabocco growing and is surrounded by a fence.

Identify Lula, Zeebo and Reverend Sykes.

Lula was the woman at Calpurnia's church who made Scout and Jem feel unwelcome. Zeebo, Cal's son, makes them feel welcome garbage collector and reads hymns for people to repeat as does Reverend Sykes, the preacher at Calpurnia's church.

Identify Lula, Zeebo, and Reverend Sykes:

Lula- a lady at the colored church who likes to make trouble Zeebo- Calpurnia's son Rev. Sykes- the reverend at the colored church

Why does Mr. Dolphus Raymond pretend to be half drunk?

Makes an excuse for his actions

What effects does Scout talking effect Mr. Cunningham?

Makes him realize what he really is doing

11. How did the townspeople feel about the Radley family? How did they view Mr. Radley in particular? Provide quotes from the text to support your answer.

Many of the townspeople were scared of him and Calpurnia says that Mr. Radley is the "meanest man God ever blew breath into."

What does Aunt Alexandra do that makes Scout see her differently?

Puts on a happy face after learning about Tom's death and continues on like nothing happened

11. Near the end of chapter 9, Atticus refers to the ingrained racism among the residents of Maycomb. How does he describe racism in this passage? To what does he compare it to?

Racism is a disease and most go crazy when it is brought up.

What crime is Tom Robinson accused of?

Raping Mr. Ewell's daughter

What did Bob Ewell accuse Tom of?

Raping a white women (his daughter Mayella)

What does Zeebo know how to do?

Read

When Scout enters 1st grade, what can she already do?

Read and write

What did Mrs. Dubose want Jem to do for her and for how long?

Read to her for a month.

9. As the chapter ends, what is Scout thinking about? What question does she ask Dill, and how does he respond?

Realizing the similarities in Boo Radley's home where there is no love, either, and neglect of Boo's needs as well, Scout gives voice to her thoughts: "Why do you reckon Boo Radley's never run off?" She questions why Boo would not do as Dill as done since their situations are somewhat similar. But, Dill responds that perhaps Boo has nowhere to go.

Miss Radley

Rumors say she was beautiful until she married Mr.Radley and became ugly as hell

What is Scout doing whenever she passes the Radley Place?

Running

What did the attacker do to Scout and Jem?

S-Crushed her and her costume J-Beat him and broke his arm

1. What does Scout do to make Calpurnia furious? What lesson does Calpurnia teach Scout?

Scout makes a rude comment about Walker Cunningham's use of molasses and this makes him feel uncomfortable. Calpurnia's lesson in return is that anyone who enters the house is a guest and should be treated kindly no matter who they are.

Scout said "He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham." What did she mean by that, and what was Cal's answer?

Scout meant that since Walter was poor and didn't have as much as the Finch's, Scout did not view the Cunningham's as normal people. Therefore, Scout viewed Walter as poor and not company in her home. As a result, Calpurnia replied to Scout saying that since Walter was in their house, he should be treated like everyone else in the Finch's house, like Jem and Scout herself. Calpurnia thought that it was not nice for Scout not to view Walter as company. Furthermore, Calpurnia told Scout to eat in the kitchen, and then she smacked Scout in the face.

Scout arranged things so that "if Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting [her] down the sidewalk, as any gentleman would do." Why did she do that?

Scout now understands that Arthur Radley is a real person, not a freak. She wants him, in his public appearance, to look "normal" so that Miss Stephanie and (through Miss Stephanie's gossip) the rest of the town will begin to think of him as a real person, too.

How did Atticus descover that the kids had followed him?

Scout popped out.

Why did Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt?

Scout rubbed Walter's nose in the dirt because since Scout had to explain to Miss. Fisher about Walter for Walter himself, Scout got in trouble by the teacher and got whipped 6 times in her hand with a ruler.

Why did Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt?

Scout rubbed Walters nose in the dirt because Scout got in trouble with Miss. Carolina for explaining Walters way of life. Scout stood up for Walter in class and tried to explain the Cunningham ways to Miss Caroline. For her explanations, Scout got in more trouble with Miss Caroline, so she took out her revenge on Walter.

4. How does Scout describe the way she and her brother feel about their father?

Scout says he reads to them and respects them, though he treats them with "courteous detachment" meaning he was polite to them but a little distant.

What does Scout say to that?

Scout says thats what Calpurnia calls nig**r talk

What did Scout's Uncle Jack learn from Scout and Atticus?

Scout taught him to always listen to both sides of the story, and Atticus taught him to always tell children the truth, because they can always spot evasions and those only muddle them.

6. Scout thinks there may be a snake under her bed. What is actually under her bed?

Scout thinks that a snake is under her bed, but after Jem comes into her room and gets a broom to kill it... they realize it was Dill under the bed that ran away from home and was hiding.

They find Dill under her bed. He has run away from home and has been hiding there for about two hours.

Scout thinks there may be a snake under her bed but it turns out to be something else entirely. What do she and Jem find under her bed?

Why did Scout and Jem not leave the school until almost everyone else had gone?

Scout was embarrassed because she fell asleep, came on stage late during the pageant and ruined Mrs. Merriweather's program.

What was Scout's first "crime" at school?

Scout's first "crime" at school was that the teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, said Atticus must have taught Scout before she entered the first grade.

Miss Caroline

Scout's first grade teacher who doesn't want her to read with Atticus anymore - swatted Scout with a ruler for telling her she was "shaming" Walter Cunningham

Who is Jem?

Scout's older brother

What do the gifts found in the Riley's tree symbolize to Jem and Scout?

boo Radley wants to be friends

How do Scout, Jem, and Dill enter the Radley's property?

by going under the high-wire fence behind the house

Why did Mr. Cunningham's mob leave?

Scout, Jem and Dill arrived on the scene. Scout came forward, and, while making her entrance and looking at the crowd, she noticed Mr. Cunningham. She identified him and began speaking to him on a personal basis, saying she was in his son's class and that he had come to lunch. She also reminded him that Atticus had done some legal work for him. All of these things were said in an innocent conversation to Mr. Cunningham. It made Cunningham (and others, I suspect), realize that they were individuals, neighbors, and that they really didn't want to hurt Atticus or anyone else.

What was the Boo Radley game?

Scout, Jem and Dill pretended to be the Radleys.

What was Scout's first "crime" at school?

Scouts first "crime" at school was that the teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, said Atticus must have taught Scout before she entered first grade ant thats bad. She was literate.

Chapter 25

September has arrived, but autumn coolness hasn't, so Scout and Jem are still sleeping out on the back porch. There Scout finds a roly-poly bug, and amuses herself by poking it so it rolls up, waiting for it to unroll and start walking, then poking it again. She's about to squish it when Jem stops her, and she makes fun of him for being so sympathetic towards bugs. Scout thinks that Jem is the one who's getting more like a girl, not her. Dill has gone back to Meridian for the school year, and thinking about Dill sends Scout onto thinking about what Dill told her before he left town. Cue memory flashback: On the day of the missionary tea, Jem and Dill had been walking back from the swimming hole trying to hitch a ride when they saw Atticus driving somewhere with Calpurnia. Atticus wanted them to try to get another ride since he wasn't going to go home for a while, but the boys convinced him to let them come with him. Tough ride: they went with Atticus to see Helen Robinson and watched her crumble at the news that her husband had died. On their way back, they passed the Ewell place, they heard voices shouting at them, but Dill couldn't tell what they were saying. And that's the end of Dill's story of that day. Tom's death is the hot topic in Maycomb gossip for a few days, mostly as a way to reinforce pre-existing stereotypes as to the foolishness of black people. The story seems well on its way to dying a quick death until Mr. Underwood comes out with an editorial on the topic in The Maycomb Tribune. Since it's the only paper in town, he can say whatever he wants and not lose subscribers or advertising. Mr. Underwood's editorial is about how, basically, it's a sin to kill a mockingbird (in this case, a crippled man), and that the justice system didn't stand a chance: "Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed." Miss Stephanie, ever the joyful bearer of bad news, tells Aunt Alexandra and Jem that when Mr. Ewell heard of Tom's death, he said one down, two to go.

Why did Tom Robinson go into Mayella Ewell's house?

She asked him to help her fix something in the house.

Why did Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt?

She aws angry at him for getting her in trouble with miss Caroline Fisher, because she tried to explain that the Cunninghams were too poor to pay for lunch.

How does keeping Scout's costume on affect her understanding of what happens on the way?

She can't see what happens, which not only slows her down but disables her from protecting herself

Scout comes home from school ...?

She comes home 30 minutes before Jem at 2:30 p.m.

What was Scout's fantasy regarding Arthur (Boo) Radley?

She daydreamed that Boo would be sitting in the swing and they would chat as if they had chatted every day for all their lives. She wanted him to be "normal" like everyone else on the street.

How did Aunt Alexandra feel about this?

She did not like it.

What did Lula think of this?

She did not like it.

Scout arranged things so that "if Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting [her] down the sidewalk, as any gentleman would do." Why did she do that?

She didn't want Boo to be embarrassed to be led across the street by an eight-year-old. He wanted him to seem to be in charge.

What happened to Mrs. Dubose then?

She died

5. What happened to Scout and Jem's mother?

She died early of a heart attack.

What does Scout tell Atticus on the porch?

She doesn't feel well, and she doesn't want to go to school anymore

Mrs. Merriweather of the missionary circle complains about her cooks and field hands. What does that tell us about her?

She doesn't really believe that they are real people, and she doesn't think that they have a right to complain. It shows that she is racist.

What is Lula's reaction to the children being at the church?

She doesn't want them there

How did Helen Robinson react to the death of her husband?

She fainted

What was Scout's fantasy regarding Arthur (Boo) Radley?

She fantasized that he was like one of the normal neighbors that she talked to all the time.

How did Scout mess up during the pagent?

She fell asleep and missed her cue.

7. How does Scout react to Francis's taunts? What is the result of her action?

She gets incredibly angry and punches him. Her aunt and Uncle Jack yell at her for this.

What was different about how many cakes Miss. Maudie had?

She had 2 small ones and a big one and Jem got a slice of the big one.

What happened to Mrs. Finch?

She had a heartattack

Describe how Scout's first day of school went:

She had to read the alphabet and Z books and then was told to tell her father not to teach her to read adn wright any more. Then she got in trouble for telling her teacher anout the Cunninghams and was slapped with a ruler and put in the corner

Why is Scout afraid of Mrs. DuBose?

She has a confeterate pistol in her lap

Based on Tom's story about what happened that day, what can we assume about how Mayella feels about him?

She has a crush on him

What was Mrs. DuBose's problem?

She has been addictied to morphine

Why does the church have a special collection for Helen Robinson?

She has kids, she can't get a job, and her husbadn is in jail

Why is Miss Maudie always outside?

She hates her house.

What was it that Scout never told anyone that happened when she rolled on to the Radley porch?

She heard someone laughing inside the house.

How does Ms. Caroline punish Scout?

She hits her hand with a ruler

Miss Caroline Fisher

She is Scout's first grade teacher. Miss Fisher was twenty-one years old at the time, and she is from Northern Alabama. Apparently, Miss Caroline Fisher is upset with Scout since she is smarter that Miss. Fisher's class.

Calpurnia

She is a Black cook that works for the Finch's. She is very educated, and she taught Scout how to read and write in cursive. In addition to being a cook, She was also somewhat of a nanny, and Jem and Scout always had to listen to her. all bones, nearsighted squinted and had hands were as wide as a bed. She had been with the family from the time Jem was born.

2. What does Scout mean when she says that Miss Maudie was a "chameleon lady"?

She is a chameleon because when she is in her yard she fits into a gardener's mold, then she sits on her porch and seems to change into a different person.

Stephanie Crawford

She is a gossipy neighbor who made rumors about the Radley's. is the neighborhood scolder who is ready to talk about anyone and anywhere. She says she knows everything.is a gossipy neighbor who knows everybody's business and everyone's family history.

Describe Calpurnia:

She is a motherly figure in Scout and Jem's life. She somethimes bosses them around, Atticus listens to her.

Why couln't Miss. Maudie be on the jury?

She is a women.

When Calpurnia finds out that a mad dog is coming, she calls the operator and warns the Radley's by knocking on the door. Jem and Scout think...

She is brave and kind to the Radley's

What is the only circumstance that Scout finds good during second grade?

She is dismissed the same time Jem is.

8. Why is Helen Robinson finding it difficult to get work lately?

She is finding it difficult to get work because her husband has been accused of rape.

How does Scout get the mob to leave?

She is friendly to Mr. Cunningham and talks about his son, Walter. He then tells the men to leave.

Who is Mrs.Dubose

She is known as the neighborhood meanie head. She is scary and rude

Which description best explains Miss Maudie?

She is not a food washin Baptist and likes to garden

How does Miss Maudie react to her now destroyed house?

She is optimistic about it (she had always hated her house, anyways). - says she always wanted a smaller house - she now has more room for her azaleas and for a bigger garden

What does Jem tell Scout about Miss Caroline's methods?

She is testing out a new method of teaching

What does Atticus notice the morning after the fire?

She is wearing an blanket that does not belong to her.

Why doesn't Scout want to go to school any more?

She isn't allowed to read with Atticus

5. What causes Scout to question "pulpit Gospel"? How does her questioning relate to Miss Maudie?

She loses her confidence in "pulpit Gospel" because she can't imagine Miss Maudie being the type of person to burn in hell with her flowers.

How did Scout's conversation with the person relieve the tension?

She made him step in Atticus's shoes and thought about how he wouldn't want his kids see him being beat up.

What must Scout do if she wants to play with Jem and Dill?

She must do everything they tell her to do.

What does she notice in front of Radleys place?

She noticed shiny tinfoil, sticking out of a big tree. It was fresh gum. Since it was the Radleys place, she couldn't eat it in front of everyone so she ran home and tried it. When she did not die, she realized that she can eat it.

What did the teacher do about this?

She put Scout in the corner and tapped her hand with a ruler.

How did Miss Caroline start the first day?

She read about cats

What does Scout do to Walter in the schoolyard?

She rubs his nose in the dirt

Why did the kids hate Mrs. Dubose?

She said mean things.

How did Miss. Meriweather take Scout's mastake?

She said that Scout had ruined the pagent.

Scout said, "He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham." What did she mean by that, and what was Cal's reply?

She said that because the rest of Maycomb considered the Cunninghams trash, so she was being influenced. She didn't consider Walter as real company. Cal's response was to say that anybody who came to Scout's hoseu was company, no matter where they came from. She was also very angry

What was Mayella's account of the incident with Tom Robinson?

She said that she asked him to chop up a chiffarobe, and then he jumped her from behind and choked her while she screamed and struggled, and then he raped her.

Why does Calpurnia say she acts and talks differently when she is around African-Americans than when she is around white people?

She says it would be "out of place" for her to talk like white people at church. She doesn't want to seem like she's "puttin' on airs"

Explain why Calpurnia speaks differently in the Finch household and among her neighbors at church.

She speaks different amongst the black people and the Finch household because of the two different levels of English between them.

Atticus thought mrs. Dubose was the bravest person he knew because..

She stood up for the blacks even though people gossiped about her

8. How does Scout explain her behavior to Uncle Jack? According to her, what was unjust about the way he punished her? What does she make him promise?

She tells Uncle Jack about what Francis said about Atticus and says that it wasn't fair to not hear her side. She makes him promise that he will not tell Atticus because she isn't suppose to be fighting about Atticus.

Why does Burris get angry with Ms. Caroline?

She tells him to sit down

What is Miss Maudie's opinion of Atticus?

She thinks Atticus is a good lawyer and supports him

How does Aunt Alexander feel about Calpurnia?

She thinks Calpurnia isn't nessecary

How does Mayella respond when Atticus treats her with repsect?

She thinks he is making fun of her

Why is this "in charcter" for Aunt Alexander?

She thinks she is better than everyone else

What does Miss Maudie think of the Radleys?

She thinks that Boo Radley doesn't want to get out of his house, and that the Radleys are foot-washing Baptists (very observant)

What does Miss Maudie think of the Radleys?

She thinks they have a right to do whatever they want to do as long as they are not bothering anyone else, and she believes they have a right to their privacy. Miss Maudie thinks of the Radley's as very religious people, since Mr. Radley is a foot-washing Baptist.

What did Scout find wrong about Miss's Gate's attitude toward Hitler's persecution against the Jews?

She thought how people here did the same things to the African-Americans

How did Scout react to the first snow?

She thought that the world was ending.

What didn't Aunt Alexandra want Atticus to talk in frount of Calpurnia?

She thought the Cal would it into gossip.

How did Scout embarras herself when someone asked her where her breeches were?

She thought the women was talking about her underwear and she said they were under her dress.

What happens to Scout as she leaves the Radley's place?

She trips in the collards, and a gunshot explodes at the same time.

4. What does Aunt Alexandra want Atticus to do to Calpurnia? What is his response?

She wants him to relieve Calpurnia of her duties. Atticus will have nothing of it. Atticus says that he could never bring up the children without Calpurnia.

Describe and identify Miss Maudie:

She was a lady on their street that liked gardening, and tried to be a kind of mother for jem and Scout. She shared a lot of Atticus's views and opinions.

Explain what was Scout's part in the pageant:

She was a pork

why did Mayella refuse to answer any questions toward the end of her testimony?

She was at afraid of her father.

What phase was Scout going through at Christmas time?

