ESL 09872 points
Part 1 – To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 1-11
Chapter 1
1. What was Jem’s favorite sport? Why couldn’t he play it?
2. Who is Atticus and what is his job?
- In what part of the U.S. does this story take place? In what town?
- Are there a lot of things to do in Maycomb?
- Who is Calpurnia?
- Is Atticus’ wife alive?
- Atticus is older than most fathers are.TrueFalse
- