Chapter 19

1. He was asked to bust up a chiffarobe by Mayella Ewell.
The first time he went into the house was because Mayella said there was a problem with the hinges on the front door.


2.She has no friends, doesn't know what a friend really is, White people don't like her because she lives with pigs, Blacks don't like her because she is white, she didn't have money, she didn't come from a "good" family.

3. Mr Ewell does not have time for his daughter or any of his children. Although there is a reference to him, perhaps having an inappropriate relationship with her.


4. Dill cries, he is so upset by the injustice in the situation.

Chapter 18

1. She seems to be a lot like her father in her attutude toward the court.


2. She is lying, and nervous about her father finding out the truth.


3. She thinks Atticus is mocking her. She is not used to anyone ever being polite to her.

4. I don't think he khas proven anything to me, the jury of white people in 1935 probably convicted Tom before he took the stand.

QUIZ!!!! Hints.......

1. ______ Calpurnia's oldest son, is the town garbage collector. He is one of only four people in First Purchase church who can read

2. ______ has three children and is the wife of Tom Robinson

3. ______ leads the mob that tries to lynch Tom Robinson the night before the trial. Only when Scout comes and talks to him about his son, does he turn his back and leaves with the mob, because he is reminded that Atticus has kids as well.

4. ______ is the town sheriff and a friend of Atticus's

5. ______ owns and also publishes the articles in The Maycomb Tribune, was prepared to defend Atticus from the Cunningham mob.

6. ______ owns cotton fields in Maycomb who employs Tom

7. ______ forces the congregation each to donate 10 cents for Tom Robinson's family since at the time.

8. ______ is a white-haired old man with a reputation for running his court in an informal fashion

9. ______ is a lawyer from Abbottsville, and is the prosecuting attorney for Bob and Mayella Ewell.

10. ______ is a wealthy but disliked white man who had children with a black woman. He is often drinking something out of a brown paper bag.

Chapter 17

1. He was alerted by Bob Ewell. Bob told him the story. Heck went and picked up Tom Robinson. Atticus makes the point that Mayella was never taken to the doctor.

2. The children are uneducated, uncared for, must fend for themselves and they depend on charity. We might suspect that Mr Ewell is abusive and drinks.

3. We learn that he heard Mayella screaming and then saw Tom in the house raping his daughter.

4. Atticus wants to see which hand he writes with. The jury sees that Mr. Ewell is left handed.

Chapter 16

1. Alexandra is getting on Atticus' nerves.

2. The towns people think he drinks all the time. He lives with and has children with a black woman. His children are mixed.

3. He brings the children to the "colored balcony."

4. His courtroom was run in an informal way, he often propped up his feet and cleaned his nails, he would even doze. He did keep a firm grip on the courtroom.

Chapter 15

1. Scout and Jem witness the hatred of a mob, the horrors of racism and they see their father in a vulnerable position.

2.


3.He shakes his head and stands his ground. He will not leave. He may be attempting to protect his father.

4. She talks to Walter Cunningham....

Chapter 14

1. Atticus uses "legal" terms to explain rape to Scout. This answer seems to satisfy Scout even though she doesn't understand it. (perhaps she just wanted to know IF Atticus would tell her not What Atticus would tell her)

2. Aunt Alexandra says that the family does not need her anymore. Atticus says that Cal can stay as long as she wants, she is part of the family.

3. Scout is pleased because it meant they are still equals....even though Jem seems to be growing up. Scout is upset when Jem tells Atticus because he broke the remaining code of childhood.

4. Dill's family loves him and treats him well but he feels they would be better off without him. It sounds as if he is jealous of his new father. He wants to be with Scout

Chapter 13

1. She and Atticus feel that Scout needs a "feminine influence" and that she knows what is best for the family



2. Yes, She is bossy and thinks she knows better then everyone else.

3.She believes this because Scout does not act like a young lady, she gets dirty, hates dresses, she is a tomboy.

4. She has the ladies over to gossip.

5. Aunt Alexandra thinks that the kids need to know they are not just run of the mill people and that they need to live up to their name..."Finch." Atticus realizes that this is not the way he feels his children need to be raised.