She was going through a cussing phase.

What happened to Helen Robinson? Explain.

She was harassed by Bob Ewell, because he was angry that he didn't win the trial with respect.

What made Aunt Alexandra disaprove of Scout?

She was not lady-like and wore overalls

How did this change Scout's opinion of Atticus?

She was proud of her father, aka one shot finch

What was Scout's part in the pageant?

She was to be a ham. Her ham costume would later save her life.

7. When Miss Maudie says "but sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of-oh of your father." What person is she criticizing, and what is the point of her criticism?

She's criticizing Mr. Radley. She is saying that anything can be a tool of destruction in the wrong person's hand.

Who is the only ancestor that the Finches can trace?

Simon Finch.

Explain how exactly Bob Ewell died.

Since Sheriff Heck Tate basically covered up the true events of what happened when Bob Ewell was killed, the exact facts are unknown.

What is Maycob like?

Small and everyone knows eachother.

Describle the Ewell's house:

Small, has a fence of garbage and has a livingroom and three other small rooms.

Dill comes

So Dil comes back and he is really boasty as soon as he arrives! First he tells Scout and Jem about how he took a train all by himself to Maycomb. Then he talks about how he met his father. His father is tall has a beard, and is president of the L & R railroad. He even boasts how he helped the engineer of the train for a while!!! what a loser face! :D

Why does Dill say that he will be a clown when he grows up?

So he will be able to laugh everything off

Why did Scout put her arm through Boo's arm?

So it looked like he was escorting her.

Why did he say this?

So that people didn't think boo was bad.

What is a "Linin'"?

Somebody reads or sings a line of the hymn at a time and the congregation will repeat it

What happened to Judge Taylor?

Someone (Bob Ewell, we assume) was breaking into the judge's house when the judge and his dog frightened him away.

What happened to Jem and Scout on the way home from the pageant?

Someone attacked them. Scout got tangled in her costume, someone knocked out Jem, there was a struggle and then Scout saw someone carrying Jem home.

How does the black community show its respect to Atticus?

Standing when Atticus left the courtroom, sending him food after the trial was over

What did Miss. Caroline Fisher want Atticus to do?

Stop teaching Scout how to read.

The Radley's

Strange family. They do not socialize with the community and everyone avoided them.

Chapter 2

Summer's over, and Dill heads back home to Meridian. The narrator looks forward to joining the kids at school for the first time instead of spying on them through a telescope like a pint-size stalker. Jem takes the narrator to school, and explains that it's different from home—and he doesn't want his first-grade sibling cramping his fifth-grade style. The narrator's teacher is a young woman by the name of Miss Caroline Fisher, who's from North Alabama, otherwise known to the native Maycombians as Crazy Land. Miss Caroline reads the class a story about cats and seems blithely unaware that she's already completely lost her audience, a bunch of farm kids who the narrator says are "immune to imaginative literature" (2.8). Miss Caroline puts the alphabet up on the board. All of the class already knows it. Amazing! Is it a class full of geniuses? Nope. Most of them are starting first grade for the second time. Miss Caroline asks the narrator to read, and is not pleased that she's already good at it. See, the teacher assumes that Atticus has taught the narrator how to read. Apparently, these lessons must stop because Atticus isn't a licensed teacher and therefore is doing his child more harm than good. Even though she's already a fluent reader, when the rest of the class is repeating first grade. The narrator gets the impression that reading, which seems to come as naturally as breathing, is something like a sin when it's done out of class. Trying to stay out of further trouble, the narrator zones out till recess, then complains to Jem. Jem says that Miss Caroline is at the center of educational reform in the school, which he calls "the Dewey Decimal System" (2.25). This new system results in boring class time, so the narrator starts writing (in cursive) a letter to Dill. Miss Caroline makes the narrator stop, saying that first graders print, and cursive isn't taught until third grade. The narrator remembers that Calpurnia had passed rainy days by giving writing lessons. Miss Caroline is halted in her inspection of her students' lunches by Walter Cunningham, who doesn't have one. She tries to lend him a quarter for lunch, but he refuses to take it. The narrator, whose name we now learn is Jean Louise, steps in, explaining to Miss Caroline that Walter is a Cunningham. That explanation, crystal clear to Jean Louise, doesn't mean much to Miss Caroline, so she explains further: the Cunninghams won't take anything from anybody, preferring to get by on the little they have. Flashback: Jean Louise knows about the Cunninghams because Walter's father hired Atticus for some legal work, and paid for the service by barter rather than in cash. Back to the schoolroom present: Jean Louise wants to explain but can't, so she just says that Miss Caroline is making Walter ashamed by trying to lend him money he can't pay back. Miss Caroline cracks at this, and calls Jean Louise up to the front of the class, where she pats her hand with the ruler and makes her stand in the corner. The class breaks out laughing when they realize that the ruler taps were supposed to be corporal punishment. The bell rings and everyone leaves for lunch. Miss Caroline collapses with her head in her hands at her desk.

What does the group of men come to tell Atticus at the start of chapter 15

THEY TELL HIM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TOM ROBINSON BETWEEN JAILS AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT DISTURBANCES.

What does Scout say which breaks up the mob?

Talks to Mr. Cunningham about his son

10. What information is provided for the Robinson case as chapter 9 comes to a close? What is Atticus' plan?

That Atticus doesn't have a case except Tom Robinson's word against the Ewells, but will try to win the appeal.

What did Mr. Link Deas announce from his chair?

That Tom has worked for him for a long time and he would never hurt anyone.

5. What compromise does Atticus make with Scout at the end of the chapter?

The compromise was if Scout kept going to school, Atticus would keep teaching her how to read.

How is the court Tom was tried in different from "the secret courts of men's hearts"?

The court Tom was tried gave an allegedly fair trial, but always ended up convicting colored people because in "the secret courts of men's hearts" the white men who made up the jury believed they were superior to the colored people

According to Atticus, all men are created equal in what institution?

The courthouse

What was Tom's sentence?

The electric chair

2. The narrator begins her story by giving the reader background information. What does the narrator reveal about her family history in the first several pages?

The family history is dirty, slow, boring, and tired (gloomy) while there's nothing to buy and no money to buy it with.

2. How does the fight end? What makes Scout feel "noble"?

The fight ends when she walks away from the fight because Atticus asked her to. She feels nobel and proud because she remembered what Atticus said and was able to show restraint from fighting.

Why does do the firefighters not "hurry up"?

The fire truck is being pushed.

What does Scout look forward to more than anything?

The first day of school

What is the first mockingbird metaphor used?

The guards killing Tom

5. As she describes the "international arrangements" of the house at Finch's Landing, Scout uses her verbal irony to a make point about Simon Finch's character. Explain what she means to say about her ancestor.

The internal arrangements indicates his absolute trust of his offspring. She says this in a sarcastic way because he built the stairs for his daughters room to go down through his room so that he knew exactly what they were doing at night.

Chapter 21

The judge allows Cal to hand Atticus a note from Aunt Alexandra, which says that the kids are missing. Uh, they're in the balcony and have been there all afternoon. Atticus sends the kids home with Calpurnia, but after some strategic whining he agrees that they can come back once they've had their dinner. Aunt Alexandra is ready to faint from horror when she hears where they've been, but they head back anyway. Scout and Jem are surprised that hardly anyone has left—usually everyone heads out once the jury leaves to deliberate. Jem says that they've won the case, but the Reverend says that he's never seen a jury support an African-American man over a white one.The court audience waits patiently. For over three hours. Without a single piece of technology in sight. If you're wondering how people killed time before smartphones, they apparently slept a lot more: Scout dozes off, and when she wakes up she's thinking about the morning when Atticus shot the mad dog. Finally, it's time for the (unanimous) verdict: guilty. Atticus whispers something to Tom Robinson, packs up his papers, and leaves. As he walks down the aisle alone, the African-Americans in the balcony silently stand up to honor him.

What was the jury's verdict?

The jury found Tom Robinson guilty.

What is unusual about how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict? Is the verdict predictable or not?

The jury was out talking for slightly longer than usual to make up their minds. The verdict is predictable to the reader because the topic of discrimination was clear. The reader knew that the jury would not think about the facts; instead, they would only see the color of Tom's skin.

What kind of effort was Mr. Gilmer putting into the trial?

The kind of effort that Mr. Gilmer put into this trial was being lazy by asking basic information that couldn't prove Tom guilty.

What surprise do Scout and Jem find at the end of the chapter?

The knot-hole has been filled with cement.

7. Some people suggest that the mad dog is a symbol for the evil that exists in Maycomb, specifically the racist attitudes that many of the townspeople have. What evidence can you find in this chapter or others that support this idea?

The mad dog represents how many are scared and have superiority over blacks.

3. How might the killing of a mockingbird be a metaphor for one of the novel's major themes? For example, what might mockingbirds symbolize?

The mockingbird represents a sense of innocence. It merely sings and brings joy to people. Similarly the innocent Tom and even Boo bring good to the world but are so easily punished by ignorance and hate.

4. What is the name of Calpurnia's church, and what is the significance of the name?

The name of the church was the First Purchase and many of the first freed slaves paid to build this church.

5. Briefly describe Calpurnia's church, and what is the significance of the name?

The name of the church was the First Purchase and many of the first freed slaves paid to build this church.

1. Who is the narrator of the novel? What type of narration is used?

The narrator of the novel is Scout and first person point of view is the narration during the novel.

Miss Stephanie Crawford

The neighborhood gossip.

Chapter 16

The night after their run-in at the town jail, Scout ends up sleeping in Jem's room after she starts crying in her own. At breakfast the next morning, no one except Jem has much appetite. Atticus says he's glad the kids came along, though Aunt Alexandra sniffs that Mr. Underwood would have made sure nothing too bad happened. Atticus comments that Mr. Underwood is a strange man—he "despises Negroes" (16.5), yet he acted to protect Atticus and Tom Robinson. Scout wants coffee, but Calpurnia will only give her one tablespoon of the evil brew in a cupful of milk. Alexandra tells Atticus not to make comments like the one he just made about Mr. Underwood in front of "them" (16.8), i.e. Calpurnia, i.e. African-Americans. Atticus says that it's nothing Cal doesn't already know, and that anything that can be said in table conversation is fit for Calpurnia's ears. Alexandra thinks it encourages gossip among the town's African-American residents. Well, says Atticus, if the white people didn't do so much that was gossip-worthy the African-Americans wouldn't have so much to talk about. Scout wants to know why, if Mr. Cunningham is a friend of theirs, he wanted to hurt Atticus last night. Atticus says that Mr. Cunningham is a good man, he just has a few "blind spots" (16.18). Uh, okay. Then Dill bounces in, saying that the gossip mill is having a field day about how three kids fought off a hundred men with their bare hands. The kids head out to the porch to watch people passing on their way to the courthouse. Some of the personalities the kids spot: Mr. Dolphus Raymond, already drunk; a bunch of Mennonites; Mr. Billups, whose first name is simply X; Mr. Jake Slade, who's growing his third mouthful of teeth; and the foot-washing Baptists, who pause to shout Bible verses about vanity to Miss Maudie in her revamped yard. (She responds in kind.) Finally, Scout, Jem, and Dill join the crowds at the courthouse. Among the strangers the kids spot Mr. Dolphus Raymond, who's drinking out of a paper sack; Jem says that in the bag is a Coca-Cola bottle full of whiskey. Dill asks why Mr. Raymond's sitting on the far side of the square with the African-Americans, and Jem says that he likes them better than the whites, and that he has several children by an African-American woman. Jem tells more about Mr. Raymond's history: he's from an old, respected family; he was engaged to a white woman, but she shot herself after the wedding rehearsal, perhaps because she found out about his African-American mistress; since then Mr. Raymond's been almost constantly tipsy, but is good to his "mixed" (16.61) children. Scout asks what a mixed child is, and Jem tells her that they're biracial, and also that they're "real sad" (16.69), because they don't fully belong on either side of Maycomb's strict racial divide, even when they don't look any different from the other African-Americans. Scout says that if you can't tell a person's racial heritage from looking at them, how does Jem know that the Finches are 100% white? Jem says that Uncle Jack says that they can't know for certain what happened centuries ago, but that in Maycomb "once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black" (16.81). If you're thinking this sounds completely nonsensical—you'd be right. The lunch break ends and everyone lines up to go back into the courthouse, the African-Americans letting the white people be at the front of the line. Once they get inside the courthouse, Scout gets separated in the rush of people from Jem and Dill. Scout overhears some old men saying that Atticus was appointed by the court to defend Tom Robinson, and she wonders why Atticus hadn't told them that—it would have been a convenient excuse in schoolyard brawls. By the time the boys find Scout, there's no room left in the white section. Reverend Sykes sees them standing in the lobby and offers to take them up to the balcony (where the African-Americans are segregated). Up in the balcony, four people move so that Scout, Jem, Dill, and the Reverend can have front-row seats. Scout surveys the scene below her: the jury, made up of farmers (since the townspeople usually got out of jury duty), the lawyers, and the witnesses. In charge of the court is Judge Taylor, whose sleepy demeanor conceals an eagle eye, and who has a habit of eating (yes, eating, not smoking) cigars during cases. The trial is already in progress, with Mr. Heck Tate on the witness stand.

Describe and identify Mrs. Dubose:

The old lady taht lived a couple houses down, and she enjoyed harrassing jem and Scout as they passed her every day on their way to school

How did Jem find his pants?

The patches were sewed up, and they were neatly folded across the fence.

Maycomb

The racist town in Alabama where this book takes place

5. What dramatic incident causes people to lock their doors and stay inside?

The reason that many had to lock their doors was because there was a mad dog roaming around the neighborhood.

In what condition did Heck say he found Mayella?

The right side of her face was beat up.

What mysterious thing does Jem reveal to Scout about his missing pants?

The rip has been sewn up

What does Mr. Underwood compare Tom's death to in his editorial?

The senseless slaughter of songbirds

Who was Heck Tate?

The sherrif

Who is Heck Tate?

The sherrif of Maycomb

3. Previously, the children had assumed that the knot-hole was someone's hiding place. What evidence now suggests that the items in the tree are meant specifically for Scout and Jem?

The soap figures look just like them. The hole is filled with cement to prevent the gifts from being given.

Chapter 1

The story begins with an injury: the narrator's brother Jem got his arm broken when he was thirteen. Luckily, his bum arm doesn't interfere with Jem's mad football skills, so he doesn't care much. Years afterward, brother and narrator argue over where the story really starts: the narrator blames it on the Ewell family, while Jem (the older sibling by four years) puts the beginning at the summer they first met Dill. The flash-forward conversation continues: the narrator says that if you want to get technical about it, everything began with Andrew Jackson, whose actions led their forefather Simon Finch to settle where he did. The flash-forward becomes a flashback: Simon Finch was a pious and miserly Englishman who left his home country to wander around America, before settling in Alabama with his accumulated wealth, his family, and his slaves. Sounds like a laugh and a half. Simon's homestead was called Finch's Landing (natch), and was a mostly self-sufficient estate run by Simon's male descendants, who sold cotton to buy what the farm couldn't produce itself. The Civil War put an end to a lot of that (like the slave-owning), but the tradition of living off the land remained. Until now. Atticus, the narrator's father, studied law in Montgomery, while his younger brother went all the way to Boston to become a doctor. Woohoo, upward mobility! The only Finch left at the Landing is their sister Alexandra and her quiet husband. After becoming a lawyer, Atticus returned to Maycomb, the county seat of Maycomb County, twenty miles from Finch's landing. Atticus feels at home in Maycomb, not least because he's related to nearly everyone in the town. Out of the flashback, into the present-time of the story (which we already know the narrator's actually remembering. Confused? Hop over to "Point of View/Narrative Voice" if you want the 411 on that right now). The narrator thinks about the Maycomb s/he (we don't know which yet) knew. It's not a happening place. Everyone moves slower than sweat, and there's not much worth hurrying for, let alone much sense of what might be happening outside the county lines. The narrator lives on the town's main residential drag with her brother Jem, her father Atticus, and their cook Calpurnia, who is a force to be reckoned with. You may notice there's no mom to be found: she died when the narrator was two, and the narrator doesn't really remember her, though Jem does. The story really gets underway the summer when the narrator is five going on six and Jem is nine going on ten. This is the summer Dill arrives in Maycomb. Their first meeting happens like this: Jem and the narrator are playing in their backyard, hear a noise next door, and go to check it out. They find a small boy, six going on seven but looking younger, who introduces himself as Charles Baker Harris and announces that he can read. Well, we're off to a good start. Charles Baker Harris says that people call him Dill, so we will too. Dill tells the narrator and Jem a bit about himself: he's from Meridian, Mississippi, but he's spending the summer with his aunt, the Finches' next-door neighbor Miss Rachel. Unlike the rural Finches, he's had access to movie theatres, and so he regales them with the story of Dracula. (Maybe this one?) The narrator asks Dill about his absent father. Apparently this is a sore subject, so Jem tells his sibling to shut up. Jem, Dill, and the narrator spend the summer acting out stories from the books they've read, over and over and over. Sound boring? Eventually, the kids think so too. Dill comes to the rescue with a new idea: they can try to make Boo Radley come out. The Radley Place is the haunted house of the neighborhood, complete with ghost Boo Radley, who got in trouble with the law as a teenager and has been holed up in the house unseen ever since. The house has quite the reputation with the neighborhood kids, who avoid it at all costs. Now we hear a story about Boo, courtesy of Jem, courtesy of Miss Stephanie Crawford, the neighborhood busybody: When Boo was 33 years old, he was cutting out newspaper articles for his scrapbook when he suddenly stabbed the scissors into his father's leg, then calmly went back to what he was doing. After that Boo was locked up by the police briefly, and there was talk of sending him to an insane asylum. In the end, he ended up back in the Radley Place. When Boo's father died, Boo's older brother Nathan moved in to take over. Nothing much changed at the Radley Place. Rumor has it that Boo gets out at night and stalks around the neighborhood, but none of the kids has ever actually seen him. Jem makes up horror stories about what Boo's like (think a cross between a vampire and a zombie), but Dill still wants to see him. Or rather, he wants Jem to go knock on the Radleys' door. Jem tries to get out of the dare without showing he's scared but then gives in when Dill says he doesn't have to knock, just touch the door. Jem works up his nerve, dashes up to the house, slaps the door, and runs back at top speed without looking behind him. After reaching safety on their own porch, the kids look at the Radley Place, but all they see is the hint of an inside shutter moving.

