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**//To Kill A Mockingbird//** ** Reading Schedule ** Mon., 5/3=Intro. To Novel Tues., 5/4=Chapters 1-2 Wed., 5/5=Chapters 3-4 Thurs., 5/6=Chapters 5-6 Fri., 5/7=Chapters 7-8 Mon., 5/10=Chapter 9 Tues., 5/11=Chapters 10-11 Wed., 5/12=Chapters 12-13 Thurs., 5/13=Chapters 14-17 Fri., 5/14= MAY DAY! Mon., 5/17=Chapters 18-19 Tues., 5/18=Chapters 20-21 Wed., 5/19=Chapters 22-23 Thurs., 5/20=Chapters 24-25 Fri., 5/21=Chapters 25-27 Mon., 5/24=Chapter 28-END Tues., 5/25=Review for Test Wed., 5/26=Test Thurs., 5/27=Movie & Test Make-ups Fri., 5/28=Movie & Test Make-ups

= = = //To Kill A Mockingbird// Study Guide: = =Chapters 1-5= 1. Describe the following characters: a. Scout b. Jem c. Atticus d. Dill e. Calpurnia 2. Describe the setting of the novel (include country, region, time period) 3. Describe the Radley place 4. How does Scout get into trouble at school? 5. What does Atticus mean when he says that one can not know a person “…until you climb in his skin and walk around in it”? 6. Both the Ewells and the Cunninghams are poor. List some differences between them. 7. What is in the knot hole in the tree? 8. Explain the Boo Radley game. 9. Compare Atticus’s attitude toward the Radleys to the attitude shared by Jem, Dill and Scout. How does the children’s attitude differ from that of Atticus? 10. Compare Miss Maudie Atkinson and Atticus Finch. What do they have in common? =Mockingbird Study Guide: Chapters 6-10=

1. When Boo mends Jem’s pants and leaves gifts for Jem and Scout, what does he demonstrate? 2. What strange incidents occur to Jem and Scout? 3. Why is it significant that Jem had been crying? 4. How do people react to the fire at Miss Maudie’s house? 5. Who is Tom Robinson? 6. Contrast Aunt Alexandra and Atticus’ personalities. 7. Contrast Uncle Jack’s treatment of Scout to Atticus’ treatment of Scout. 8. What is the “disease” of most people in Maycomb? 9. What happens to change Scout and Jem’s opinion of Atticus? 10. What is Atticus’ definition of courage? 11. Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird? =Mockingbird Study Guide: Chapter 11=

1. How does Atticus advise Jem to react to Mrs. Dubose’s taunts? 2. What is Jem’s crime? Why does he commit it? 3. What request does Mrs. Dubose make of Jem? Is this a fair punishment? 4. Why do you think Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a great lady? =Mockingbird Study Guide: Chapters 12-20=

Chapter 12
1. Describe Scout and Jem’s visit to First Purchase Church. 2. Explain why Calpurnia speaks differently in the Finch household, and among her neighbors at church.

Chapter 13
1. Who comes to stay with the Finches? 2. How does Aunt Alexandra involve herself in Maycomb’s social life? 3. What are Aunt Alexandra’s ideas about breeding and family? Does Atticus agree? Why or why not?

Chapter 14
1. What does Atticus tell Scout when she asks him what rape is? Does Scout accept this? 2. Why does Alexandra think Atticus should dismiss Calpurnia? How does Atticus respond to this suggestion? 3. In what ways does Jem break the one remaining code of childhood? 4. Further contrast Dill’s home life with Scout’s.

Chapter 15
1. What two groups of men does Atticus face in this chapter? 2. What is the KKK? What does Atticus say about them? 3. Why does Jem follow Atticus to town? 4. Why does the group at the jail break up after Scout’s little talk?

Chapter 16
1. Describe Dolphus Raymond. 2. How does Reverend Sykes help the children see and hear the trial? Is he right in doing this? 3. How does Judge Taylor approach this trial? (personality)

Chapter 17
1. What are the main points in Heck Tate’s evidence? 2. What do we learn about the home life of the Ewell family? 3. What are the main points of Bob Ewell’s testimony? 4. Why does Atticus ask Bob Ewell to write out his name? What does the jury see when he does this?

