TKM Questions

To Kill A Mocking Bird: Chapter Questions
Chapter 1:
1. Chapter one serves as an introduction. Using specific quotations, identify the following:
A. Setting
“In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square.” [Page 6] [Paragraph 2]
B. Hint of Conflict
“Mrs. Radley ran screaming into the street that Arthur was killing them all” [Page 13] [Paragraph 5]
C. Point of View
“I did not miss her, but I think Jem did.” [Page 7] [Paragraph 2]
2. Find a sentence which reveals the following:
A. Racial Intolerance
“A Negro would not pass the Radley place at night, he would cut across to the sidewalk opposite and whistle while he walked” [Page 11] [Paragraph 1]
B. Awareness of difference in social classes
“Simon lived to an impressive age and died rich” [Page 4] [Paragraph 1]
3. List what we know about Boo Radley for certain
• Suffered from a mental illness
• Has never left the Radley Place
• When he was 13 he tried to kill his family
• He is 6 and a half feet tall
• Jagged scar on his face
• Yellow rotten teeth
• Eyes popped, drooled
4. Briefly explain why the children are fascinated with Boo Radley

The children were fascinated with Boo Radley because everyone knew about Boo’s past, there were many rumors about him, and no one has seen him
5. What do you learn about May Comb, Atticus Finch and his family?
• Maycomb
➢ Old, run down town
➢ Rural
➢ Small population
➢ Gloomy and rainy
• Atticus Finch and Family
➢ Atticus is a lawyer
➢ Wife passed away 2 years after Scout’s birth
➢ Children: Jem (Boy:8) Scout (Girl:4)
➢ Calpurnia is their nanny, she is an African American she cooks for the family {skinny, near sighted}

Chapter 2:
1. Why does the teacher, Miss. Caroline Fischer become annoyed with Scout?
Ms. Caroline Fisher (21) got annoyed at Scout for being literate and loving to read and learning to read from Atticus.
2. How had Scout learned to read and write?
Calpurnia taught Scout how to read and write
3. What is Scouts real name?
Jean Louise [Page 26]
4. What does Scout’s defense of Walter Cunningham show about her?
Shows how brave, courageous and daring Scout is.
Chapter 3:
1. Why was Scout beating Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard?
Scout beat Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard for getting her in trouble by not bringing a lunch
2. What does Jem do about the situation?
Jem interferes with the situation and invites Walter over for dinner
3. What trick does Atticus teach Scout (to help her get a long with people)?
The trick Atticus taught Scout is “You can never really understand a person until you stand in their point of view” [page 39]
4. Using examples from the book, explain Atticus’ relationship with the children, particularly with Scout (p.34)
Closer, easier, read together, strict, respectful
5. Bulrris Ewell, Walter Cunningham and Chuck Little are all from extremely poor families; however, there are great differences both in appearances and in attitudes, particularly between the Cunningham’s and the Ewells. What are these differences and why do you suppose they exist?
Cunninghams: farmers, poor, friendly, good, nice, don’t take what can’t pay
Ewells: bad, poor, cause trouble
6. Describe Calpurnia
Is a mother figure to Scout and Jem, loving, kind, nanny, African American, cooks
Chapter 4:
1. What does Scout find in the tree in Radley’s front year?
Wingley’s double mint gum wrapped in tin foil in Radley’s front yard
2. What do Scout and Jem find a couple of days later?
2 Indian Head pennies a couple of days later
3. What are some of the summertime games Dill, Jem and Scout play?
Tarzan and the Radley’s
4. How is the suspense created in this chapter?
Revealing that Scout had heard a low laugh coming from the Radley House
Chapter 5:
1. Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson
Sweet, accepting, open-minded, generous
2. What does Miss Maudie reveal about Atticus?
She reveals that if Atticus drank till he was drunk he’d not be as hard as some men at their best
3. What does she mean why she says “sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a bottle of whisky in the hand of-oh your father.”
It means that some people interpret the Bible too literally and that Atticus is a very honest, nice, person who could never hurt anyone
4. What happens to the children’s plan to stick a note through the shutter to Boo Radley?
Mr. Nathan scared off the children and their plan to stick a note through the shutter to Boo Radley was failed, caught by Atticus
Chapter 6:
1. Using a specific example, describe Jem’s relationship to Atticus
Jem’s reaction to Atticus is very serious, and respectful. Atticus has never hit or abused Jem though Jem calls him Sir
2. What is the children’s plan for Dill’s last night to Maycomb?
They decide to peak into the Radley’s shutters

3. How does Jem lose his pants?
When he escapes the Radley’s property on the wired fence

4. Does Nathan Radley know who was in his backyard? Explain.
He might have an idea of whom because of Jem’s pants on the fence
Chapter 7:
1.What was the condition of Jem’s pants when he found them?
Jem’s pants were hung and sewn and folded on the fence

2. What age are the children now?
Jem is 11 and Scout is 7

3. What remarkable thing does Jem tell Scott about the night he had to go back after his pants?
Jem told Scout the condition he found his pants in
4.What do the children plan to do about the things they find in the knothole of the tree?
They plan to keep them

5. What are the things they find in the knothole?
Soap carvings of themselves, twine and a pocket watch
6.What do they decide to do with the treasures they find?
Keep the treasures
7.What do they discover?
Mr. Nathan has filled the knothole with cement

7. Who has been putting these things in the knothole? It can’t be Mr. Nathan Radley because he cemented the knothole.
Maybe Miss. Maudre
8. Why does Jem cry when he realized that the hole has been covered up?
Because he felt a connection