We all know that the setting of this story will be Maycomb, Alabama, a sleepy southern town that's a little rough around the edges. What's the time period of this story? Give evidence to support your conclusion about the time period of this novel.

The time period of this story is the Great Depression. I can tell because they mention the movie Dracula, and Dracula was released in the 1930's.

6. Summarize the tire incident. Who do you suppose was in the Radley's house, and what did Scout hear?

The tire incident occurred when Jem got mad at Scout and pushed her down a sidewalk inside of a tire as hard as he could. After the tire stopped, Scout was lying front of the Radley's house. All of a sudden they heard someone laughing, the children then believed it was Boo.

Who is Zeebo?

The town garbage man and Calpurnia's son

9. As Jack and Atticus talk together in the evening, Atticus says that Scout needs to "learn to keep her head" in the next few months. Why is he concerned about her?

The trial of Tom Robinson is coming up and there will be even more resistance from the community for her to deal with.

Miss Maudie makes the best _____ in the neighborhood?

cakes

What animals do Scout, Jem, and Dill have to pass in order to get through the Radley's backyard?

chickens

in his final arguement before the jury, Atticus says that there is one human institution which makes us all equal and that is...

church

What two mistakes did Miss Caroline make on the first day of school?

The two mistakes that Miss Caroline Fisher made are when Burris walked into her classroom, Miss. Fisher told him to take a seat and sit down. As a result, Burris got angry and threatened Miss Caroline Fisher. He was also screaming at her as well. After that, Burris walked out of the school. Her second mistake was when she made Walter Cunningham buy lunch since Miss Caroline Fisher gave him a quarter. However, Walter packed worms for lunch, but he hid them, since that was all he could find.

Why doesn't Scout feel bad for Ms. Caroline?

The way that she treated Scout

What conclusion does Sheriff Tate come to about Scout's costume?

The wire in the costume probably saved her life

Jem said, "I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time . . . it's because he wants to stay inside." Why does he say that?

The world is starting to look mighty complicated to Jem. The jury decision, all the talk about social class and the problem of what exactly "background" means, and Mr. Raymond's false drinking problem are all weighing on his mind, and he's trying to get things all sorted out with nice, neat definitions. He is learning that things in the real world just aren't easy to sort-out and understand.

What seperated these catagories?

Their backrounds

What was the purpose of Walter Cunningham's mob?

Their purpose was to try and lynch Tom Robinson for "raping" Mayella Ewell because they were racist against black people.

How does Scout describe the weather patterns in Maycomb County?

There are no clearly defined seasons: spring drifts into summer, summer drifts into fall, and so on. Also, Maycomb does not really have a winter.

Why couldn't the kids get into the courtroom at first?

There was no room left.

Why did the men come to Atticus's house?

Thet wanted to move Tom to the Maycomb jail.

Why is it a sin to kill mockingbirds?

They "don't do anything but make music for us to enjoy"

What can be said about both Miss Merriweather and Scout's teacher, Miss Gates?

They are both very hypocritical

How are the Maycomb ladies depicted?

They are mean

What is different about Jem's pants when he goes back to get them later that night?

They are sewn up and folded across the fence (Boo did it)

What happens to Scout and Jem on their way home

They are stalked and attacked by Bob Ewell

How does Maycomb react to the news of Tom's death?

They aren't surprised and only forget after gossiping for two days

3. Miss Maudie says that Mr. Radley had been a "foot-washing Baptist." What does she mean by this statement? What do foot-washing Baptists believe, according to her?

They believe that anything pleasurable is a sin. They are judge mental and angry.

How did Miss. Maudie explain a footwashing baptist?

They believe that everything that is fun is a sin and they take the Bible work for word.

What is Scout and Jem's "tacit treaty" with Miss Maudie?

They could explore her back lot and play in her yard.

How was the law bent for the Ewells?

They could hunt and trap out of season because they were poor, mean and their mom had died. It was like this for three generations.

Why do Scout and Jem later tell themselves that whatever is in the knot-hole is their property?

They decided to leave a ball of twine they found in there, but it was still there for the next two days.

1. Describe what Jem, Scout, and Dill do in the Radley's yard at the beginning of chapter 6. What do they see that makes them run away?

They decided to look into the windows at the Radley's place to see if they can see Boo. They run when they see a person's shadow walking toward them.

What was unusual about the Radley's behavior?

They did not go to church, were not social, Mr. Radley walked to town every morning at 11:30-12:00 and would sometimes come home with a brown paper bag.

Why did Jem say mixed kids were sad?

They didn't belong anywhere; white people wouldn't accept them because they were half black and black people wouldn't accept them because they were half white.

Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?

They don't bother anybody

2. In chapter 7, Scout and Jem find several more items in the knot-hole of the tree. Briefly list the things that they find. which item do they consider their "biggest prize"?

They find a ball of twine, a pocket watch, a spelling bee medal, soap carved figures, and a pack of gum. The watch is their biggest find.

Where did the childeren go that night?

They followed Atticus to the jail.

What else did Jem and Scout find in the Radley's tree?

They found a ball of twine, two figures (resembling themselves) carved from soap, and a broken watch, a full pack of gum, a spelling bee trophy.

What did Scout and Jem find in the Radley's tree?

They found gum, two pennies, a watch, twine, and two carved soap figures of themselves

How do Atticus and the other neighbors help as Miss Maudie's house burns?

They go inside the house and retrieve valuable furniture.

How did Jem and Scout make a snowman?

They made it out of mud and covered it with snow form the frount and back yard and Miss. Maudie's yard.

5. What game do the children make up in chapter 4?

They make up thy game Boo Radley which is when they act out the Radley's in various ways.

What is special about the Cunningham family?

They never borrow anything that they cannot pay back

What was paticular about the school attendence of the Ewells?

They only came to school on the first day of school.

What was the jury's verdict?

They pronounced Tom guilty.

How did the childeren plan to leave to note to Boo?

They put it on a fishing pola and tried to stick it in a loose shutter.

Atticus and Brother

They seem to know everything in the eyes of Scout

What was the importance of Mayella's bruises being primarily on the right-hand side of her face?

They showed that her attacker was left-handed, like Bob Ewell

How do people in Maycomb finish deals?

They spit in their hands before they shake

What game do they start to play

They start to play a game where you roll inside a tire down a hill.

Why do Dill and Jem want to give Boo Radley a note? What does Atticus say when he founds out about their plan?

They want to ask him what he does i his house all day, and they want to make him feel better about staying indoors for so many years. Atticus told them to stop tormenting Boo Radley, that what they were doing was infringing on his privacy, and not to get near the Radley house ever again.

Why do Dill and Jem want to give Boo Radley a note? What does Atticus say when he finds out about their plan?

They want to invite him out to play with them; they think he might enjoy that. Atticus tells the boys to leave Arthur Radley alone, that if he wanted to be outside, he would. Atticus also tells them that the proper way to extend the invitation would be at the Radley front door instead of putting a note on a fishing pole and sticking that through the window. they want Boo to come out so Dill and Jem can ask him a few questions. In return, Dill and Jem would give him ice cream.

What did the men in the four dusty cars want?

They wanted to kill Tom.

What did Mr. Heck Tate's mob want?

They wanted to make sure Atticus and Tom Robinson would be all right.

What did Heck Tate's mob want?

They wanted to warn Atticus that he might be in danger for defending Tom Robinson.

Give a possible explanation and reason for what happened to Judge Taylor:

They were angry that he had appointed Atticus who would actually try to defend a black person.

What did the ladies at the tea party have to say about the trial?

They were disatisfied with the results of it.

Explain why did Scout and Jem not leave the school until almost everyone else had gone.

They were embarrassed about Scout's mess-up at the play.

What games do they start?

They were going to play the Rover Boys (Dill was clearly tired of playing the main parts) and since the boy character Scout was to play got out of the story in 2 secs she said no. Then she asked Jem to make up a game and he said he was too tired. THEY WERE TOO TIRED AND BORED AND IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER!!!!

In what shape were the soap figures carved?

They were shaped as Scout and Jem.

Why does Atticus let Scout and Jem stay home from school?

They were up all night because of the fire.

9. How do Jem and Dill plan to send a note to Boo Radley? What does the note say? According to Dill, what is the reason for sending the note?

They will send a fishing pole to pass him the note that asks him to come out of the house. They do this to find out about him first hand.

What did Atticus advise Scout to do?

They would keep on reading, but they wouldn't tell Miss. Caroline Fisher.

Maycomb

This is the town that the Finch's live in up to this point in the story. It is located in the state of Alabama.It is the name of the town (and also the county) where the story takes place

Dill, the children's neighbor during the summer, is described as "a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies." What does this mean?

This means that Dill is a rather strange and small person. He is into fiction and make-believe. He likes pretending and doing things the old fashioned way.

What does this show about Jem?

This shows Jem is hopeful and has faith that his father will win

What did Aunt Alexandra say was her reason for coming to Maycomb?

To give Scout some feminine influence

Why did Aunt Alexandra come to stay?

To help Atticus raise his kids better.

Where did Calpurnia take the kids and why?

To her church and it was because Atticus was out of town.

Why does Heck Tate insist Bob Ewell's death was self-inflicted?

To protect Boo

Why does Atticus "go downtown for awhile"?

To protect Tom Robinson from the mob

Why did Mayella save nickles for a year?

To send nor sibilings for ice cream.

Why did Harper Lee place Scout and Jem in the "colored balcony" while watching the trial?

To show Scout and Jem's belief in equality

Why did the Blacks stand up when Atticus left the room?

To show their respect.

Where did Atticus take the light and the extension cord and why?

To the jail So that he could read while he was staying with Tom

Why does he come to Maycomb every summer?

To visit his Aunt Rachel

Who Is Helen Robinson married to?

Tom Robinson

Who did Jem think was going to win?

Tom Robinson

Who is probably the only person who was ever decent to Mayella Ewell?

Tom Robinson

What is the big fuss in chapter 15----why is everyone so worried?

Tom Robinson has arrived at the Maycomb jail ; Tate doesn't want to keep him in the town jail the night before the trial starts.

Identify Tom Robinson, Mr. Gilmer, Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell, and Judge Taylor.

Tom Robinson supposedly raped Mayella Ewell, Bob Ewell's daughter. Mr. Gilmer is the prosecuting attorney. Judge Taylor will be the judge during Tom's trial.

Chapter 19

Tom Robinson tries to use his good right hand to put his bad left one on the Bible, but it keeps falling off, and the judge tells him not to bother. After the basic questions about his age and family, Atticus asks Tom about a previous conviction for disorderly conduct; Jem whispers that Atticus is showing the jury that Tom has nothing to hide. Gee, we're glad Jem is here to interpret for us. Tom's testimony continues: he passes the Ewell place on his way to work for Mr. Link Deas every day; he did go inside the Ewell yard to chop up a piece of furniture, but that was last spring, not in November like Mayella said, and that he went home without incident after turning down the nickel she offered him for the job. Atticus asks if he ever crossed into Ewell property after that, and Tom says he did lots of times, provoking a murmur from the audience. Atticus asks why, and Tom says Mayella kept having little jobs for him to do, and he never took payment because he knew how poor she was. Tom says the children were always around when he was there, and Mayella would talk to him. Scout thinks that Mayella must have been terribly lonely, even more lonely than Boo Radley, and that Tom was probably the only person who had ever treated her with real kindness. Did Tom ever go on the Ewell property without being invited? He says no. So, what happened that night in November? Tom was going home as usual and passed the Ewell place, which seemed awfully quiet. Mayella asked him to come in to fix a door, even though nothing seemed wrong with it. And then he suddenly realized that the reason it seemed so quiet was that the other children weren't around. Mayella said she'd been saving her nickels for a year to get enough money for all seven to buy ice cream. Well, isn't that nice, he said. He tried to leave, when she asked him to get something down from the top of a wardrobe; he stood on a chair to get it, when she grabbed his legs from behind; he jumped in fright, knocking the chair over. He swears that was the only furniture disturbed in the room when he left it. And then he turned around and Mayella hugged him. The courtroom erupts, but the judge intervenes and Tom continues: Mayella kissed him, saying that she'd never kissed an adult man before, and that what her father does to her doesn't count. Tom says that he tried to get away without touching Mayella, when Mr. Ewell shouted through the window. Atticus forces Tom to repeat Mr. Ewell's words, even though he doesn't want to: he said, "you ******* *****, I'll kill ya" (19.68). And then Tom ran away as fast as he could. Scout doesn't understand Tom's dilemma until her father explains it to her later: pushing Mayella would have been as good as signing his death warrant, so he had to run, even though it made him look guilty. While Mr. Gilmer is getting up to question the witness, Mr. Link Deas suddenly stands up and vouches for Tom's character to the whole courtroom, sparking Judge Taylor's wrath. The judge tells everyone to forget the interruption and the court reporter to erase it from the record, and the case continues. After revisiting Tom's previous criminal record, Mr. Gilmer asks him about his physical strength, establishing that after all he's strong enough to chop up furniture with his one good hand. Why did Tom spend so much time doing Mayella's chores when he had his own to do at home? Tom says, after persistent questioning, that he felt sorry for her. Mr. Gilmer shows shock and horror at this answer (how dare a black man feel sorry for a white woman?), and pauses to let the jury feel it too. When Mr. Gilmer asks questions about that night, Tom refuses to accuse Mayella of lying, but persistently says that she is "mistaken in her mind" (19.135). Why did he run? Isn't running away evidence of guilt? Tom basically says that he ran because he knew most white people would assume he was guilty no matter what. By this point Dill is crying uncontrollably, and Jem makes Scout take him out of the courtroom. Dill tells Scout it just made him sick to hear how Mr. Gilmer was talking to Tom. There's a difference between the condescending way Mr. Gilmer talked to Tom and the politeness Atticus showed to Mayella. Scout replies that the difference is between Atticus and Mr. Gilmer, not their witnesses, but Dill doesn't believe it. A new voice breaks into their conversation: Mr. Dolphus Raymond, who agrees with Dill.

9. What more does he reader learn about Tom Robinson's arrest? Of what has he been accused? Who has accused him?

Tom Robinson was accused of rape and Bob Ewul accused him of the crime.

Identify and describe Tom Robinson, Mr. Gilmer, Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell, and Judge Taylor:

Tom Robinson- a black gentlman and father who was wrongly accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Mr. Gilmer- the prosecuting attorney against Tom Robinson who spoke to Tom rudely because he was black Bob Ewell- a man that didn't have a job but had many children and no wife, who spent his welfare check on alcohol instead of food. He was easily angered and very racist against black people, and framed Tom Robinson Mayella Ewell- a girl who accused Tom Robinson of raping her, when actually she wanted to get rid of the evidence that she had kissed a black man Judge Taylor- the Judge that judged Tom Robinson's court case- he was fair to black people and chose Atticus as the defendant because he knew that Atticus would try and be fair

What decision did the Jury make?

Tom was guilty

Why did Atticus interrupt the tea party?

Tom was shot

What happened to Tom Robinson?

Tom was shot when he tried to escape from prison.

What did Scout learn happened to Tom Robinson?

Tom was shot while trying to escape from prison

What is Atticus's explanation for Tom's attempted escape?

Tom was tired of taking "white men's chances", meaning he would rather take a risk than not do anything

What did Boo want to do before he left?

Touch Jem

How is persecution shown in Maycomb?

Towards colored people and women

True or False: After Scout spent some time with the women, she came to a conclusion that many women were hypocrites.

True

True or False: Atticus did not wake up while Jem was gone from bed.

True

True or False: Atticus is successfully able to shoot the wild dog?

True

True or False: Atticus was pleased with the fact that the jury took as long at they did to make their decision.

True

True or False: Aunt Alexandra was much to concerned about these events than Atticus was.

True

True or False: Because Dill, Scout and Jem are tired of role-playing old games, they develop a game that mimics the Radley family.

True

True or False: By the end of the chapter, Scout came to the conclusion that Miss. Gates was a hypocrite.

True

True or False: By the time Scout enters 1st grade, she is able to read and write.

True

True or False: Cecil Jacob's current event was about Hitler and his discrimination of Jews.

True

True or False: Chapter 6 begins on Dill's last night before heading back to Meridian.