Chapter 12

1. Lula did not want the white children in the church, others, including Zeebo and Reverend Sykes were happy to have them. The service was similar to the service in their own church except there were no prayer books or hymnals.....the members of the church did what was called "lining" to sing their hymns.

2. One of the first things Scout learns is that prejudice is a two-way street. Scout also learns more about Tom Robinson and the case that Atticus is taking on. She finds out that Helen, Tom's wife, has no income now that Tom's in jail and that Rev. Sykes will "sweat" the money out of the congregation keeping them in church until enough money has been raised by the congregation.

3. Calpurnia was taught to read by Miss Buford from a book that Granddaddy Finch gave her.
Cal, in turn, taught her oldest son Zeebo, to read

4. She doesn't want people to think she is putting on "airs." She says " It's not nessesary to tell all you know. It's not lady-like---in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language."

TEST!!!!

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Chapter 11

1. "You just hold your head high and be a gentleman" Don't let her make you mad.

2. She says she was a lovely lady and Jem is livid.

3. He must read to her for a month 2 hours a day!

4. Atticus says "that don't mean anything,ignorant, trashy people use it.

5. Because she is trying to beat a morphine addiction just because she wants to die free.

6. He means that she is dying and the morphine would help...but she is suffering instead so she can die free of this addiction.

7. Answers will vary.

chapter 10

1.It was her view when she was younger. After the events of the chapter Scout realizes that Atticus is not as feeble as she once thought.

2. He tells them this because he doesn't want them shooting at the mockingbirds because as Miss Maudie states "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us" (They never do anything "bad")

3. Heck Tate (the sheriff of Maycomb county) wants Atticus to shoot Tim Johnson because he is a better shot. Tim Johnson is a mad dog!

4.

Chapter 9

Answers:
1. Atticus wants to do his best, even though he knows he won't win. Racism still exists in the court system in Alabama in this time period.

2. The good side, the Christmas tree, Uncle Jack and the food at Aunt Alexandria. The bad side was cold Aunt Alexandra and Francis.

3. You are getting older and acting inappropriate. He wants Scout to grow up to be a lady.

4. She is a racist

5. Scout learns of how much Atticus values his children and hoe he hopes that his children are not affected by his defending Tom Robinson.

6. Answers will vary.

Chapter 8

Chapter 7

chapter 6

Chapter 5 answers

Chapter 5
• Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson? How typical is she of Maycomb's women? What do the children think of her?
Miss Maudie Atkinson - The Finches’ neighbor, a sharp-tongued widow, and an old friend of the family. Miss Maudie is almost the same age as Atticus’s younger brother, Jack. Miss Maudie keeps to herself except when a neighbor is in need. Unlike most of Maycomb's other townspeople, Maudie's friendship also extends to the town's black citizens. She shares Atticus’s passion for justice and is the children’s best friend among Maycomb’s adults.

• What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about Boo? How does this compare with what Scout already believes?
Miss Maudie told Scout that Boo is still alive, and he just stays in his house. She says that Boo's father is a "foot-washing" Baptist who believed that most people will go to Hell. Also, that Boo was always polite and spoke nicely when he was a kid

• Scout claims that “Dill could tell the biggest ones ” (lies) she ever heard. Why might Dill have told such lies?
Divorce & single-parenthood (outside of that brought about through the death of a spouse) were very shameful things in the 1930's. Dill was an outsider simply because of his birth. The aunt he stayed with was a gossip, so you can bet the whole town knew about Dill's situation and probably talked about him. He knew it, and he tried to compensate by creating a world that was better than what he had. His escape was his imagination where he could pick his family, make his father a hero, and make himself loved.

• What reasons does Atticus give for the children not to play the Boo Radley game? Do you think he is right? Why?
The children, Scout, Jem, and Dill, have been acting out their ideas about the Radleys in much the same way they had previously acted out stories they had read. This shows that they view the family as just a part of their fictional games. They don't see the Radleys as real people and the don't realize that their game may be hurtful to real humans behind the Radley windows. Atticus catches them and orders them to “stop tormenting that man” with either notes or the “Boo Radley” game. As an adult, Atticus can see the real hurt the game may be causing. In a quiet way, he reminds the children that “What Mr. Radley does is his own business.” So Atticus has taught the children as lesson about respecting other people.