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To Kill a Mockingbird Review Packet

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To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Chapter Vocabulary and Review Questions

Chapters 1-2

Vocabulary

Apothecary- pharmacist, pharmacy

Assuaged- to appease

Dictum- a saying

Entailment- to impose as a burden

Live oaks- any various or related trees

Taciturn- inclined to silence

Talcum- a soft mineral

Review Questions

1.     Identify Finch’s Landing.- its simon's homestead

2.    What happened to Atticus’ first two clients?- they were hung

3.     In what town and state does Atticus practice law?- Maycomb,, Alabama

4.    Who are Alexandra and Jack to Scout?- her aunt and uncle

5.    What were the summertime boundaries when Scout was six and Jem was ten?- within calling distance of Calpurnia, which was Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose's house, and the Radley place.

6.    Is Dill older or younger than Jem?- younger

7.    Which is not true about Dill? (a) he had snow white hair (b) he was taller than Scout (c) he had a cowlick in the center of his forehead (d) he was staying with his aunt Rachel (e) he could read.-  b. He was taller than Scout.

8.    Who comes up with the idea of making Boo come out?- dill

9.    What is not one of the things unusual about the Radley house? (a) the doors were closed on Sunday (b) the people were afraid of walking by it, (c) the people kept to themselves (d) once a fire burned the back part of the house (e) all were true- d. once a fire burned the back part of the house

10.  What had Boo done that got him into trouble with the law and would have sent him to a state industrial school?- he locked the sherriff in the outhouse

11.   What happened which caused Mrs. Radley to run screaming into the street?- the inciddennt with the scissors 

12.  What was Calpurnia referring to when she said, “There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into…”?- the old mr. Radley

13.   Identify Miss Caroline Fisher.- the new first grade teacher which is Scout's teacher

14.  What is the Dewey Decimal System according to Jem?- Miss Caroline Fishers new ways to teach kids

15.  How does Miss Caroline insult Walter Cunningham?- she tried to give him a quarter and said he could pay her back the next day

16.  How do the Cunninghams pay their debts?- by stuff they grow on their farms like turnips

17.  What does Miss Blount threaten to do to class if they don’t get quiet?- light them on fire

Examples of Scout’s sense of humor:

·        Atticus’ first two clients were the last two people hanged in Alabama-

·        “Because of Simon Finch’s industry, Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town.”

·        Scout’s teacher “hauled me up the front of the room and patted the palm of my hand with a ruler, then made me stand in the corner until noon.”

·        The teacher shows the class the alphabet and asks if anyone knows what they are… “Everybody did; most of the first grade had failed it last year.”

·        “I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime [being able to read]. I never deliberately learned to read, but somehow I had been wallowing illicitly in the daily paper.”

Important Descriptions

·        Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then; a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting of sweat and sweet talcum.

·        Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.

·        The Radley placed jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. Walking south, one faced its porch; the sidewalk turned and ran beside the lot. The house was low, was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate grey yard around it. Rain-rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of the veranda; oak trees kept the sun away. The remains of a picket drunkenly guarded the front yard-a swept yard that was never swept-where Johnson grass and rabbit-tobacco grew in abundance.

Consider Later

·        Atticus says, “there were other ways of making people into ghosts.”

·        “Our first raid came to pass only because Dill bet Jem The Grey Ghost against two Tom Swifts that Jem wouldn’t get any farther than the Radley gate.”

·        Note how the ideas of tolerance and understanding of others are conveyed by the children’s views of Boo and Scout’s views of Miss Caroline (i.e. her sympathy for her as she leaves)

Chapters 3-4

Vocabulary

Contentious- tending to argument or strife           

Condescension- patronizing behavior

Diminutive- small

Fractious- unruly

Amiable- having or showing pleasant, good natured personal qualities

Auspicious- promising success

Wrought- elaborated

Tyranny- arbitrary or unrestrained excersise of power

Scuppernong- a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape

Review Questions

1.     Who invites Walter Cunningham home for lunch?- Jem

2.    What does Walter do during lunch which causes Scout to ask, “What the sam hill is he doing”?- he pours syrup all over his dinner