True

True or False: Dill made up a story in an effort to explain Jem's missing pants. He told Atticus that they were playing strip poker

True

True or False: Jem and Scout discover both gray twine and miniature figures in the tree hole.

True

True or False: Mayella testified that her father never abused her in her life.

True

True or False: Mr. Ewell is allowed to hunt out of season

True

True or False: Mr. Underwood made sure to write a nasty editorial in the Maycomb paper.

True

True or False: The Ewells are notorious for coming to school the first day and never returning.

True

True or False: The children decide to write a thank you note to whoever is leaving them gifts in the tree.

True

True or False: Tom Robinson was found guilty.

True

True or False: Tom testified that Mayella was the one who made inappropriate advances towards him.

True

True or False: Tom testified that he helped Mayella several times over the course of the last year with odd jobs.

True

True or False: When Jem went back for his pants at the Radley fence, he found that they were neatly folded on the fence and sewed up.

True

True or False: When Scout ran in to break up the mob at the jailhouse, one of the members she recognized by Walter Cunningham's father.

True

True or False: Wr find out that Atticus was successfully able to repeal Tom's case. It looked as if Tom was going to be coming home.

True

Who disliked this phase?

Uncle Jack

What did Scout's Uncle Jack learn from Scout and Atticus?

Uncle Jack broke up the fight between Scout and Francis. He automatically took Francis' side. Since Francis was injured, he looked like the wronged party. Scout just gave in to Uncle Jack and said she did what he said she did. Later, she points out to Jack that he didn't even give her a chance to explain, that Atticus always listens to both sides before he decides which person is guilty. Secondly, when Scout asks Uncle Jack a question, he gives her a non-answer. Atticus later explains to Jack that such answers only confuse kids. The truth is always best

Boo apparently was responsible for the kind act of mending Jem's pants and folding them neatly over the fence. Evidence also points to the fact that he was behind all of the gifts that Jem and Scout found in the tree. Most recently, it has been discovered that Boo was the one who put the blanket around Scout on the night of the fire. All of these actions demonstrate that Boo Radley is the opposite of what most of the townspeople think. By all indications, he is not a scary or threatening figure but, instead, a kind, caring, and generous man.

Up to this point in the novel, Boo Radley has been perceived as a lunatic or a monster. What evidence in the past two chapters indicates that he is not at all the threatening figure that people have made him out to be?

Who does Jem invite to dinner?

Walter

I don't have enough money to pay people in cash

Walter Cunningham

What is the name of the kid that cannot afford lunch?

Walter Cunningham

Who did Jem invite home from school the first day and why?

Walter Cunningham and because he didn't have any lunch and Scout was being mean to him.

Walter Cunningham

Walter is a part of the Cunningham's, a very poor family in Maycomb, Alabama. The Cunningham's eat anything they find, and are not considered "company" by Scout. never took anything they couldn't pay back.

What does Ms. Caroline tell Burris to go home and do?

Wash his hair

Our narrator is Scout, a girl who will grow from age 6 to almost 9 during the story. What do you suppose we, as the readers, should be aware of as we listen to Scout tell her story? Is a child a reliable or unreliable narrator? Defend your answer.

We as readers should listen to the way Scout talks and the language that she uses. She is an unreliable narrator because she is still a child and although she is very literate, she still has the perspective of a child and connot comprehend situations the same as an adult would.

How did Aunt Alexandra fit into maycob?

Well

How did Atticus take the insult?

Well, he took out his hankerchief and wiped his face off.

Suddenly they see the shadow of a man: "The back porch was bathed in moonlight, and the shadow, crisp as toast, moved across the porch toward Jem." Terrified, the children run out of the yard as fast as they can.

What do they see that makes them run away?

He guesses that Boo has been putting items in the tree for the children to find, and he wants to stop all contact between Boo and the children. He apparently believes, like the elder Mr. Radley believed, that Boo must remain locked up in the house and free from contact with the outside world.

What do you think the real reason is?

he wants Atticus to fire Calpurnia. Alexandra believes that now that she is there, the family does not need Calpurnia anymore. In addition, it is clear that she does not like the fact that Calpurnia has influence over Scout. Atticus firmly tells her that he has no intention of firing Calpurnia: "Alexandra, Calpurnia's not leaving this house until she wants to. You may think otherwise, but I couldn't have got along without her all these years." He stresses that Calpurnia is a faithful member of the family and that she has done a great job of raising Scout and Jem.

What does Alexandra want Atticus to do to Calpurnia? What is his response?

He tells Atticus that Dill ran away. Scout and Dill are shocked that Jem revealed their secret to an adult. They view Jem as a traitor. Of the perceived betrayal, Scout says that Jem "broke the remaining code of our childhood." Jem explains that he had to tell Atticus. He says to Dill, "You can't run three hundred miles off without your mother knowin'." This decision further establishes that Jem is maturing. He knows that Dill's mother must be extremely worried. He is thinking the way a responsible adult would think, and his action reflects that.

What does Jem do that shocks Dill and Scout? How does he explain his action, and how does it further establish his increasing maturity?

Jem tells Scout not to antagonize Aunt Alexandra. Scout resents the fact that Jem is giving her orders. When Jem threatens to spank her if she does not heed his advice, she punches him, and they end up brawling until Atticus comes in and breaks them up.

What does Jem tell Scout she should do when dealing with Aunt Alexandra? How does Scout react to his suggestion?

Miss Maudie's house is on fire. The men of the neighborhood are trying to salvage Miss Maudie's furniture from the flames. Three fire trucks arrive to fight the fire. By the end of the night, Miss Maudie's home is completely demolished.

What dramatic event causes Atticus to wake up the children at one o'clock in the morning?

As the children climb through the fence, Jem gets caught up in it and must kick his pants off to get free. When Atticus asks Jem where his pants are, Dill makes up a story to cover for him. He says that he won Jem's pants from him in a game of strip poker.

What happens to Jem's pants? What excuse does Dill make up to explain the situation?

Nathan Radley plugged the hole. When Jem asks him why, the man says he did it because the tree is dying: "You plug 'em with cement when they're sick. You ought to know that, Jem."

When Jem and Scout return to the tree with the idea of placing in it a thank you note for the anonymous gift giver, they find the knot-hole plugged up with cement. Who plugged the knot-hole, and why?

Jem is upset that Boo Radley's attempts at contact and friendship have been cruelly blocked by Nathan Radley. He feels sorry for Boo, and he is saddened by the injustice that Boo has suffered at the hands of his family. In addition, he may be feeling sorrow for himself. He and Scout had been about to place a note in the tree thanking the intended recipient for the gifts, but this plan was unfairly thwarted when Nathan Radley plugged the hole. Now, the children are unable to show their gratitude and/or pay back the kindness that Boo bestowed upon them.

When Jem finally comes in for the night, Scout notices that he had been crying. Why do you think he was crying?

Why was Jem furious with Scout and how did he get even?

When Jem talks about the Hot Steams, Scout contradicts him and makes him look bad! He is bold and has lots of pride! When she makes him look bad he is extremely embarrassed and very angry.

What is Scout and Jem's "biggest prize" that they find in the knot-hole? Why? What does Jem do with it?

a broken pocket watch with an aluminum knife. Atticus says that all together, it is worth $10. Jem wants fix it so that he can carry it with him as a replacement for his grandfather's watch.

Where does Mr. Avery live?

across from Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose's house

Does Miss Maudie think that Boo Radley is alive or dead? Why?

alive He has not been carried out of the house, yet.

Scouts father..

answers all of his children's questions

When Scout and Jem meet Charles Baker Harris, they:

are not very impressed with him even though he can read.

Most of the people in the town of Maycomb...

are predjudiced and supersticious

How does Miss Maudie describe Mr. Radley?

as a foot-washing Baptist

How does Miss Maudie describe Boo Radley?

as gentleman who always spoke nicely to her

What did Dill dare Jem to do?

dill dared jem to touch the radley house because most people are afraid to even knock on the door.

Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

The novel is narrated from which point of view?

first person

At first, Jem is disappointed in Atticus because he won't play ___________, but then he finds out he's the best ________ in Maycomb County.

football; shot

How does Jem break his elbow

getting attacked by Bob ewell

What does Jem want to do after the incident at the Radley's house? Why does Scout not want him to do it?

go back to retrieve his pants Mr. Nathan said he has another barrel loaded in his shotgun, so Jem could get killed if he went back

What Jenm said that he put the "scuppernongs" on the table he was talking about:

grapes

Items found in the tree

gum, pennies, spelling medal, ball of string, old watch

How did Jem loose his pants?

he got stuck in the fence while he was running away.

Cecil Jacobs

he is a man who walks 1 mile per day just to avoid walking near the Radley's place and Mrs.Dubose

It is ironic that Jem and Scout think that their father cannot do much of anything except read because...

he is actually the most courageous person in the town.

While Atticus, Jem, Dill, and Scout are walking home from the jail (after the lynch mob disperses and leaves), Atticus, instead of giving the kids heck for sneaking out and coming to the jail does what?

he reaches out and massaged Jem's hair while walking home - it was his one sign of affection and GRATITUDE that Jem and the kids came to the jail.

What is Maycomb's usual disease?

how people "go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up"

Outside, where does Atticus tell Scout and Jem to stay?

in front of the Radley's house

After reading the entire book, what word best describes Scout?

inquisitive

What is Jem's plan and motivation?

jem wants to play so that Scout can go first and he wants to push her in the tire (not intending her to get hurt).... just for her to get dizzy and throw up. This is very childish behavior

An important lesson Atticus teaches Scout is...

keep your promises no matter how small they are.

After inquiring about the mystery of the knot-hole, what do Scout and Jem decide to do?

leave a letter in the knot-hole

At the end of the chapter, what do Jem, Dill, and Scout attempt to do? How?

leave a note for Boo Radley Jem puts the note on the end of a fishing pole and throws it onto the shutter of one of the windows.

What is the purpose of the alarm clcok?

lets them know when they can leave

After Jem and Dill's plan fails, what do they decide to do?

look through the house's back window

What did Scout hear Miss Gates say at the courthouse?

n class, Miss Gates said, "That's the difference between America and Germany. We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship. . . . We don't believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced." What does this tell us about Miss Gates? Scout heard Miss Gates at the courthouse saying that "it's time somebody taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above themselves, an' the next thing they think they can do is marry us." Miss Gates is either a hypocrite or has not stopped to recognize that she is just as prejudiced as Hitler was, although for a different group of people.

Atticus said that if Jem hadn't fallen into Mr. Dubose's hands, he would have sent Jem there to read to her anyway because..

none of the answers listed

Miss Stephanie Crawford:

none of the answers listed

Scout's costume in the Halloween pageant is a/some:

none of the answers listed

The Scottsboro Boys were infamous because...

none of the answers listed

The ewells...

none of the answers listed

What is the only weed Miss Maudie does not permit to be in her garden, and how does she eliminate it?

nutgrass with blasts of a powerful poison

What do Jem and Dill want to do before Dill leaves? Why do they want to do this at night?

peep in the window of the Radley's house with the lose shutter to see if they could find Boo Radley - so Atticus does not catch them - if they were killed, they would miss school instead of vacation - it is easier to see through a window at night

What does Atticus say every mob is made up of?

people you know

Which literacy technique is used in the following statement? "Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when i first knew it"

personification

According to Miss Maudie, what caused her house to burn down

probably from leaving a fire in the kitchen's flue unattended

Scout finally understood and welcomed boo radley when she:

realized that he saved her life

At the beginning of the chapter, how does Scout want to spend the night?

seeing if Mr. Avery will do his "performance" again

Jem destroys Mr. Dubose's camellias because..

she called Atticus an n-word lover

How does Scout break the ice when the angry mob of townspeople?

she interjects herself into the crowd and recognizes Mr. Cunningham as a family friend

Scout discovers that Boo radley is...

shy and childlike

Where do the children find Atticus?

sitting outside the jail

According to Jem, when does school start getting interesting?

sixth grade

Sound Scout hears when she rolls up to the Radley yard in the tire

someone laughing

What was Calpurnia's fault?

that Scout could read and write because she made Scout copy down the Bible

What frightens Scout in bed after the incident at the Radley's house?

that every sound could be Boo Radley seeking revenge

After the trial, when Atticus walked out,..

the African Americans in the balcony stood up for him in support.

Whose house also begins to burn as a result of the fire?

the Finches's

What do Jem and Scout name their snowman?

the Morphodite

Irony

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

According to Jem, if you go through a "hot steam":

the ghosts may suck your breath out

Who is Eula May?

the leading telephone operator

Falling Action

the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

Understatement

the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

Characterization

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

According to Miss Maudie, what does she have that Miss Maudie has always been after?

the recipe for Lane cakes

Anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

What frightens Scout, Jem, and Dill when they are at the Radley's house?

the shadow of a man wearing a hat

What is in the velvet package

there are 2 shiny pennies of INDIAN HEADS

What two things did Atticus prove about the case?

there was no medical evidence to suggest Mayella had been raped and she was most likely beaten by a left-handed man.

Finders Keepers Losers Weepers

they decide to keep it and when school starts they will go around asking kids if its theirs. Someone in the school ought to have it

Explain why the Ewells didn't ahve to go to school:

they didn't have to go to school because no one could make them, and the truant lady figured that she had done her job just by making them go to the first day of school.

Why does Miss Maudie cover the plants in bags?

to keep them warm

Why does Atticus feel the need to sit out in front of the Maycomb Jail ?

to protect his client from a possible lynch mob

What role does Dill have in the attempt to give Boo a note?

to ring a bell (Scout's mother's dinner bell) if anyone else comes, as well as watching the front of the house from a light-pole

Instead of playing with Jem and Dill, what does Scout decide to do?

to spend the summer sitting with Miss Maudie on her front porch

What role does Scout have in the attempt to give Boo a note?

to watch the back end of the house

In the middle of the chapter, what do Scout and Jem find in the knot-hole? Which two people do they believe could have created what they found?

two figures carved in soap that looked exactly like them Mr. Avery or Miss Stephanie's "sweetheart" (probably boyfriend)

Boo is known as a malevolent phantom. What is the meaning of the word malevolent?

violent

Types of Imagery

visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile

Dramatic Irony

when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

Verbal Irony

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

What was the Boo Radley game?

A game pretending to be Boo Radley and making up his adventures

What was "round the back steps" when Calpurnia came in on Monday morning?

A garden

Who was Scout in the pagent?

A ham

HOT STEAMS

A hot steam is someone who cannot get to heaven and just wallows on some roads. If you walk through one, when you die, you become one! You go around sucking peoples lives

What did the fact that Mr. Ewell was left handed have to do with the fact that Mayella was beat up on the right side of her face?

A left handed man had to have beat up Mayella and Tom was crippled in his left arm.

What does Atticus say it's a sin to kill?

A mockingbird

What was the animal that Atticus states it was a sin to kill?

A mockingbird

What is Miss Caroline frightened by in class?

A mouse

Exposition

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

Who is Mrs. DuBose?

A neighbor rumored to have a pistol and is mean

How do the kids try to communicate with Boo Radley?

A note at the end of a fishing pole that they put up to the window

Who is Mr. Dolphus Raymond?

A person who is married to a white woman

What is a hypocrite?

A person who says one thing and does the opposite (i.e. Miss Gates)

What does Ms. Caroline offer Walter Cunningham?

A quarter

Allusion

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

What does Ms. Caroline use to punish Scout?

A ruler (six times)

Rising Action

A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

What name does Burris call Ms. Caroline

A snot-nosed slut

Paradox

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

What is the age difference between Atticus and his wife? Jem and Scout?

A+W: Atticus is 15 years older. J+S: Jem is 4 years older.

Jem gets the tire

He gets it and says that Scout is such a girl sometimes

How did Jem lose his pants? What did he find when he went back for them?

He got caught under the fence when he ran away from Boo Radley's house, so he had to pull them off in order to get through. He found them nice and stitched up and folded on the fence when he came back for them.

What other trouble did Tom have with the law?

He got in a fight.

How did Rev. Sykes help them?

He got them frount row seats in the black balcony.

1. A major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is the journey from youth and innocence to maturity and knowledge. How does Jem symbolize this theme in Chapter 12? What evidence indicates that he is growing up and changing?

He grows up and become more knowledgeable and courageous as a person. He now knows that things can be very serious.

Alexandra doesn't want Scout playing with Walter Cunningham. Why not?

According to Alexandra, Walter was "trash".

Why did Dill run away from home back to Maycomb?

He felt like his mother and stepfather didn't want him and he was just imposing himself on them.

What does Tom say which he immediatley realizes was a mistake to say?

He felt sorry for Mayella

Metonymy

A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it EX. The queen released news The White House

How do Jem and Scout build a snowman?

1) put loads of dirt on top of each other for the body 2) bend peachtree sticks into arms, attach them to the body, and put dirt over them 3) water the body, add another layer of dirt, and mold a large stomach 4) put a layer of snow over the dirt 5) use wood for eyes, nose, and mouth on the upper part of the body

What three things does Bob Ewell do?

1. Got and lost a job 2. Broke into Judge Taylor's house 3. Harasses Helen Robinson

Atticus's general advice to his children when it comes to understanding other people

1. To walk a mile in their shoes 2. To get inside their skin and walk around in it 3. To see things from their points of view

At the beginning of the story, how old is Jem?

10

How old was Jem?

