Chapter III.

Comprehension exercises.

1. Read the following statements. Say whether they are true according to the story, if not, correct them.

1. Jean thought that Cal likes Jem better than her.

2. Jean invited Walter to their house to have dinner.

3. Miss Caroline got angry when she saw cootie in one of the boys head.

4. Miss Caroline asked Burris to go home and wash his head with lye soap.

5. Burris wanted to study.

6. Burris wanted to make Miss Caroline cry.

7. Culpurnia missed Jean.

8. Jean likes her first day at school.

2. Arrange the following sentences in the proper order according to the contents of the text.

1. It was our habit to run meet Atticus the moment we saw him round the post office corner in the distance.

2. They were people but they lived like animals.

3. He gave a short contemptuous snort.

4. She knew I loved crackling beads.

5. Jem ran to the kitchen and asked Calpurnia to set extra plate, we had company.

6. He was the filthiest human I had ever seen.

7. There was no color in his face except at tip of his nose, which was moistly pink.

8. Atticus followed me.

9. “I’ll be dogged, I said”.

10. H’s liable to start somethin’, and there’s some little folks here.

3. Say who made these utterances:

1. “He’s as old as you, nearly,”

2. “I have to make a living.”

3. “Let us leave it as this”.

4. “I am afraid our activities would be received with considerable disapprobation by the more learned authorities.”

4. Continue the following sentences.

1. Atticus said Calpurnia had more education than ...

2. Burris seemed to be afraid of a child half his height, and …

3. She had always been too hard on me, …

4. “There are ways of keeping them in school by force, but …”

Vocabulary exercises.

1. Find the Russian equivalents to the following words:

Hulk,errands, onslaught, to chase, to interrupt, humiliation, to green, furious, erratic, to irk, fiercely, solitary, resentment, to revive, desperately, cootie, to fetch, to blink, to mystify, grim, shriek, involvement, stubborn, to reinforce, swing, misfortunes, rigid, recollection, misdemeanor, to be accustomed.

2. Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and expressions:

Пища, односложно, просматривать (перелистывать), попытка, развлекать, крохотный, фыркать, толпиться, воспоминание, обстоятельства, неподдельное беспокойство, сделка, рассказ, снисхождение.

Discussion.

  1. Answer the following questions:

1. Why did Jean attack Walter?

2. Why did Walter agreed to have dinner at the Fintch’s house?

3. How did Atticus treat him and why?

4. Why did Jean want to get rid of Calpurnia?

5. Why were the Ewells called members of an exclusive society?

6. Was the first day of work difficult to miss Caroline? Why?

7. Had she make any mistakes? What mistakes? (if she did)

2. Make the detailed plan of chapter III.