3.     What lesson does Calpurnia attempt to teach Scout about Walter?- that they are different

4.    Why does Miss Caroline scream and point her finger at Burris Ewell?- because he had lice

5.    What strategy does the Ewell family have regarding the children’s education?- they show up the first day but then dont come back until the next year

6.    How does Cal show she cares for Scout and Jem?- she made crackling bread

7.    Why, according to Atticus, do people allow Bob Ewell to hunt out of season?- the commonfolk judiciously allowed them certain privileges by the simple method of becoming blind to some of the Ewells' activities

8.    What compromise does Atticus make with Scout regarding school?- that if Scout keeps going to school, they will keep reading every night

9.    On her way home from school, what does Scout first find in the live oak tree knothole?- gum

10.  What do Scout and Jem find together in the tree?- two indianhead pennies scrubbed and polished in a ring box

11.   Where does Scout end up when Jem rolls her in the tire?- in front of the Radley place steps

12.  What new game do the children play?- Boo Radley

13.   What finally stops them from playing the game?- Atticus catches on

14.  What was the reason Scout wanted to quit the game which she says occurred the day she rolled in the tire?- someone inside the Radley house was laughing

Lessons that Scout learns

·         See Calpurnia’s comments regarding the Walter Cunningham incident

·         Atticus: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” How does Scout show an understanding of this regarding Miss Caroline?- that she can't just judge miss caroline beforeshe understands her.

 

Chapter 5-6

Vocabulary

Quelled- to put an end to

Review Questions

1.     What does Scout do with Miss Maudie at summer twilight?- sitting with Miss Maudie on her front porch

2.    What does Maudie like to do instead of being in her house?- being in her garden

3.     How does Uncle Jack tease Miss Maudie?- every Christmas he yells "will you marry me?"

4.    What term does Miss Maudie use for Mr. Radley: “he was a _______ Baptist.”- a foot-washing baptist

5.    What quality best describes Miss Stephanie? (a)caring (b) gossipy (c) religious (d) hard  (e) soft- b. gossipy

6.    What do Dill and Jem plan to do with a fishing pole?-attach a note to Boo Radley and stick it through the shutters

7.      Why does Dill ring a bell?He saw Atticus coming

8.      What does Mr. Avery do which Jem and Dill try to imitate, but Scout decides she can’t do?Sit on the porch and get up and leave at nine o'clock and sneeze

9.      What do the boys plan on doing the last night Dill is in town? They went to peek in the loose shutter to look for Boo Radley

10.  What happens to Jem’s pants? He kicks them off to get through the fence

11.  What lie does Dill tell about how Jem lost his pants? He said they were playing strip poker

12.  Is Jem able to get his pants back?Yes

 

 

Characterization

 

·        What kind of person is Miss Maudie? How does she contrast with some of the other characters in the book?- She is laid back, quiet, and likes the outdoors, but is strict about messing with her stuff; she is relaaxed and quiet but can be loud when she needs to be.

Chapters 7-8

Vocabulary

·         Pilgrimage- a long journey

Review Questions

1.     According to Scout, what was the only good thing about second grade?- she gets too stay as late as Jem and walk home with him

2.    What secret does Jem share regarding his pants?- when he took them off they were tangled up, but when he got them back they were folded across the wire and had been sewn up

3.     Which of the following is NOT one of the things found in the knothole of the live oak? (a) a medal, (b) twine, (c) soap figures, (d) a pack of gum, (e) all of the above are found.-  e. all of the above are found

4.    What two things constitute the children’s biggest prize?- soap figures and pocket watch

5.    What subject does Jem particularly like studying when he reaches the sixth grade?- egyptian period

6.    What stops the gifts in the knothole?- somebody put cement in it

7.    Who does Mr. Avery blame for the change in weather?- children disobeyed their parents by smoking and made war with them, the seasons would change