12

How old was Jem when he got his arm broken

13

When was the last time Maycomb County had an actual winter?

1885

How old was Scout when her mother died?

2

How many tree's were there?

2 wild oaks

What is Tom Robinson's age?

25 years old

How many Kids does Tom Robinson have?

3

the action of this novel covers a span of how may years?

3

At the beginning of the story, how old is Scout?

6

How old is Dill at the beginning of the story?

7

4. Belief in various superstitions has emerged as a motif in the novel. What is a "Hot Steam"?

A "Hot Steam" is a person dies (dead person's soul/ghost) and when you walk through a hot steam you'll become one of them when you die.

What does Little Chuck call the mouse?

A "cootie"

Who is Lula?

A black person that attends the church and very prejudice

Someone placed what on Scout during the fire?

A blanket

3. Scout states that there is a "caste system" in Maycomb. How does she explain the system?

A caste system is any system in which people are divided in some way, most often by ethnic, racial, or financial lines. In Maycomb, there is the obvious white upper class, represented by Atticus and his friends and family; there are the poor black citizens represented by the citizens such as Tom Robinson; there are the "other white citizens" who, for example, make up the jury; there are the poor white "trash" represented by Robinson's accuser and her family. These people represent different ways of living and indeed a different place in the social order.

Idiom

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. https://prezi.com/8xwg93mnstp0/idioms-in-to-kill-a-mockingbird/

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

A comparison without using like or as

Asyndeton

A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

What was on Buriss Ewell's head?

A cootie.

Synecdoche

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

Chapter 7

After his adventures at the Radley Place, Jem is in a bad mood for a week. Scout starts second grade. It's just as bad as first grade. Jem finally tells Scout what happened when he went back to the Radley House: his pants were folded up on top of the fence, and the tear in them had been sloppily mended. CREEPY. Passing by the knothole tree, they see a ball of twine resting inside it. Scout wants to take it, but Jem thinks it might be someone's hiding spot. When the twine is still there after a few days, Jem takes it, and from then on there are no more qualms about taking things found in the knothole. A few months later, the knothole holds their best find yet: two figures carved out of soap that bear a striking resemblance to Scout and Jem. Scout throws them on the ground, thinking about voodoo dolls, but Jem rescues them. Who could have made them? The knothole haul keeps getting better and better: a whole pack of chewing gum, a spelling bee medal, and a broken pocket watch (which Jem tries but fails to fix). Scout and Jem decide to write a letter to their secret benefactor. But the next day, they find that the knothole has been filled with cement. Jem stakes out Mr. Nathan and asks why. Mr. Nathan says that the tree's sick and the cement is an attempt to cure it. Jem asks Atticus if that's true. Atticus says it looks healthy to him, but Mr. Radley should know his own trees.

The setting of a novel is...

Alabama in the 1930s

What more do we learn about Alexandra after Atticus and Calpurnia leave?

Alexandra is given a more rounded personality in this section. We see clearly for the first time that she loves and is concerned for her brother. We see her take the news of Tom's death with great difficulty, yet she gathers herself together and carries on with her guests. She seems a bit more human and a bit more noble than she has been painted prior to this.

"Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand in a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me." Explain.

Alexandra knew all the proper social things to say and do, and she knew a great deal of the history of the local families. She joined some clubs and entertained at her home, and generally did fit right into the town's society. However, Alexandra didn't understand or agree with the values by which Atticus was raising his children. Therefore, she did not understand the children's behavior. Because their value systems were different, they were more often than not at odds.

Alexandra doesn't want Scout playing with Walter Cunningham. Why not?

Alexandra thinks the Cunninghams are trash because they don't have the "background" of the Finches.

Atticus and Alexandra disagree about how to deal with children. How does Atticus handle the situation?

Alexandra wants to fire Calpurnia and not let Scout run around, but Atticus said that Calpurnia helped raise Jem and Scout and he couldn't have done it without her, and puts his foot down.

As Scout leaves the Radley porch, she looks out at the neighborhood and recounts the events of the last few years from the Radleys' perspective. Why is that important?

All through the book, she (and Jem and Dill) have been, at various times, taking Atticus' advice and putting themselves in someone else's shoes, looking at things from someone else's perspective. Each time they do this, they learn something new. It is appropriate that near the conclusion of the novel, Scout takes the most difficult stance of looking through the world from Arthur Radley's perspective.

Why do Atticus believe Bob Ewell bears a grudge?

Although Tom was convicted, no one actually believed Bob's story

What did Jem and Scout recieve for Christmas?

An air rifle, or a bebe gun.

Situational Irony

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

Who saved Jem and Scout? Who killed Bob Ewell?

Arthur (Boo) Radley saved Jem and Scout and he killed Bob Ewell.

Arthur (Boo) Radley

Arthur Radley was kept in his house (The Radley Place) at all times. After he stabbed his father with scissors, Arthur was not seen again for fifteen years, since he was kept under house-arrest for most of that time. In addition to getting in trouble with the law, Arthur was also punished by his father, Mr. Radley. As a result, Arthur Radley has earned the nickname "Boo", as stated earlier. saves jem in the end. is the Radley son that never comes out. He was once found in the wrong crowd of friends and was sent to industrial school. After he came back he was not allowed outside because his father did not want him making trouble. is a mystery to the children; he never leaves his house

Why is Scout bothered at the beginning of the chapter?

As Jem and Dill grow closer together, she is being left out of the friendship.

Atticus sees a blanket around her shoulders that does not belong to the Finches. Scout and Jem are both bewildered by the presence of the blanket. Scout does not remember putting it on, nor does she remember anyone giving it to her. All the children know is that they had been standing down by the Radley gate where Atticus told them to stay.

As Jem and Scout drink hot chocolate with their father after the fire, Scout noticesAtticus looking at her with curiosity and sternness. What does he see? How does Scout react?

Aunt Alexandra is talking about not allowing Scout to visit Calpurnia at her home. This, combined with Aunt Alexandra's plans to make Scout into a proper young woman, causes Scout to feel like a prisoner. She uses the metaphor of a "pink cotton penitentiary" to describe what she views as an impending loss of freedom at the hands of her aunt.

As Scout eavesdrops on Atticus and Aunt Alexandra, she says, "I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me...." What does Scout mean by this comment? What literary term is demonstrated here?

Mrs. Merriweather of the missionary circle complains about her cooks and field hands. What does that tell us about her?

As a member of the missionary circle, she is very concerned about the personal welfare of many Africans, but in her own back yard, Mrs. Merriweather is as prejudiced as she can be.

She finds herself thinking of the Radley house and Boo's imprisonment in it. She asks Dill, "Why do you reckon Boo Radley's never run off?" Dill's answer is that maybe Boo "doesn't have anywhere to run off to...."

As the chapter ends, what is Scout thinking about? What question does she ask Dill, and how does he respond?

What did Mr. Nathan Radley do to the tree with the knot-hole? Why?

He filled the knot-hole with cement, as it is what you do when a tree is dying.

Identify Atticus Finch, Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, Jem Finch, Maycomb, Calpurnia, Charles Baker (Dill) Harris, The Radley Place, Stephanie Crawford, Arthur (Boo) Radley, Miss Caroline Fisher, Walter Cunningham, and Burris Ewell.

Atticus Finch - Atticus was the father of his son, Jem, and his daughter, Jean Louise (Scout). He worked as a lawyer. Jean Louise (Scout) - Jean Louise was Atticus' daughter. She is currently nine (9) years old, and is Jem's sister. In addition, To Kill a Mockingbird is told in her point of view. Also, Jean Louise Finch has earned the nickname "Scout". Jem Finch - Jem is currently thirteen years old at the time. He is Atticus' son, and Scout's brother. In addition, Jem Finch likes to play football. Maycomb - This is the town that the Finch's live in up to this point in the story. Maycomb is located in the state of Alabama. Calpurnia - Calpurnia is a Black cook that works for the Finch's. She is very educated, and she taught Scout how to read and write in cursive. In addition to being a cook, Calpurnia was also somewhat of a nanny, and Jem and Scout always had to listen to her. Charles Baker (Dill) Harris - Charles Baker Harris is Rachel Haverford's Nephew. Up to this point, Dill is currently six years old, going on seven. Harris can read and he currently lives in the state of Mississippi. Furthermore, Charles Baker has earned the nickname "Dill", and his mother works as a photographer. The Radley Place - The Radley Place was where the Radley family had lived. The house appears very dark and weird. The family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Radley, and their son, Arthur. Arthur has earned the nickname "Boo". In addition, the Radley's live across from the Finch's house, and they live differently than other neighbors. Stephanie Crawford - She is a gossipy neighbor who made rumors about the Radley's. Arthur (Boo) Radley - Arthur Radley was kept in his house (The Radley Place) at all times. After he stabbed his father with scissors, Arthur was not seen again for fifteen years, since he was kept under house-arrest for most of that time. In addition to getting in trouble with the law, Arthur was also punished by his father, Mr. Radley. As a result, Arthur Radley has earned the nickname "Boo", as stated earlier. Miss Caroline Fisher - She is Scout's first grade teacher. Miss Fisher was twenty-one years old at the time, and she is from Northern Alabama. Apparently, Miss Caroline Fisher is upset with Scout since she is smarter that Miss. Fisher's class. Walter Cunningham - Walter is a part of the Cunningham's, a very poor family in Maycomb, Alabama. The Cunningham's eat anything they find, and are not considered "company" by Scout. Burris Ewell - Burris is a child that is also poor. He is rarely clean, and he only shows up for school on the first day. In addition, if Ewell doesn't get what he wants, he will get angry. Furthermore, he owns a pet rat.

Chapter 1: Identify and describe Atticus Finch, Jean Louise (Scout), Jem Finch, Maycomb, Calpurnia, Charles Baker (Dill) Harris, The Radley Place, Stephanie Crawford, Arthur (Boo) Radley, Miss Caroline Fisher, walter Cunningham, and Burris Ewell.

Atticus Finch- Jem and Scout's father, a lawyer and a widower Scout- aka Jean Louise Finch, a tomboy who never met her mother; very intelligent Jem Finch-Scout's brother, teaches her a lot about his perpsective in life, and he loses his innocence thorughout the book Maycomb- a sleepy southern town in Alabama that has a prejudice against black people Calpurnia- The Finch's black housekeeper that has helped Atticus raise his kids every since Scout and Jem's mother died Charles Baker (Dill) Harris- a small kid for his age from meridian who comes to Maycomb every summer. Dill is a daydreamer, his aunt is Miss Rachel, and he was the one who came up with the Boo Radley game. Dill is sickened by people's prejudices The Radley Place- the prison of Boo Radley, the Radley Plave is very mysterious to Scout, Jem, and Dill Stephanie Crawford- the town gossip Arthur (Boo) Radley- compared to a mockingbird bc he has done only good to society, but he is persecuted despite that. Boo Radley has been confined to his home since he was a boy, and is a loner. Miss Caroline Fisher- Scout's first teacher, who puts Scout in trouble for trying to explain the Cunninghams and the Ewells, and for knowing how to read. Walter Cunningham- a poor farmer from the Old Sarum Gang, who almost lynches Tom Robinson because of his "blind Spot" Walter Cunningham is then made to change his ways because of Scout, and has great respect for the Finches/ Burris Ewell- a man with nine kids who have no mother, and lives off tof the county welfare check and spends it on alcohol. He beats his children, and tries to kill Scout and Jem because he lost face at the trial that their father was a lawyer at.

An example of a character foil in the novel is:

Atticus and Bob Ewell

Who gave her the news?

Atticus and Calpurnia.

Which people does Bob see as his enemy?

Atticus and Judge Taylor because they embarrassed Bob in front of the town

Why is Bob Ewell so angry with Atticus?

Atticus caused Bob to lose his credibility by accusing him of raping Mayella

3. Why must Atticus leave for two weeks? How is his absence related to the country's economic issues?

Atticus has to leave for two weeks for an emergency session with the state legislature. It is a special session but I can't recall it being related to the economy in the text. The great depression began in 1929 so it might have something to do with that.

3. Who is Atticus defending? What are townspeople saying about this case? What is Atticus' response to the gossip?

Atticus is defending Tom Robinson, a noble black man. Although Atticus is only saying what he believes, the town is lashing out on Atticus for it, but Atticus ignores them.

1. Scout compares Atticus to other fathers. What is different about Atticus?

Atticus is older than most fathers. He doesn't have the same hobbies as the other fathers and he is often too old for physical activities.

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Atticus just jokes about the attack, even though his kids are really terrified that Mr. Ewell will follow through on his threat. He says that nothing can happen to Tom until the appeal, which might have a better result than the original trial. Tom is now at the Enfield Prison Farm seventy miles away, where his family can't visit him. If Tom loses the appeal, he'll go to the electric chair unless the governor grants him a stay of execution. Jem and Atticus now have a fairly long discussion about the law and fairness, which covers rape, circumstantial evidence, the (non)inclusion of women on juries, and taking sides. Check it out—there are super important issues. And Atticus knows who kept the jury from convicting Tom right away: a cousin of Mr. Walter Cunningham, part of the group who wanted to lynch Tom when he was in the Maycomb jail the night before the trial but was turned back by Scout. Scout decides to make friends with the younger Walter Cunningham, but Alexandra has some things to say about that (apparently the Cunninghams are the wrong class). Jem gives Scout a Tootsie Roll to calm her down (or at least shut her up by giving her a mouthful to chew on), and Scout notices that Jem looks different. He's growing up. Growing up has given him so new chest hair (or so he claims) and some new advice: instead of telling her to avoid annoying Alexandra, he tells her not to let Alexandra annoy her. Scout just doesn't want to hear Walter called "trash," because that makes him sound no better than the Ewells. Jem says that he thinks he's got it figured out, and there are four kinds of people: the ordinary (the Finches and their neighbors), the ones who live in the woods (the Cunninghams), the ones who live by the dump (the Ewells), and the African Americans. Everyone hates the ones a step below them. The pair try to puzzle out why Aunt Alexandra is so hung up on the notion of Family. They end up by slinging some clichés around: Scout finally concludes that people are just people and that's all there is to it, and Jem asks that, in that case, why can't we all just get along? Maybe this is why Boo Radley never comes out—because he wants to stay away from the weirdness that is humankind.

Atticus and Alexandra disagree about how to deal with the children. How does Atticus handle the situation?

Atticus makes the children obey Alexandra, but he lets them know that their relationship with him will always be the same as it was. He tries to appease Alexandra when he can, but on the major issues, he puts his foot down.

10. What does Atticus say "real courage" is? How does his definition relate to Mrs. Dubose? How does it fit Atticus?

Atticus relates real courage to Mrs. Dubose because she fought against her addiction with is very hard to do when you are very addicted.

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Atticus reminds Scout she should call him Mr. Arthur, and then he formally introduces them to each other. Scout plays hostess to Boo, showing him the way and offering him a chair, though the whole thing feels not entirely real. And then Atticus and Tate start talking about Jem's court case. What? Apparently, Atticus thinks that Jem killed Ewell, but Tate thinks that's ridiculous and has some story about Ewell falling on his own knife and impaling himself. It's clear that Tate's trying to cover something up, but Atticus—who's just too honest for his own good—can't quite figure it out. No one ever quite says it, but the point is that Boo killed Ewell, and Tate just doesn't want to drag Boo through that publicity, both the good (no one really liked Ewell) and the bad—like, you know, trial for murder, or at least manslaughter. When Tate leaves, Atticus asks Scout if she understands. Yeah, says Scout: it would be (title alert) like killing a mockingbird.

6. As Scout and Miss Maudie talk about religion, Scout explains how Atticus defines God; what does she say?

Atticus says that God is "loving folks like you love yourself."

What does Bob Ewell do to Tom Robinson's wife, Helen?

He follows her to work and makes her feel afraid

Tell about the fight between Scout and Frances:

Frances said mean things about Atticus and Dill and so Scout chases him.

6. What does Francis say about Atticus? How do his comments illustrate that racism exists not just in the other residents of Maycomb, but within the Finch family as well?

Francis says that Atticus is a "****** lover" and reveals he is just as close minded and racist as the other members of Maycomb.

What did Scout want to do with Cal?

Go to her house.

The jury found Tom Robinson

Guilty of rape

What did Scout find in the knothole of a tree in the Radley yard?

Gum

How did Atticus and Heck Tate dissagree on what how Mr. Ewell was killed?

HT- He fell on his knife A- Jem killed him

How does Uncle Jack tease Miss Maudie?

He asks Miss Maudie to marry him so he can get his hands on her goat.

How was Tom killed?

He attempts to escape from the jail and guards shoot him

How does Jem change?

He becomes difficult to live with, inconsistent, and moody.

Why was Dill crying?

He breaks down into tears by seeing Tom treated so badly. Scout is aware of this change in Dill. "For some reason Dill had started crying and couldn't stop, quietly at first, then his sobs were heard by several people in the balcony."

Why did Mayella say Atticus was mocking her?

He called her Miss. and asked who her friends were.

How did Bob Ewell insult Atticus in town?

He called him bad names and spit in his face.

What does Atticus do if he wakes up in the middle of the night?

He checks on Scout and Jem and then reads himself back to sleep.

What talents did Miss. Maudie say Atticus had?

He could play the jew harp and checkers.

Why did Jem cry?

He cried because it wasn't fair that the Tom should be convicted of something he didn't do, and the jruy knew he didn't do this and yet they still sentenced him to death.

What did Jem do to Mrs. Dubose's camellias?

He cut them

What did Atticus think of what Jem did?

He did not like it at all and made him go over to her house and appologise.

What does Tom's left hand prove beyond a doubt?

He didn't do it

Why did Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife?

He didn't want shy Boo Radley to be dragged into the limelight.

What's so suprising about Mr. Underwood's actions at the jail?

He does not like black people, but still treats them fair

What do Miss Stephanie and Atticus realize about Jem? How do Jem and Dill cover it up?

He doesn't have any pants. Dill says that he won them from Jem in a game of "strip poker", and Jem says that they were playing with matches (playing with cards is bad).

4. Why is it important to Jem to get his pants before morning, even though the mission is dangerous?

He doesn't want to disappoint Atticus since he would be caught in his lie without the pants.

12. Scout ends chapter 9 with the words,"...I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said." Why do you think Atticus wanted Scout to hear what he said during his conversation with Uncle Jack?

He explains his thoughts about the trial and the town when he knows she is really listening.

Why did Dill run away?

He felt ignored by his parents.

How does Jem function

He functions in either a group or alone

9. Describe some of the rumors surrounding the Radley's house and its inhabitant. How does the reader know that some of the rumors are untrue and that fears concerning the house may be unfolded?

Many rumors that go around are that Boo stabbed his father in the leg, that they chain him to a bed, and that small animals are found dead around the house. Boo is said to only go out at night and has been caught peering into people's windows. He is also said to eat squirrels and cats he catches. The reason readers know that some of the rumors are untrue is because of neighborhood gossip- no one has seen anything that would prove the rumors true.

What is Tom Robinson's marital status?

Married, has three children

What was the significance of Maudie's two little cakes and one large one?

Maudie had two little cakes for Scout and Dill, but Jem got a slice from the big cake. This was Maudie's symbolic way of saying she accepted Jem as a young man instead of a boy.

What was the theme of Miss. Merriweather's pagent?

Maycomb County: Ad Astra Per Aspera

Chapter 8

Maycomb gets a season it hadn't seen in a while: winter. Mr. Avery tells the kids that bad children makes the seasons change, which—what? Mrs. Radley dies, and Atticus goes to pay his condolences at the Radleys. When he comes back Jem and Scout pounce on him to ask if he saw Boo in the flesh (he didn't). Scout is terrified when she wakes up one morning to see white stuff pouring from the sky. Yep, it's snow. School is cancelled, so Jem and Scout set out to make a snowman, though they don't really know how and there isn't much snow. That night, it's freezing. Atticus wakes Scout in the middle of the night because Miss Maudie's house—next door to the Finches'—is on fire. Once the fire is finally put out (and Miss Maudie's house reduced to a smoking hole in the ground), the Finches return to their fortunately undamaged home. And then Atticus notices something. Scout is wrapped in a blanket that she didn't have when she left the house. Scout says that she stayed right where he told her to, in front of the Radley Place, but she and Jem saw Mr. Nathan fighting the fire. So if he wasn't the stealthy blanket-deliverer, it must have been some other occupant of that house. Hmm, who could that be? Jem tells Atticus all about the knothole and the cement and his mended pants. Atticus finally says outright that it must have been Boo Radley who brought the blanket, and Scout, who's been late for the clue train, is hit by belated terror.

Setting

Maycomb, Alabama, 1930s

Chapter 18

Mayella Ewell is called to the witness stand. Unlike her father, who looked like he had prepared for his appearance in court by bathing for the first time in months if not years, Mayella looks like she actually has an ongoing acquaintance with soap and water. Mr. Gilman asks Mayella to describe what happened that night in her own words, but she doesn't answer, so he switches to more specific questions. Her answers are still minimal, so the judge asks her to just tell the court what happened, and she bursts into tears. Judge Taylor tells her that she has no cause for shame or fear, so long as she tells the truth. The judge asks Mayella what she's scared of, and she points to Atticus. When the judge asks Mayella how old she is, she says nineteen and a half. The judge tells Mayella that Mr. Finch isn't going to scare her, and that his job as judge is to stop him if he tries. Mayella, soothed, finally gets going on her testimony. What she says: she was on the porch when Tom Robinson came by, she asked him to chop up an old piece of furniture for kindling, and when she went inside to get a nickel to pay him he attacked her from behind. Did she scream and fight back? Yes. What happened next? She can't really remember, but eventually her father and Mr. Tate were there. Mr. Gilmer asks again if Mayella tried to fight off her attacker, and if he took "full advantage" (18.38) of her, and she answers yes to both questions. Now it's Atticus's turn. Mayella takes offense to Atticus's calling her "ma'am" (she thinks he's making fun of her), and Scout wonders what her life is like that she thinks normal courtesy is rudeness. Some facts about Mayella: she's the eldest of seven kids, her mom's been dead for a while, she can read and write but she only went to school for two or three years. Does she have any friends? Again, she thinks Atticus is making fun, since the idea seems so absurd. Atticus asks Mayella about her father (who's still in the room), whether he's ever beaten her, and she says, after a hesitation, that he's never touched her. Yeah, we're not so sure we believe that. Finally Atticus's questions turn to the day of the alleged crime. Mayella says that Tom passed the house every day, but this was the first time she had asked him to come into the yard (though she jumped when he asked that question), but she might have asked him to do odd jobs before, she can't remember. We're getting the picture that this testimony isn't exactly going to hold up. Atticus quotes Mayella's previous testimony and asks her whether the defendant hit her face; she says no, then yes, then that she can't remember, then cries. When asked to identify the man who raped her, Mayella indicates Tom, but Atticus tells him to stand up so that Mayella can have a good look at him. Tom stands up, revealing that his left arm is a foot shorter than his right and his left hand is shriveled. Booyah! Up in the balcony, Reverend Sykes tells Jem and Scout that Tom caught his hand in a cotton gin when he was a boy. Atticus asks how this man could have raped her, and she says she doesn't know how it happened but it did. Mr. Gilmer objects that Atticus is browbeating the witness. Judge Taylor replies that if anyone's doing any browbeating it's Mayella, but he's the only one laughing at his joke. Does Mayella want to reconsider any of her testimony? Nope. She even adds some new details to try to make it make more sense. Atticus asks a series of questions that Mayella simply refuses to answer: why the other children didn't hear her screams, if she screamed when she saw her father in the window instead of at Tom, if her father was the one who beat her up. After meeting all these questions with silence, Mayella makes her final statement: "That ****** yonder took advantage of me an' if you fine fancy gentlemen don't wanta do nothin' about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards" (18.167). After that Mayella bursts into tears and refuses to answer any more questions, whether from Atticus, from Mr. Gilmer, or from Judge Taylor himself. Scout thinks that somehow Atticus had wounded Mayella in a way Scout doesn't understand, and that it made Atticus sick to do it. Mayella leaves the witness stand, directing a dagger-look of hatred at Atticus on the way. Time for a break. Scout wonders what nuances of the case she might be missing, since it all seems fairly straightforward to her, and remembers that Atticus told her that Judge Taylor is a good judge. The judge and the lawyers return to restart the case. Jem, Scout, and Dill are pleased to see that the Judge has brought a cigar with him, which he proceed to begin eating, spitting out the bits once he chews them up. It's now almost 4 p.m., and Judge Taylor asks Atticus if they can finish the case up this afternoon. Atticus says he thinks they can, and he has just one witness to call.

What was Tom's side of the story?

Mayella asked Tom to come fix the hinges on the door in the house. Mayella had saved enough nickels to send all of the kids out for ice cream so she and Tom would be alone. She asked Tom to climb up on a chair to get a box, and as he stood there, she grabbed him around the legs. When he hopped down off the chair, she jumped on him. She kissed him on the side of the face. Tom wanted out and had to push Mayella away from the door. She was not hurt. He ran away before Mr. Ewell could catch him.

What was different about what Mayella said and what Tom said?

Mayella said she asked Tom chop up the chiffarobe and Tom said she asked him to fix the hinge on the door. Also, Mayella said he snuck up on her, and Tom said she wanted/ asked him to come in.

What was Mayella's account of the incident with Tom Robinson?

Mayella said she asked Tom to come into the yard to break up a chiffarobe. When she went into the house to get him a nickel, he had followed her in and then he grabbed her around the neck and hit her. He "chunked [her] on the floor an' choked [her] 'n took advantage of [her]." Her father came in and was standing over her, and then she fainted.

According to the testomony given by Tom Robinson, what happened with Mayella?

Mayella tryed to kiss him.

Where does Dill live?

Meridian, Mississippi

Where was he from?

Meridian, Mississippi

2. In the beginning of chapter 4, "Summer was on the way...," Scout describes summer by comparing it to a series of other things that remind her oft he season. What literary term best fits her description?

Metaphor

What is the symbolic significance of Scout and Jem view the trial from this perspective?

Metaphorically puts Scout and Jem in the colored people shoes

Who is Scouts teacher?

Miss Caroline Fisher

Who was Scout's 1st grade teacher?

Miss Caroline Fisher

1. Describe Scout's teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher. What is irrational about her teaching methods?

Miss Caroline Fisher is around 21 with auburn hair and rosy pink cheeks. She wears a white striped dress with heels and has crimson nail polish. Her teaching methods are irrational because she tells Scout to stop letting her father teach her how to read because he's doing it wrong, even though she already knows how to read.

What two mistakes did Miss. Carolina make on the first day of school?

Miss Caroline's first mistake was to offer Walter Cunningham money; the Cunninghams don't take anything they can't pay back. Her second mistake was trying to tell Burris Ewell to go home and wash out his "cooties." Burris got angry and threatened Miss Caroline Fisher. He was also screaming at her as well. After that, Burris walked out of the school.

Who is Scout's third grade teacher?

Miss Gates

Why is Scout puzzled by Miss Gates' disapproval of Hitler?

Miss Gates dislike Hitler because of his persecution of the Jews, but she persecutes colored people

What did Scout hear Miss gates say at the courthouse? In class, Miss Gates said," That's the difference between America and Germany. We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship. We don't believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. Compare and contrast these two statements. What does this tell us about Miss Gates?

Miss Gates said that "it's time to teach the blacks a lesson". This is different from the other quote because in there she is mad at Hitler for being racist but in the courthouse she is racist against black people. This tells me that she is a hypocrite because she did exactly what she was at angry at Hitler for.

8. The children view Boo Radley as a strange and frightening figure. How do Miss Maudie and Atticus view him? What do they say about him?

Miss Maudie and Atticus say and view Authur as always nice and pleasant.

How does Scout react when Miss Maudie tells her that some foot-washing Baptists said that she was going to hell?

Miss Maudie is a trustworthy person. Although she does not go around the neighborhood doing good deeds, she never tells on anyone or invades anyone's private lives.

Idenitfy Miss. Maudie

Miss Maudie is another neighbor, about the age of Atticus. She is open-minded and enjoys the children's company. lady influence for scout. loved to plant.

What happened to Miss Maudies house? What was her reaction?

Miss Maudie left fires going (for warmth) and her house burned down. As always, she put her most optimistic foot forward and seemed not to mind too much.

1. Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson. Why does Scout like her so much?

Miss Maudie loves to garden and is almost always outside. Scout adores her because she is honest and kind to her and gives her cake.

Miss Maudie tells Jem that "things are never as bad as they seem". What reasons does she give for this view?

Miss Maudie tells Jem this, saying that Atticus did a job no one else could have, and has actually changed many peoples' minds. He hasn't changed enough minds completely to save Tom Robinson, but enough to make people start thinking.

Where do Scout and Jem get more snow for their snowman?

Miss Maudie's front yard

2. What dramatic event causes Atticus to wake up the children at one o'clock in the morning?

Miss Maudie's house caught on fire.

Why does Atticus wake Scout and Jem up in the middle of the night?

Miss Maudie's house is on fire.

With whom is Miss Maudie staying while she does not have a house?

Miss Stephanie Crawford

Why did Atticus wake Scout up in the middle of the night?

Miss. Maudie's house was on fire.

What was the name of the book that Jem had to read?

Mobile Press

What do Dill and Scout learn from Mr. Dolphous Raymond, the white man who has mixed children and a black mistress?

Mobs don't solve anything

What did Walter pour all over his food?

Molasses

Where did Atticus practice law?

Montgomery, Alabama

What drug did she use?

Morphine (pain killers)

Climax

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

Why are there no hymn books at Calpurnia's church?

Most people in the church can't read

Who is the snowman Jem and Scout make supposed to impersonate?

Mr. Avery

Who did Scout see in the mob of men?

Mr. Cunningham

Who does Scout recognize at the jail?

Mr. Cunningham

Identify and describe Mr. Dolphus Raymond:

Mr. Dolphus Raymond was a man who pretended to be the town drunk to give people a reason why he was so strange by marrying a black women and hanging out with them.

Identify Mr. Dolphus Raymond.

Mr. Dolphus Raymond was a white man who married a black woman and lived with the black community. Jem has heard a story that Mr. Raymond is always drunk. (However, we learn later that this is just an act.)

Who did Cal call?

Mr. Finch

Who killed the dog and how?

Mr. Finch and he did it by shooting him.

Who stopped the gifts in the knothole and how?

Mr. Nathan Radley and by filling it with cement.

Why would there be no more suprises in the tree?

Mr. Nathan Radley cemented the hole closed. When Jem and Scout asked Mr. Radley why he filled up the knothole, he said the tree was sick. However, Atticus looked at the tree and it looked healthy, according to Atticus.

Why would there be no more surprises in the tree?

Mr. Nathan Radley plugged the hole up with cement because he said the tree was dead.

5. When Jem and Scout return to the tree with the idea of placing in it a thank you note for the anonymous gift giver, they find the knot-hole plugged up with cement. Who plugged the knot-hole, and why?

Mr. Nathan Radley plugs the hole up because "the tree is dying."

What do Scout, Jem, and Dill learn after returning from the Radley's place?

Mr. Nathan Radley shot at a Negro (possible the three of them or the shadow).

4. Like her son, Mrs. Radley is rarely seen outside. How might Mr. Radley's Religious views explain this fact?

Mr. Radley believes that they should be inside praying and reading the Bible and that anything enjoyable is a sin, so they keep to themselves.

The soap carvings that resemble Scout and Jem indicate that the person made these items specifically for them. This further suggests that all of the items in the tree have been meant as gifts for the two of them.

Previously, the children had assumed that the knot-hole was someone's hiding place. What evidence now suggests that the items in the tree are meant specifically for Scout and Jem?

Chapter 20

Mr. Raymond offers Dill his paper bag. Scout think it's whisky, but nah, says Dill, it's just Coca-Cola. This is Mr. Raymond's secret: he just pretends to drink all the time because it gives other people an excuse for his bad behavior. He's telling them his secret because they're kids and they know better than their elders—Dill's crying shows that the world hasn't gotten hold of him and made him blind to its meanness. Atticus sees it, too. He's an unusual case. All you have to do is look back inside the courthouse to see how unusual. They head back to the balcony, to find Atticus already halfway through his closing remarks. Atticus, after asking permission from the judge, takes off his coat, unbuttons his vest and collar, and loosens his tie—shocking his children, who have never, ever before seen him so undressed outside of his bedroom. Atticus's tone sheds a few layers, too, becoming conversational rather than businesslike. Basically, he points out that there's no evidence and that the prosecution is banking on the stereotype that all African-Americans are immoral liars who rape white women whenever they get the chance. He tells the jury that they're smart enough to see that for the lie it is, and to know that African-Americans are no worse than any other race. At this point Scout notices another first: Atticus is sweating. Atticus continues to the jury: he cites Thomas Jefferson's famous line that all men are created equal, and says that this doesn't mean that everyone is just as talented as everyone else, but that everyone is equal under the law. He ends his speech with a plea to the jury: "In the name of God, do your duty" (20.52). Atticus turns to go back to his seat, softly saying something else that Scout doesn't hear; she asks Jem, and he says that Atticus said "In the name of God, believe him" (20.54). Uh-oh. Calpurnia is making a beeline up the center aisle of the courtroom towards Atticus.

Chapter 17

Mr. Tate says that on the night of November 21st Bob Ewell brought him to the Ewell house, where he found Mr. Ewell's daughter, who had been badly beaten. When Mr. Tate asked her who did it, she said Tom Robinson, and when he asked her if Robinson had raped her, she said yes. Mr. Tate went and got Robinson, had the Ewell girl identify him, and then arrested him. Next, it's Atticus's turn to question the witness. He asks (three times) if Mr. Tate called a doctor to tend to the Ewell girl's injuries, and (all three times) Tate says no. Then he asks Tate to describe those injuries, and he says she had bruises and a black eye. Atticus asks which eye was the black one, and Tate, after giving him a what-kind-of-stupid-question-is-this look, says it was her left. Atticus gets him to clarify that it was the left from his perspective, which means it was the girl's own right. Tate, after another question from Atticus, goes on to describe her injuries further: the right side of her face (where the black eye was) was heavily bruised, and there were finger marks all around her throat. That ends Mr. Tate's testimony, and he leaves the witness stand. Scout thinks it's all rather boring and dry, not at all the high drama, Law and Order lawyering she had expected. Now it's Bob Ewell's turn for the witness stand. Scout gives us some facts about the Ewells: they're always on welfare and they live near an African-American settlement in a shack behind the dump. Which they scavenge. It's a pretty grim life. Beside the trash and the old cars in their front yard, there's one thing that stands out, or rather six: a set of chipped jars holding Mayella's well-tended bright red geraniums. Scout remembers that the nearby African-American houses are clean and inviting, but the Ewell residence is filthy. The point? "All the little man on the witness stand had that made him any better than his nearest neighbors was, that if scrubbed with lye soap in very hot water, his skin was white" (17.67). Mr. Ewell gives his version: he came home to hear Mayella screaming inside the house, ran to the window and saw Tom Robinson raping her. At his last words the crowd explodes, and Judge Taylor has to bang his gavel for a full five minutes before they calm down. Mr. Ewell is pleased with the effect he has had on his audience, but Judge Taylor is not. The judge says that there's been a request to clear the court, or at least to save the tender ears of the women and children by kicking them out, but that he'll let everyone stay—unless they misbehave, in which case, he'll have them up for contempt of court. More testimony: he ran to get into the house, but the man ran out before he could catch him, so he ran for Mr. Tate. Mr. Ewell is so eager to get off the witness stand that he collides with Atticus. Not so fast. Atticus is just ready to question him. Hm, it looks like Mr. Ewell didn't expect to get cross-examined. Did Ewell call a doctor? Nope. He's never called a doctor for any of his family, as it would cost five dollars. Atticus continues by asking Ewell about his daughter's injuries, and he confirms that the sheriff's description was correct. The next question is whether Ewell can read and write. Ewell answers yes, with a joke about signing his welfare checks that seems to go over well with the crowd. Scout is getting nervous, since she doesn't see where Atticus is heading with these questions. Atticus has Ewell write his name, and then states what that action demonstrated: Ewell is left-handed. Scout notices that Jem is excited, and he whispers that they've got him now, but Scout doesn't get it it; Tom Robinson might be left-handed, too, and from where she's sitting he certainly looks strong enough to have beaten up Mayella.

Who owns the Maycomb Tribune (newspaper) and "has the back" of Atticus during the lynch mob confrontation (he is up above leaning/looking out the window with his double barrell shotgun to help Atticus)?

Mr. Underwood

Who said this, "Had you covered all the time, Atticus."

Mr. Underwood

12. Atticus hands Jem a box that Mrs. Dubose had left for him. What is in the box? What is Jem's response to it?

Mrs. Dubose gives Jem a flower in the box and Jem is very angry about this because this relates to racism never ending.

Identify Mrs. Dubose.

Mrs. Dubose is an old lady who lives down the street. She berates the children as they walk past her house. Everyone agreed she was the meanest old woman who had ever lived. Jem wouldn't go near her house without Atticus with him.

9. According to Atticus, Mrs. Dubose had made one goal for herself before she died. What was it? How did Jem unknowingly help her reach that goal? How does this explain the significance of the alarm clock?

Mrs. Dubose's goal has to become drug (morphine) free before she died. Jem unknowingly helped her reach this goal buy reading to her everyday. By doing this, Mrs. Dubose became drug-free. As the days went by, the alarm clock would almost symbolize and act as rehabilitation.

Who is said to have died at the beginning of the chapter? How did he/she die?

Mrs. Radley from natural causes

1. At the beginning of chapter 8, Scout mentions that old Mrs. Radley died but her death "caused hardly a ripple" in the neighborhood. Why was this the case?

Mrs. Radley keeps to herself so no one is attached to her so her death doesn't impact anyone in the neighborhood.

Who shows up to scold Ms. Caroline?

Ms. Blount

I don't appreciate Scout's ability to read and write

Ms. Caroline

Who is Scout's first grade teacher?

Ms. Caroline

Whose house burned down in Chapter 8?

Ms. Maudie

Who filled the tree knot at the end of Chapter 8?

Nathan Radley

How did Mrs. Dubose act at the end of the month and why?

Nice and this was because she was off the morphine.

Describe Miss. Caroline Fisher:

No older than 21, bright aburn hair, pink cheeks, wore crism nail polish, heighheels, and a red and white stripped dress. "She looked and smelled like a pepermint drop"

Where is Ms. Caroline from?

Northern part of Alabama

Chapter 11

Now that Scout's a grown-up second-grader, tormenting Boo Radley seems like little kid stuff. She's setting her sights beyond the neighborhood to the metropolis of downtown Maycomb. Getting downtown, however, requires getting past the house of Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. The old woman hurls insults at them every time they pass her house, no matter how nice they are to her. But Atticus makes polite conversation with Mrs. Dubose, so Scout think he's incredibly brave. The day after Jem turns twelve, he's got a load of birthday cash to spend. They head down to town for him to lighten his pockets. On the list of purchases: a toy steam engine for Jem and a baton for Scout. As they pass Mrs. Dubose, she accuses them of playing hooky, even though it's Saturday. Jem and Scout can put up with that, but when she attacks their father for defending Tom Robinson, Scout has to drag Jem away. They make their purchases and head home, passing by Mrs. Dubose's house again. She's not on the front porch, and Jem snaps. He grabs Scout's new baton, and uses it to destroy Mrs. Dubose's camellias, finally breaking the baton over his knee. Atticus comes home, and he's not happy. He tells his son that no matter what she said, those poor flowers never did anyone any harm, and Jem needs to go apologize—right now. Meanwhile, Scout finally speaks her mind. No, her dad says, it's not fair. But things are only going to get worse as the Tom Robinson case gets closer. When they're older, they'll understand why he's doing what he's doing. But isn't Atticus wrong, because most of the townspeople think he is? Nope, Atticus says. Personal conscience isn't a democracy. Finally, Jem's back. He cleaned up the yard and apologized (even though he didn't mean it), and now Mrs. Dubose wants him to come over every day except Sunday to read to her. Atticus says he has to do it. There's no point in apologizing unless it's sincere. As a sick old lady Mrs. Dubose can't be held responsible for her actions. Atticus is a lot more forgiving then we are. Anyway, Jem heads over to Mrs. Dubose's house for his first round of reading. Scout goes with him. They find her in bed, and she gets in a few sharp words before Jem starts reading. Her face is disgusting—wrinkled, spotty, toothless, and drooling—so Scout tries to find something else to look at. After a while, the kids notice that Mrs. Dubose's frequent corrections of his mistakes had dropped off, and she doesn't even notice when he stops mid-sentence. Huh. She appears to be in some sort of fit. The kids ask if she's all right, but she doesn't answer. Then an alarm clock goes off, and Mrs. Dubose's servant Jessie shoos them out of the house, saying it's time for Mrs. Dubose's medicine. Reading to Mrs. Dubose becomes part of their daily schedule. One evening Scout asks Atticus what exactly a "******-lover" (11.100) is, since that's what Mrs. Dubose frequently calls him, and it's also what Francis said. Is that why she jumped Francis? Yes. Atticus asks why Scout's asking for a definition if she understood it well enough to make it the reason for a fight, and Scout says that it was the way Francis said it that got on her nerves. Atticus tells her that the term doesn't mean anything, but it's something "ignorant, trashy people use [...] when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves" (11.107), and that even higher-class people use it sometimes when they want to put someone down. It's not actually an insult; it just shows you how "poor" (11.109) the person using it is. One afternoon while Jem is plugging away at reading aloud to Mrs. Dubose, Atticus surprises them by coming in. It turns out he's just left work—Mrs. Dubose has been setting the alarm clock later and later each day, so Jem and Scout have been staying longer and longer without realizing it. Mrs. Dubose says that Jem has to come for a week longer, even though the original month is up, and Atticus says he has to do it. Finally the last day of reading is over. Hooray! Now Jem can turn to more important things, like college football. One evening, Mrs. Dubose dies. Atticus comes home with a box and an explanation: Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict and wanted to kick the habit before she died as a matter of personal pride. Her fits were caused by withdrawal, and the reading helped keep her mind off the cravings till the alarm clock went off and she could have a dose (which also explains why the reading periods got longer and longer). By the end of the reading afternoons, she was free of the drug habit. The box Atticus brought home is for Jem. When he opens it he finds a camellia. Jem is angry at this needling from beyond the grave, but Atticus tells him that he thinks it's a message that everything's all right. If Jem hadn't gone on an anti-camellia rampage, Atticus might have made his son go read to Mrs. Dubose anyway, in order "to see what real courage is" (11.153)—not using a gun, but fighting for a cause you believe in even if you know you probably won't win.

Where did Uncle Jimmy Stay?

On Finch landing.

How did Mr. Robinson injure his left arm?

On Page 249, it states how Tom Robinson injured his left arm. "He (Tom Robinson) got it caught in a cotton gin, caught it in Mr. Dolphus Raymond's cotton gin when he was a boy...like bled to death...tore all the muscles loose from his bones---"

What habit brought Mr. Ewell into suspicion?

On page 251, it states how Mr. Ewell into suspicion. "Who beat you up? Tom Robinson or your father? --- No Answer...Why don't you tell the truth, child, didn't Bob Ewell beat you up...Mayella's face was a mixture of terror and fury?" This showed that Mayella probably was beat up by her dad because she was scared.

Who on the jury voted for Tom?

One of the Cunningham's

How does Jem know that the person who is leaving items in the knot-hole is not Miss Maudie?

One of the most commonc items in the knot-hole is gum, and Miss Maudie can't chew gum.

According to Tom, Where were all the Ewell children?

Out getting ice cream

According to Atticus, what's a mob always made up of?

People you know

Time has slowed to a deadly crawl. This is an example of

Personification

Juxtaposition

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

Chapter 26

School starts (third grade for Scout and seventh for Jem, who's got a place on the football team) so once again they're passing the Radley Place every day. Boo Radley seems positively tame after the events of the last year, which still haven't quite died down. Jem and Scout are practicing their gentleman and lady skills in the schoolyard, where most of their classmates share their parents' prejudices. Scout wonders why everyone re-elected Atticus to represent them in the state government if they all think he's wrong, and concludes that people are just plain weird. (We hear you.) Every week, Scout's class has a Current Events assignment, and one day the current event is Hitler. The teacher Miss Gates seizes the moment for a little lecture about the difference between democracy and dictatorship, and about the persecution of Jews. Later, Scout asks Atticus why the people Hitler's persecuting don't just persecute him instead, since there's lots of them and only one Hitler, and Atticus answers that he doesn't know. Scout asks Atticus if hating Hitler is okay. Apparently not, even if it's Hitler. Scout still can't quite formulate the question that's bugging her, so she goes to Jem, who's eaten his way through several bunches of bananas in an attempt to bulk up so he can get a better position on the football team. Scout tries to explain what's bothering her: it's bad to persecute people, and Miss Gates seems really upset at the way Hitler's persecuting the Jews, but she remembers Miss Gates coming down the courthouse steps after the trial saying "it's time somebody taught them a lesson" (26.56). Here's the question: "how can you hate Hitler so bad an' then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home[?]" (26.56). But Jem doesn't ever want to talk about the courthouse again. Scout goes back to Atticus and tries to climb in his lap, though she doesn't really fit there any more.

I am Jem's sister

Scout

I find things in a tree knot

Scout

Narrator of the novel

Scout

Who says there are just "folks"?

Scout

What "disaster" happened at Christmas between Scout and Francis?

Scout and Francis got into a fight because Francis put down Atticus.

What "disaster" happened at Christmas between Scout and Francis?

Scout and Francis got into a fight because Francis was fussing with Scout about Atticus's defending a black man. Scout couldn't stand all the things Francis was calling Atticus, so she hit him square in the mouth. She didn't really understand what Francis said, but she knew it wasn't complimentary.

What event is happening at the beginning of the chapter?

Scout and Jem are visiting Dill one more time before he leaves for Meridian.

1. Scout tells the reader about Mrs. Dubose. How do Scout and Jem feel about her?

Scout and Jem feel like she is a cranky and old raciest lady. They believe she try's to get them in trouble.

They find a ball of gray twine, a package of chewing gum, and an old spelling bee medal. Perhaps the most intriguing items are two small images carved in soap: a boy that resembles Jem and a girl that resembles Scout.

Scout and Jem find several more items in the knot-hole of the tree. Briefly list the things that they find.

What did Scout and Jem find in the Radley's tree?

Scout and Jem find two sticks of chewing gum wrapped in tinfoil. and two Indian head pennies

7. How does Jem and Scout meet Dill? How does Scout describe the boy?

Scout and Jem strangely heard a noise coming from Miss Rachel Haverford's porch. Later they met Dill and Scout characterizes him as very small for his age, with white hair (very bright blond), and blue linen shorts.

Who is Dill?

Scout and Jem's friend; comes during the summer; is 7 yers old at the begining. He can read and wants to marry Scout.

1. As chapter 9 begins, Scout is yelling at Ceil Jacobs, a boy at school. Why are they fighting?

Scout and the Ceil are fighting because Ceil is saying that her father defends ******s.

6. When Scout feels Atticus what Mrs. Dubose has been calling him, what is his response? What lesson does he teach Scout during his conversation?

Scout asks Atticus what a ******-lover is, and he says that it's just a meaningless term. He asks Scout to consider where Mrs. Dubose comes from. Her anger and ignorance are a result of a very painful life. Atticus said that you are going to hear mean things and you've just got to keep your head up.

Chapter 13

Scout asks Aunt Alexandra if she's come for a visit, and aunty says that she and Atticus have decided that it's best if she stays with them for a while, as Scout needs some "feminine influence" (13.10). Scout does not agree with this, but keeps quiet about it. In fact, Scout has trouble making any kind of conversation with her aunt. That evening Atticus comes home and confirms Aunt Alexandra's reason for her coming to stay, though Scout thinks it's mostly her aunt's doing, part of her long campaign to do "What Is Best For The Family" (13.22). Aunt Alexandra is popular in Maycomb and takes a leading role in the feminine social circles, even though she makes obvious her belief that Finches are superior to everyone else (even though, as Jem says, most people in town are related to the Finches anyhow). Aunt Alexandra is a firm believer in Streaks—each family has one (a Drinking Streak, a Gambling Streak, etc.), though Scout doesn't really understand her aunt's obsession with heredity. It makes a kind of sense. The town is far enough away from the river that forms the area's main transportation route means that hardly anyone ever moves to Maycomb or away from it. Families have known each other for generations, establishing the reputation for having "streaks." Scout mostly ignores her aunt, unless she gets called in to make an appearance at a luncheon or tea. Alexandra also attempts to instill family pride, by, for example, showing them a book their cousin Joshua wrote. Unfortunately, the kids already know his story from Atticus: he went crazy at college and tried to assassinate the president of the school. After this Aunt Alexandra sends Atticus to talk to the kids about being proud of their superior heritage, but he just scares them because he doesn't usually talk to them in that way. Scout ends up crying on his lap, and Atticus tells them both to forget it.

On Christmas Day at Finch's Landing:

Scout beat up Uncle Jack Finch

3. Compare the education levels to Scout, Walter Cunningham, and Buris Ewell. How do these comparisons emphasize the relationship between the class and education?

Scout can read and write because her family taught her, Cunningham misses school to help his dad on the farm, and Ewell misses because he simply doesn't want to go and no one can make him.

Chapter 29

Scout climbs into Atticus's lap and tells the story: how she had forgotten her shoes, how they thought it was Cecil so they shouted at him (the sheriff interrupts here to ask if Atticus heard anything: he didn't, but he had the radio on); how she heard the footsteps behind them; how she was still wearing the ham costume. Mr. Tate says the costume explains the strange marks he found on the body, and Atticus goes to get the now squashed ham. They look at the costume, and it's more than squashed—there's a cut where Mr. Ewell had slashed at Scout with a knife. Atticus never thought Ewell would go after the kids, but Tate says that there are some men who are just bad. They go back to Scout's story, and when Tate asks who the other man was, Scout gestures towards the stranger in the corner. Scout finally looks at the man properly and sees his paleness, his thinness, his colorless eyes, and realizes—she's looking at Boo Radley. He smiles shyly at her, and tears come to Scout's eyes as she says, "Hey, Boo" (29.50)

Chapter 5

Scout convinces Jem to back off on the Radley game, and then Dill asks Scout to marry him. (Hey, it is the South.) Despite this moment of passion, the boys spend most of their time together and neglect Scout. So, Scout spends her time hanging out with Miss Maudie Atkinson, a usually stand-off-ish old lady. Bonus: Miss Maudie makes the best cakes in the neighborhood, and best of all, shares them with the three kids. Flashback: Scout's Uncle Jack has a history of flirting with Miss Maudie, though in a joking way. Miss Maudie tells Scout more about the Radleys, including that old Mr. Radley (Boo's father) was a "foot-washing Baptist" (5.27), which is apparently much more hardcore than just regular Baptists. In fact, some of Mr. Radley's fellow foot-washers have told Miss Maudie that she and her flowers are going to burn in hell, because any time spent not reading the Bible is time spent in sin, especially if it involves creating something pleasing to the senses. (No word on whether criticizing one's neighbors counts as a sin with them.) Miss Maudie says that the Radleys are "so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one" (5.44). Is Boo crazy? Well, if he wasn't when this whole thing started, he probably is now. Scout finally breaks into Jem and Dill's Get Rid Of Slimy girlS Club, and finds out what they've been planning to do: use a fishing pole to put a note to Boo through one of the upper windows of the Radley Place. When they put the plan into action, Jem has some difficulty maneuvering the fishing pole, which is too short to reach the window. And then Atticus shows up. And he doesn't look pleased. Atticus tells the kids to stop bothering Boo, who has a perfect right to stay in his house if he wants to. Atticus also tells them to stop playing their stupid game, and Jem says they weren't making fun of Boo, inadvertently revealing to Atticus that they were in fact playing at being the Radleys. Jem eventually realizes he's been fooled by the oldest lawyer's trick in the book. Oops.

