To Kill a Mockingbird, chapters 1-12
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- Who is Jem?
- Scout's brother, who broke his arm when he was 12.
- Who is Atticus Finch?
- Jem and Scout's father and a lawyer.
- What is the narrators full name and nick name?
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Jean Louise Finch
Scout - Where does the story take place?
- Maycomb County, Alabama
- Whats the Finch's cooks name?
- Calpurnia
- Since when has Calpurnia been with the Finch family?
- since Jem was born
- what happened to jems and scouts mom?
- she died from a sudden heart attack when scout was 2
- who comes 2 stay with miss rachel and befriends the finch children
-
charles harris baker
dill - where does dill come from?
- meridian, mississippi
- what is the mystery surrounding the radleys?
- boo was in a gang, he was brought 2 court, but mr radley said he would keep out of trouble so he returned home and wasnt seen 4 15 years later when he stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors
- what dare does jem finally agree 2 do?
- to touch the radleys house
- what is scout looking 4ward 2 doing after dill leaves?
- starting school
- how does she learn the childrens school yard games?
- during winter she stood in her treehouse which looked over the schoolyard
- why is miss caroline annoyed with scout?
- she can read
- why is miss caroline even more annoyed with scout
- she writes a letter 2 dill
- how can we tell that some people from maycomb county like walter cunningham are very poor?
- he cant afford shoes or lunch
- how do people such as the cunninghams pay their bills?
- with food and goods that they have
- waht did miss caroline do 2 scout instead of spitting in her hands?
- hit her with a ruler
- what does jem do after he stops scout from beating up walter
- he invites him 2 come 2 his house 4 dinner
- what was walters experience with the radleys?
- at his 1st year in school he ate the pecans that came from their house
- y cant walter pass 1st grade?
- every spring he has 2 stay home and help his father chop
- what is walter an expert on?
- farming
- what does walter do with the molasses
- he pours it all over his veggies and meat
- what is cals reaction
- she screams at scout smacks her and makes her eat in the kitchen
- what scares miss caroline?
- lice on burris ewells head
- what is the attitude of burris?
- he is rude and mean and doesnt care about school
- y is cal nice 2 scout later that day?
- she saw that scout had had a bad day at schoool
- what agreement do scout and atticus reach?
- if she goes 2 school he will read 2 her every nite
- how does the education in alabama compare 2 the education atticus and his brother got as children?
- since atticus and his brother were homeschooled they new more info and it was much better
- what does scout find in the knothole of the radley tree on her way home from school?
- 2 pieces of gum
- whats the best thing jem and scout look forward 2 each summer?
- dill coming
- what do jem and scout find in the tree next?
- 2 pennies
- waht superstitious take does jem tell about the indian head pennies?
- theyre magical and give u good luck like long life and good health
- whats a hot steam?
- some1 that cant get into heaven and they haunt the streets and if u walk through them u die and they suck peoples breath
- when jem pushes scout in the tire where does she end up?
- infront of the radley house
- waht did scout hear when she was near the radley home?
- laughing
- who did scout hang out with when the boys discluded her?
- miss maudie atkinson
- what do foot washers believe?
- anything thats pleasure is a sin
- how does miss maudie reply when scout asks if she thinks boo is crazie?
- she says if hes not already he should be by now
- waht plan do jem and dill think up 2 get boo out of the house??
- they were going 2 give him a note by putting it on a fishing pole and sticking it through a loose shutter
- what does jem tell scout about the night he went back 4 his pants?
- the pants were neatly folded and sewn up
- what were the 2 figures in the knothole carved from?
- soap
- y did mr radley cement the tree?
- it was dying
- who does mr avery blame 4 the changing of the seasons that year?
- children who disobey their parents, smoke cigarrettes, and make war on eachother
- who does the snowman look like?
- mr. avery
- during the fire who places a blanket around jem and scout?
- boo
- whose house burned down?
- miss maudies
- y does scout beat up cecil jacobs?
- he says that atticus defended blacks
- y does atticus say he must defend tom robinson? 2 reasons
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1. he wouldnt be able 2 hold his head up in town, or represent this country in legislature
2. he wouldnt be able 2 tell jem and scout not 2 do stuff - waht does cousin francis say about dill?
- she says he has no real home and is just passed around from relative 2 relative
- y does scout beat up cousin francis?
- he says that atticus is a black-lover and hes ruining their family
- waht does scout tell uncle jack after the fight?
- she says that he doesnt understand children since he didnt care 2 listen 2 her side of the story
- what can atticus do 2 a will?
- he can make it so airtight that nobody can meddle with it
- what else does miss maudie say he can do?
- hes the best checker-player in town, and he can play a jews harp
- in light of all the things the kids think their father cant do y r they so surprised in this chapter?
- they didnt no atticus could shoot a gun so well and they were surprised when he actually killed the dogg
- what was atticus's nickname back in the day?
- Ol' One-Shot
- jem takes mrs duboses insults until what?
- she says that atticus was no better then the blacks he worked 4
- as revenge waht does jem do?
- he cuts off the tops of every camellia bush in her yard
- as punishment what must jem do?
- he has 2 read 2 her 4 2 hours everyday after school and on saturdays 4 1 month
- although shes a racist y does atticus respect her?
- she was brave enough 2 get off the morhpine
- y does atticus say mrs dubose is the bravest person hes ever nown?
- she was brave cuz she was about 2 die but she still got off her morphine cuz she didnt want 2 die on it and she had the courage 2 do it
- y does cal scrub the children and dress em up so nicely?
- they were goign 2 her church the next day
- what is cals and lulas interaction
- lula disagreed with cal bringing whites 2 their church but when cal tells her 2 stop she listens
- where will the collection money go 4 the next 3 weeks?
- 2 helen toms wife and his kids
- who is sitting on the finchs proch when they come back from church?
- aunt alexandra