8.    What unusual thing happens which causes school to be cancelled?- it snowed

9.    Who is the snowman first made to look like?- Mr. Avery

10.  Why does Atticus send the children in front of the Radley house to watch the fire?- to stay out of the way and to see which way the winds blowing

11.   What does Mr. Avery do which redeems him as a character?- he climbed out of Mrs. Maudie's window and fell

12.  What makes Atticus think the children didn’t stay put?- Scout had on a brown woolen blanket and she didnt know where at had came from

13.   What disappointment does Scout have regarding Boo?- he had put the blanket on her but she never got to see him

14.  Why does Jem suddenly reveal all that has happened to them?- he thinks its for their own saftey

15.  Why isn’t Miss Maudie upset about the fire?- she always wanted a smaller house and a bigger yard for her garden

Characterization

·        What kind of person is Mr. Avery? Is he someone you would like to have dinner with? Why or why not?- He seems like he messes around alot. no, i wouldnt, he seems wierd and different.

 

Chapters 9-10

Vocabulary

Changelings- a child surreptitiously or unintentionally substituted for another

Trousseau- an outfit of clothing, household linen, etc., for a bride

Provocation- something that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates

Jubilant- showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing

 

Review Questions

1.     Why does Scout fight with Cecil Jacobs?- he told everyone at school that her daddy defended n......

2.    What reason does Atticus give for not using the word “nigger”?- he says its common

3.     From what he tells Scout, does Atticus believe he will win the case he is trying?- no

4.    Whose arrival was one of the good things about Christmas?- uncle Jack

5.    What is Atticus’ brother’s occupation?- doctor

6.    True or False….Atticus disapproves of the children getting air rifles for Christmas.- false

7.    What relation is Francis to Aunt Alexandra?- grandson

8.    How does Uncle Jack protect Scout?- he doesn't tell Atticus the real reason on why she fought Francis

9.    Why does Atticus not tell Scout to go to bed earlier when he is talking to Jack?- so she can hear what they were talking about

10.  What complaint does Scout have regarding Atticus?- she says he can't do anything and has no talent

11.   Why, according to Miss Maudie, does Atticus believe that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?- they only make music, they dont make messes

12.  What target does Scout want to shoot at?- Miss Maudie

13.   Identify Tim Johnson.- a dog that had rabies that belonged to a bus driver

14.  Why is the incident with the dog unusual for February?- that its a mad dog and they usually only come around in August

15.  What does Atticus do that flabbergasts the kids?- shot Tim Johnson and killed him in 1 shot

16.  What was Atticus’ nickname at the Landing? one-shot Finch

Characterization

Compare and contrast the characters Atticus and Jack.-Atticus and Jack differ by the way they handle children.They can both shoot.They both are the same when it comes to trying to help the children and take care of them.They are  different because Atticus is a lawyer and Jack is a doctor.Atticus listens to both and Jack doesn't understand them.

Chapters 11-12

Vocabulary

Umbrage- annoyance, displeasure

Rectitude- rightness of principle or conduct

Interdict- act or decree of a court or an administravtive officer

Camellia- any orf several shrubs of the genus Camellia

Propensities- a natural inclinationor tendency

Ecclesiastical- of or pertaining to the church or the clergy

Review Questions

1.     What does Jem use to destroy Mrs. Dubose’s flowers?- his hands

2.    What does Jem have to do as a result?- read to Mrs. Dubos every Saturday

3.     What do the children listen for that means they are free to go?- the alarm clock

4.    What are Mrs. Dubose’s fits?- seizures from her addiction to morphine

5.    What does Mrs. Dubose say that Jem should have done to get rid of the flowers?- should of pulled them up by the roots

6.    Why does Atticus say Mrs. Dubose was a courageous woman?- because instead of taking morphine to stop her fits she chose to take the pain

7.    What does Mrs. Dubose leave Jem and what is his reaction to it?- a flower that he tried to pull up; he freaked out

8.    Why is Calpurnia babysitting the kids?- Atticus was called to the state legislative

9.    Identify Lula.- a woman who attends Cal's church

10.  Identify Zeebo.- Calpurnia's son

11.   Why are the blacks “lin’n” their hymns?- they cant read

12.  How much money is Rev. Sykes attempting to raise?- 10 dollars

13.   Who is the money for?- Helen Robinson

14.  What does Rev. Sykes do to assure he has the amount he wants?- no one can leave until he gets it

15.  Why do the children feel Calpurnia has a double life?- because she has always been a black person that could read and write but when shes at church she talks and acts like all the other ones 

Characterization

1.     Both Mrs. Dubose and Calpurnia teach the children by their actions. Make a list of things we learn from each.-

2.    Why might Harper Lee have picked Chapter 11 as the end of the first part of the book?- because now it starts with racisim and Atticus's case

Chapters 13-14

Review Questions

1.     Why does Scout feel it wouldn’t make much of a difference if Uncle Jimmy had come with Aunt Alexandra?- he's so quiet and so you can't really tell when he's there and when he's not

2.    What best describes Aunt Alexandra’s figure? (a) diminutive (b) formidable (c) wispy (d) Maycomb (e) none of the above.- b. formidable

3.     What is not true about Aunt Alexandra? (a) she joined many groups (b) she is concerned with her heritage (c) she gossips (d) she admires Calpurnia (e)she feels Atticus is too easy on the children.- d. she admires Calpurnia

4.    Fill in the correct word for this idea from Aunt Alexandra: “Everybody in Maycomb, it seemed had a ______; a drinking _____, a gambling _____, a mean _____, a funny _____.”- streak

5.    In the discussion of the history of Maycomb, who was responsible for the formation of the town: (a) Abner (b) Maycomb (c) Sinkfield (d) Cunningham (e) Ewell- c. sinkfield

6.    What had Cousin Joshua done?- he was locked up for trying to shoot the president and he wrote a book

7.    What does Atticus come to talk with the children about that Scout feels he really doesn’t want to talk about?- he's trying to impress on the kids

8.    What story about Calpurnia does Scout tell which creates an argument between Atticus and Alexandra?- that her and Jem went to church with Calpurnia and that Cal had invited her to go to her house

9.    Why do Scout and Jem fight?- because of Aunty and Atticus's fight

10.  What do they think is under Scout’s bed?- a snake

11.   What is under her bed?- Dill

12.  How does Jem “break the remaining code of childhood”?-

13.   How does Atticus show he has sympathy for Dill?

14.  Why does Dill say he ran away?

15.  Where does Dill think he and Scout can get a baby?

16.  Where does Scout think they can get a baby?

Characterization

1.     Compare and contrast Atticus and his sister Alexandra.

2.    What qualities of Dill’s would serve him well as a writer?

Chapters 15-16

Review Questions

1.     Why do the men with Heck Tate come to see Atticus?

2.    What was Atticus’ “dangerous question”?

3.     What happened with the Ku Klux Klan tried to intimidate Sam Levy?

4.    Why is Jem afraid?

5.    Where does Atticus sit at church?

6.    Why does Atticus take the long extension cord with him?

7.    Why does Scout kick someone?

8.    What does Mr. Underwood show?

9.    According to Atticus, how had Scout gotten Mr. Cunningham to “walk around in my shoes”?

10.  Why do some people get upset with Miss Maudie’s yard?

11.   How do people treat the trial?

12.  According to Jem, how does on judge being “colored”?

13.   Identify Dolphus Raymond.

14.  Who takes the children “under his wing”?

15.  Where do the children sit (be specific)?

Themes

1.     One of the themes running throughout the book has to do with the world of children opposing the world of the adult. How do we see the two clash (particularly from a sense of understanding or not understanding what is going on)?

2.    What attitudes toward “colored” people are shown in these chapters?

3.     Harper Lee exhibits a real concern for the life of even the minor characters in the story. Who are some of the characters that stand out in these chapters?

Chapters 17-18

Review Questions

1.     Identify Mr. Gilmer.

2.    What do we learn from both Mr. Tate and Mr. Ewell about how Mayella had to have been struck?

3.     Who lives by the dump and where does Tom live?

4.    What was the surprising feature in the Ewells yard? (a) refrigerator (b) bathtub (c) dentist chair (d) flowers in slop jars.

5.    What question is asked by Atticus that shows both Mr. Tate and Mr. Ewell had no real concern about Mayella’s condition?

6.    What does Atticus prove by having Mr. Ewell write his name on the envelope?

7.    Does the judge feel sorry for Mr. Ewell?

8.    Did Mayella look like she had tried to keep herself clean?

9.    What does Mayella say she is afraid of?

10.  Does the judge seem to feel sorry for Mayella?

11.   How does the chiffarobe figure into Mayella’s story?

12.  What contradiction to the story Mr. Ewell told is revealed in the following quote from Mayella? “..next thing I knew Papa was in the room a’standin’ over me hollerin’ who done it, who done it?”

13.   How old is Mayella?

14.  Why does Atticus ask Mayella if Tom choked and hit her?

15.  What is Mayella’s response to whether her father had ever beaten her?

16.  Where is Mayella’s mother?

17.  What does Mayella do after her last speech to the courtroom?

Chapters 19-20

Review Questions

1.     How had Tom ever been in trouble with the law before?

2.    Why does Scout think Mayella must have been lonely?

3.     According to Tom, why were the children gone that day?

4.    According to Tom, what had Mayella asked him to do?

5.    Did Mayella suggest she’d ever been kissed before?

6.    According to Tom, whom did Mr. Ewell direct his anger toward?

7.    What, according to Atticus, is a lawyer supposed to concentrate on during a witness’ testimony?

8.    Why is Tom’s left arm important to the defense?

9.    What does Tom say to Mr. Gilmer that makes the crowd angry?

10.  Why is the judge furious with Link Deas?

11.   Why do Scout and Dill go outside?

12.  Why does Dolphus Raymond pretend to drink?

13.   Why, according to Atticus, does Mayella want Tom to be found guilty?

14.  What did Atticus do in public that Scout had never seen him do?

15.  What one way are all men created equal, according to Atticus?

16.  Who comes to the trial at the end of the chapter?

Characterization

1.     Readers must often “read between the lines” of literature and find what is really being implied. What important implications do you find in Tom’s testimony in what really happened?

2.    What does it add to our understanding of Bob and Mayella Ewell? What uncomfortable assumption are we to make by Tom’s reporting, “She says she never kissed a grown man before an she might as well kiss a nigger. She says what her papa do to her don’t count”?

3.     What do you think actually happened viewing all the testimony?

Chapters 21-22

Review Questions

1.     Who wrote the note that Calpurnia gave to Atticus?

2.    What agreement does Atticus make with the children regarding the trial?

3.     Why are the children surprised when they return to the courthouse?

4.    True or False….The jury is out until after 11p.m.

5.    How, according to Scout, do you know whether a jury has found the defendant guilty or not before the verdict?

6.    How do you know the blacks think highly of Atticus at the end of the trial?

7.    What do the blacks do for Atticus the next day?

8.    What immediate reaction does Jem have to the verdict?

9.    Who, according to Atticus, are the only ones to cry when Maycomb does terrible things like the jury did?

10.  What was Miss Rachel’s reaction to the previous night?

11.   What does Miss Maudie do for the children, which shows which side she’s on?

12.  How, according to Miss Maudie, did Judge Taylor help Tom?

13.   What occupation does Dill decide he wants to pursue?

14.  What happened to Atticus that prompts Miss Rachel to tell Dill to stay at home and say, “There’s danger a’comin’”?

Characterization

1.     In the first section we saw Jem growing up. How is the trial an important awakening on Jem’s part to what the world is really like?

2.    How does Miss Maudie explain what has happened and how one’s Christianity is shown?

3.     Do you find similarity between Maycomb’s prejudice toward black people and the prejudice toward women? If President Richard Nixon’s view of women in the 1970s was that they should not serve on his cabinet and should not be educated, what was the viewpoint of the 1930s evident in this book?