Chapter 18
1. Is Mayella Ewell like her father or different from him? How? 2. How does Mayella react to Atticus’s politeness? 3. What do we learn about Tom Robinson?

Chapter 19
1. What rules do Tom and the other minorities have to live by? 2. Why did Tom visit the Ewell house? 3. Describe Mayella’s relationship with her father. 4. How does Dill react to this part of the trial? 1. Who speaks to the children at this point in the novel about human nature? What does he say? 2. Why does Dolphus Raymond hide his coca-cola in a bag? 3. What, according to Atticus, is the thing that Mayella has done wrong? 4. Explain Atticus’s views on people being equal. =Mockingbird Study Guide: Chapters 21-31=
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Chapter 21
1. What does Jem expect the verdict to be? Does Atticus agree? 2. What is unusual about how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict? Is the verdict predictable? 3. How does Scout know the verdict before it is read and what is the broader implication of the jury’s behavior?

Chapter 22
1. Why does Atticus defend the children’s right to know what happened? What does he say? 2. Why does Dill say that he will be a clown when he grows up? Do you think he will keep this ambition for long? 3. 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?

Chapter 23
1. What is Atticus’s reaction to Bob Ewell’s challenge? What do you think about that? 2. What does Atticus tell Scout about why the jury took so long to convict Tom? 3. What does Alexandra have to say about the Cunninghams? How does Scout respond? 4. Cite examples that demonstrate Jem’s continuing maturity. 5. What is Jem’s theory about Boo and leaving the house?

Chapter 24
1. Do you think the missionary ladies are sincere in worrying about the “Mrunas” (a tribe in Africa)? Give reasons for your answer. 2. Discusse the reactions of Miss Maudie and the other ladies when Scout says she is wearing her “britches” under her dress. 3. Explain the death of Tom Robinson. 4. Discuss the mockingbird symbolism in relation to Tom Robinson. 5. How is the portrayal of Alexandra changed in this chapter?

Chapter 25
1. How does Maycomb react to the news of Tom’s death? 2. Explain the contrast Scout draws between the court where Tom was tried and “the secret courts of men’s hearts.” In what way are hearts like courts? 3. Why did Jem not want Scout to tell Atticus about Bob Ewell’s comment? Was this a wise thing to ask her to do?

Chapter 26
1. What do we learn from Miss Gates’ lesson on Hitler? 2. Why is Scout puzzled by Miss Gates’ disapproval of Hitler? 3. Why does Scout’s question upset Jem? 1. What three things does Bob Ewell do that alarm Aunt Alexandra? 2. Why, according to Atticus, does Bob Ewell bear a grudge? 3. What was the purpose of the Halloween pageant?
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Chapter 28
1. Why does Jem say that Boo Radley must not be at home? What is ironic about this? 2. What happens to Scout and Jem on the way home from the pageant? 3. Scout decides to keep her costume on while walking home. How does this affect her understanding of what happens on the way? 4. Why had Atticus not brought a chair for the man in the corner? Who might this stranger be?

Chapter 29
1. What causes the “shiny clean line” on the otherwise “dull wire” of Scout’s costume? 2. What explanation does Atticus give for Bob Ewell’s attack? 3. What does Heck Tate give as the reason for the attack? 4. Which do you think is more true?

Chapter 30
1. Who does Atticus think caused Bob Ewell’s death? 2. Why does Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell’s death was self-inflicted? In what way is this partly true? 3. Is Heck Tate right to spare Boo the publicity of the incident? 4. Discuss Scout’s comment about the mockingbird in relation to Boo.

Chapter 31
1. How does Scout make sense of an earlier remark of Atticus’s as she stands on the Radley porch? 2. How much of a surprise is it to find what Boo is really like? 3. Discuss the significance of the book that Atticus chose to read to Scout. 4. Did Atticus and Scout do the right thing at the end? Why? 5. How do the events of the final chapters explain the first sentence in the whole novel? 6. Harper Lee described her novel as “a simple love story.” We typically associate that description with a “romance” type of book. What do you think Ms. Lee meant by calling her novel a love story?