What ends up happening?

Scout falls in front of the Radley's place. Jem caused suffering and struggling to Scout, like Lizabeth did to Miss Lottie.

1. What does Scout find in one of the trees at the edge of the Radley's lot? Several days later, she and Jem find something else in the tree. What do they find? What do they decide to do with the items?

Scout finds a piece of gum and several days later they both find two Indian heads (pennies) in a tin foil. They decide to keep it until school starts, so they could ask if it belongs to anyone.

Why does Miss Caroline get angry with Scout?

Scout is literate

5. Why does Miss Caroline punish Scout?

Scout is punished because she talks back to her teacher because Miss Caroline doesn't understand the Cunningham's situation.

Chapter 9

Scout is ready to fight Cecil Jacobs on the schoolyard when he says that her father defends "******s" (9.3). (This is the word the book uses, so we'll use it here, despite its history of offensiveness. See the "Speech and Dialogue" section in "Tools of Characterization" for a fuller explanation of how this term functions in the book.) When Scout asks Atticus about it, he tells her not to say "******." Scout then asks him if all lawyers defend Negroes, and he says that of course they do. So why does Cecil make it sound worse than bootlegging (booze, not music)? Atticus tries to explain to Scout the complexities of race relations in Maycomb. See, just because lawyers have black clients doesn't mean they actually do a good job at defending them. But Atticus does. For him, it boils down to self-respect: he couldn't hold his head up if he did less than his best. Is he going to win the case? No, but they have to try anyway. Atticus reassures Scout: "But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're [the residents of Maycomb are] still our friends and this is still our home" (9.27). The next day at school, Scout is about to fight Cecil Jacobs when she remembers what Atticus told her and walks away instead, even though she gets called a coward. Soon it's Christmas, which means a visit from Uncle Jack (good), but also a visit from Aunt Alexandra (bad). Even worse, it means having to spend time with Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis, who is the yin to Scout's yang.Uncle Jack arrives with two long packages of mysterious contents. Scout cusses while Uncle Jack's around, and later he tells her that she shouldn't do that if she wants to grow up to be a lady (which she doesn't). The next day is Christmas morning, and they open the mysterious packages to find a pair of long-desired air rifles. (You'll shoot your eye out!) Woohoo! They head down to Finch's Landing, sans air rifles (to Scout's dismay, as she'd already had fantasies about shooting Francis). Jem abandons his sister to schmooze with the adults, leaving Scout to deal with the dreaded Francis—whose main problem so far seems to be liking boring Christmas presents. Apparently Aunt Alexandra has strong ideas as to what girls should be and wear (frilly dresses) that are very different from Scout's (overalls). Oh, here's the problem: eventually, Francis quotes Aunt Alexandra, calling Atticus a "******-lover" who's "ruinin' the family" (9.98). Scout whales on Francis, gets in trouble with Uncle Jack, and then heads back home to sulk. Eventually, Uncle Jack asks Scout to explain her side of the story. When she explains, Uncle Jack wants to go beat up the little punk himself, but instead he just bandages her still-bleeding hand. Later Scout overhears Uncle Jack and Atticus talking. Atticus tells Uncle Jack some things about children: answer them truthfully, and bad language is less dangerous than hotheadedness. Atticus says that Scout needs to learn to control her temper because things are only going to get harder. How bad are things are going to get? Really bad. He also says that he'd rather not have taken the case, but once it was offered to him he couldn't refuse it in good conscience. Atticus hopes he can get his kids through the case without their "catching Maycomb's usual disease"—going "stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up" (9.187)—and that they will come to him if they have questions. Atticus then tells Scout, still lurking around the corner eavesdropping, to go to bed. Years later, an older Scout realizes that her father meant her to overhear the conversation.

3. As Scout eavesdrops on Atticus and Aunt Alexandra, she says, "I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me...." What does Scout mean by this comment? What literary term is demonstrated here?

Scout is referring to Aunt Alexandra's desire to turn her into a lady. The "starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary" refer to dressing like a lady, something that for Scout resembles a prison (no more tomboy).

Scout's imagination runs wild through the night. Every sound she hears becomes magnified and transforms itself into something terrifying:

Scout is unable to sleep because she is so scared.

What does Ms. Caroline catch Scout doing in the middle of class?

Scout is writing a letter to Dill

Chapter 31

Scout leads Boo to Jem's bed, where Boo looks at Jem "as though he had never seen a boy before" (31.9). She's got a knack for sensing Boo's mute communications. When she realizes he wants to leave, she leads him to the front porch. Together, they walk arm-in-arm to the Radley Place. He goes inside, and Scout never sees him again. She's bummed to realize that they'd never given him anything, when he'd given them so many things over the years.When she turns to leave, she sees her neighborhood with fresh eyes from this spot where she's never stood before. She shifts slightly to stand in front of the shuttered window next to the front door, and imagines how the events of the past few years would have appeared to Boo from this window—how Boo would have looked on her, and Jem, and Atticus. Atticus always says you need to stand in a man's shoes before you can understand him. It looks like standing on the Radley porch is helping Scout understand Boo. As she walks home through the rain, Scout thinks that she and Jem may have some more growing to do, but there's not much left for them to learn. Except maybe algebra. At home, Scout asks Atticus to read aloud one of Jem's books, The Gray Ghost. Scout asks him to read it out loud because it's nice and scary, but Atticus says that she's had enough scaring tonight. Nah, says Scout. Only books are really scary. Atticus starts reading aloud, and Scout falls asleep. Later Atticus puts Scout to bed, and a dozy Scout mutters that she heard every word of the story—about how they chased Stoner's Boy but they couldn't catch him because they'd never seen him, and when they found him he wasn't bad at all, but "real nice" (31.53) Atticus tells her: "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them" (31.55). Wait, Atticus: you mean, like Boo??? And then Atticus heads back to Jem's room, so "he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning" (31.56).

2. How did Scout learn to read and write?

Scout learned to read and write by picking it up by watching her father read, and writing for Calpurnia who made her copy the Bible, then rewarded her with food.

What does Scout learn about Calpurnia?

Scout learns that Cal leads a double life. She talks and acts like her black friends and neighbors when she is with them, and she talks and acts more like white people when she is with them. Scout thinks this is interesting and asks to visit Cal at her home one day.

Reason for Cal's anger at Scout at the lunch table

Scout made fun of Walter when he put syrup on his food

Scout's first day of first grade was a memborable because:

Scout made the teacher look like a fool.

Chapter 14

That incident is enough to make Aunt Alexandra shut up about the Finch Family Pride, just in time for Scout to get some hints that the townspeople are obsessed with the Finch Family Shame. After overhearing a passerby's cryptic comment, Scout asks Atticus what rape is. Atticus defines it for her as "carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent" (14.5) Thanks for clearing that up, dad. Scout doesn't really get what that means, and asks Atticus why Calpurnia wouldn't explain it to her, leading to the story of how Calpurnia took Scout and Jem to her church. Aunt Alexandra is none too pleased to find this out, and inserts a resounding "no" into the conversation when Scout asks Atticus if she can visit Calpurnia. Scout talks back to her aunt and then hides in the bathroom, later returning to overhear her aunt and father quarrelling about an unnamed "her." Scout is worried that she's the "her," and feels "the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on" her (14.24). In other words, she's afraid they're going to make her wear frilly dresses for the rest of her life. Figuratively and literally. Eventually she figures out with relief that it's Calpurnia they're talking about: Alexandra wants to fire her, but Atticus won't hear of it. Jem tries to intervene by telling Scout not to get on her aunt's nerves, but little sis doesn't want her bro telling her what to do. This ends in a fistfight, naturally, until they make up when they overhear Aunt Alexandra launching yet another attack on their way of life. On the way to bed, Scout steps on something. Snake? Nope. It's Dill. And he's hungry. Dill tells a story (actually two, mutually contradictory stories) about how he escaped from his cruel father and journeyed to Maycomb. Scout brings him some food, and Jem breaks the no-tattling rule of childhood to tell Atticus. Hm, maybe Jem is growing up? After Scout has been asleep for a while, she wakes up to find Dill joining her in bed. Don't worry: nothing happens to heat up the G rating. They just talk about families. See, Dill felt like his mom and her new boyfriend weren't paying him any attention and didn't want him around. Scout's problem is that her family pays her too much attention, but realizes that she would hate it if she didn't feel like they needed her. Dill says that he and Scout should get themselves a baby, and tells her a story about where babies come from (no sex is involved in his account, fortunately), and they slowly doze off. Just before they fall asleep, Scout asks Dill why Boo Radley has never run off. Maybe, Dill answers, because he doesn't have a place he can run to.

What do Dill and Scout learn from Mr. Raymond?

That people aren't always what they seem.

What more do we learn about Alexandra after Atticus and Calpurnia leave?

That she cares about her brother, and that she's not quite so hard-shelled as she wants you to think.

What did Scout tell her teacher about the Cunninghams?

That they were very poor and would not accept anything that they could not pay back.

4. Which of the novel's characters thus far might be considered similar to mockingbirds?

That would be Tom Robinson and Boo Radley.

Who were the Cunningham boys and what happened to them? What's the irony here?

The Cunningham boys were a group Boo Radley ran around with and they all got in trouble together. The irony is that the Cunningham boys were forced to go to industrial school but Boo's dad wouldn't let him go. The Cunningham boys got a good education and were reformed. Boo didn't ever get to leave the house.

3. Describe the Cunningham clan.

The Cunningham clan are poor farmers who never take anything they cannot pay back with crops.

Aunt Alexandra does not want Scout to play with Walter Cunnigham. Why?

The Cunninghams are not social equals of the Finches.

Which family is considered the "disgrace of Maycomb"?

The Ewells

2. Who are the Ewells, and why are they treated differently than others? Identify the "certain privileges" they get.

The Ewells are white trash people who are lazy, bad, and dishonest. They can hunt out of season and not have to go to school. People in Maycomb don't want to deal with them so they allow them not to follow the rules.

Why didn't the Ewells have to go to school?

The Ewells didn't have to go to school because they were members of their own society, and the townspeople of Maycomb let them bypass certain state and government laws.

In what way was Helen harrassed when she walked to work everyday?

The Ewells said mean things to her and threw things at her.

Calpurnia

The Finches' cook who is also like a second mother to the children

What book did Atticus read before bed?

The Gray Ghost

Time Period

The Great Depression

The Radley Place

The Radley Place was where the Radley family had lived. The house appears very dark and weird. The family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Radley, and their son, Arthur. Arthur has earned the nickname "Boo". In addition, the Radley's live across from the Finch's house, and they live differently than other neighbors. It was around the corner from Scouts house. It was ars were closed on Sunday. has a big oak tree out front.it is a curio low house with a deep front porch and green shutters and had darkened to the dark gray yard around it. Their shuttesity to the children because the Radleys are so different from other folks they know.

Who are the Radley's Describe their house and yard.

The Radley's are the neighbors and their house is very creepy, dirty, and not well kept. The nickname for one of the Radley's is "Boo" because he is so scary.

Boo

The Radley's mentally ill son, got into trouble with the law and was imprisoned at home because his dad did not want him in jail.

The church collection in Chapter 12 was particularly for who?

The Robinson's

What is the superstition that many people believe to be the reason for an actual winter in Maycomb County?

The Rosetta Stone says that when children are disobedient and ruthless, the weather patterns abruptly change. Because of this, many people blame Scout, Jem, and Dill for the sudden winter.

Where did all the food at the back steps come from?

The african-american community.

What was " 'round the back steps" when Calpurnia came in on Monday morning?

The black community had left all kinds of food for Atticus and his family as a gesture of their thanks for his defending Tom Robinson.

3. Aside from the Radley's place, what other house do the kids avoid, and why?

The children also avoid Mrs. Dubose's house because she is said to have been the meanest lady on the street.

What happens to Jem's pants?

The children have to run when Nathan Radley comes out of his house shooting. When they run under the fence, Jem loses his pants.

Scout said, "He aint company, Cal, hes just a Cunningham." What did she mean by that, and what was Cal's answer?

When Scout says "He aint company, Cal, hes just a Cunningham" she means that since Walter was poor and didn't have as much as the Finch's, Scout did not view the Cunningham's as normal people. Therefore, Scout viewed Walter as poor and not company in her home and that he was not a guest and that Walter was nobody. that Finches were better than Cunninghams, and for that reason she didn't have to treat Walter as company. Calpurnia told Scout that she should treat anyone who came to visit her home as "company" and show him every courtesy to respect anyone who came in the house regardless of who comes to the home they are company. Calpurnia told Scout to eat in the kitchen, and then she smacked Scout in the face.

How did Jem get even with Scout for contradiciting him about "Hot Steams?"

When it was her turn to ride in the tire, he gave her an extra-hard shove. She ended up in the Radleys' front yard.

On what point does Mayella contradict herself and the say she doesn't remember because it happened too fast?

Whether Tom hit her in the face

The item they consider their biggest prize is "a pocket watch that wouldn't run, on a chain with an aluminum knife."

Which item do they consider their "biggest prize"?

6. When they arrive at the church, Scout and Jem experience first-hand what it feels like to be the object of racial intolerance. Briefly describe the incident and how it resolved?

While visiting calpurnia's church, Jem and Scout notice that Calpurnia talks differently with her black church members. Jem and Scout see that blacks and whites have different lives. Calpurnia uses a different dialect with the black church members. Calpurnia uses relaxed English with her church family. When working at the Finch family's household, Calpurnia uses standard grammar. Clearly, Jem and Scout observe the differences between blacks and white while visiting Calpurnia's church. Also, Jem and Scout learn that Calpurnia's black church cannot afford hymnals for everyone. Jem and Scout learn about the inequalities of blacks who cannot afford the luxuries that white people enjoy. Truly, blacks are discriminated against and Jem and Scout witness it first hand when they visit Calpurnia's church. Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to her church because she does not discriminate. Sadly, Calpurnia learns that some of her church members are just as discriminating as the whites. Clearly, Lulu does not think it is fair for white children to be allowed in a black church because black children are not allowed in a white church.

Boo Radley is probably the one responsible. The tree is at the edge of the Radley property, and most children are afraid to even walk near the property. This would virtually rule out the idea that another child was using the tree as his or her hiding place. If Boo Radley is the one responsible for the gifts, he may be motivated by loneliness and a desire for contact with the outside world—he has been shut up in the house for decades. He is reaching out in a tentative way to Scout and Jem.

Who do you suppose is responsible for the gifts in the knot-hole? Why do you think the person is leaving these things?

Atticus comes to this conclusion because no one else in the Radley house could have done so. Mrs. Radley had recently died, and Nathan Radley was over at the fire helping out. When Scout hears the information, she feels sick: "My stomach turned to water and I nearly threw up...." She is obviously still terrified of the Boo Radley of her imagination—the monstrous figure that superstition and gossip have created.

Who put the blanket around Scout's shoulders, and how does Atticus reach this conclusion?

Atticus and Jem both realize that if they return the blanket, Nathan Radley will know that Boo ventured out of the house. They decide not to return it in hopes of saving Boo from punishment.

Why do Atticus and Jem decide not to return the blanket at this time?

There is a chance that the fire will spread to some of the neighboring houses, including the Finches' house.

Why does Atticus make the children leave the house and stand in front of the Radley house?

He says that his parents do not pay very much attention to him. He explains to Scout that they are not mean or hateful and that they buy him everything he wants. However, they do not spend any time with him, and it is obvious that he feels lonely and unwanted: "...they just wasn't interested in me...they stayed gone all the time, and when they were home, even, they'd get off in a room by themselves."

Why has Dill run away from home? What reasons does he give?

He does not want Atticus to find out what he, Scout, and Dill were up to. More importantly, he does not want to lose his father's respect. He tells Scout, "Atticus ain't ever whipped me since I can remember. I wanta keep it that way."

Why is it important to Jem to go back and get his pants before morning, even though the mission is dangerous?

Where is Miss Caroline from?

Winston County in Northern Alabama

How do the Cunningham's pay back Atticus?

With holly, lumber, and hickory nuts

Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird,..

Won a Pulitzer Prize and only wrote one book

After watching Scout and Jem for so long, was it possible for him to think they were his own kids?

Yes

At the beginning of the story, is Atticus detached?

Yes

Did Dill's mother let him stay?

Yes

Was the fact that the jury took such a long time a step forward?

Yes

Does Jem ever believe Scout about the special hiding place?

Yes when they are impatiently waiting for summer to begin, she points to the tinfoil again and this time Jem sees it and there is a special velvet package.

"How can you hate Hitler an' then turn around an' be ugly about folks right at home?"

You can't, but they do because it's how they've lived

What is a foot-washing Baptist?

a Baptist who thinks everything pleasurable is a sin.

What medal do Scout and Jem find in the knot-hole one day?

a Maycomb County spelling contest medal

What do Scout and Jem find in the knot-hole at the beginning of the chapter?

a ball of twine

Who is Tim Johnson?

a bird dog that is rabid