Chapters 23-24

Review Questions

1.     What was the only thing Atticus said about his encounter with Mr. Ewell?

2.    What is Jem’s solution to the jury system?

3.     What kind of person does Atticus call trash?

4.    Why couldn’t women be on the juries, according to Atticus?

5.    Who does Aunt Alexandra talk about which causes Scout to cry?

6.    What are the four kinds of people in Maycomb, according to Jem?

7.    What kind of folks are there, according to Scout?

8.    What causes the difference in background, according to Jem?

9.    Identify the Mrunas.

10.  Who is the woman who seems to lead all the discussion?

11.   Identify J. Grimes Everett.

12.  What news does Atticus bring?

13.   How do Aunt Alexandra and Miss Maudie show courage?

14.  What is Jean Louise’s reaction to Aunt Alexandra at the end of the chapter?

Characterization

1.     Chapter 23 is important in defining Jem’s new perception of the legal system and the class system of his world. Note how Scout perceives the same worlds. What changes are evident in the children’s views?

2.    Look at the topic of the Missionary Circle’s meeting. How is the hypocracy of the women illustrated? One of the things which angered people of Monroeville the most was this chapter. What about this chapter would get such a reaction?

3.     Scout is an accurate reporter for us, but she doesn’t understand the subtext of what she is seeing. What battle is going on between Ms. Grace Merriweather and Miss Maudie?

4.    How does the idea of courage reimerege with both Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra?

Chapters 25-26

Review Questions

1.     What is Scout about to do which upsets Jem?

2.    What were Dill and Jem doing that allowed them to go to Tom’s house with Atticus?

3.     What was Helen Robinson’s reaction at seeing Atticus?

4.    How long was Maycomb interested in Tom’s story?

5.    To what does Mr. Underwood compare Tom’s death?

6.    What comment does Mr. Ewell make, which is reported by Miss Stephanie?

7.    What is Scout’s fantasy about Boo?

8.    How does Miss Gates react to the grit paper?

9.    What does Cecil Jacobs bring up that prompts Miss Gates to discuss “democracy”?

10.  What had Miss Gates said, leaving the courthouse, that confused Scout?

11.   How does Jem react to it all?

Characterization

1.     What hypocracy does Miss Gates exhibit? How could the plight of the Jews be compared to the plight of the blacks of the 1930s South?

Chapters 27-28

Plot

1.     To understand the end of Chapter 28, you really have to finish the book first. Then you need to remember that Scout is a very accurate reporter, but she doesn’t always understand what she is reporting. Don’t assume she is right in her assumptions.

2.    Scout’s costume is an important prop in the story because it saves her life. Look back over the description and see if you can draw what it looked like.

Chapters 29-31

Review Questions

1.     Describe the two knives that Mr. Tate had.

2.    What assumption does Mr. Tate make about Scout’s costume and the shiny line on the back of her costume?

3.     How did Scout know she was by a tree?

4.    Why could none of the neighbors have heard Scout call?

5.    Why couldn’t Atticus and Alexandra hear Scout?

6.    At first, who did Atticus believed killed Mr. Ewell?

7.    What does Mr. Tate say happened?

8.    How did Mr. Ewell actually get killed?

9.    Scout in one of the previous chapters had a fantasy about her being with Boo. Was her meeting the same? Explain.

10.  How did the adults treat Boo?

11.   What does Boo ask Scout to do for him?

12.  What does Scout realize standing on the Radley porch?

13.   What does Atticus read to Scout?

14.  What realization doe Scout have about other people at the end of the book?

Plot

1.     As was stated in Chapter 28, Scout is a good reporter but doesn’t always understand what is said. Here she does, but sometimes younger readers miss what she is saying. Note that Mr. Tate says he took one of the knives off a drunk earlier that evening. He doesn’t really lie, but the drunk he is referring to is Mr. Ewell. Mr. Tate is not trying to protect Jem, he is trying to protect Boo. Can you find the point where everybody understands what he is saying, even Scout?

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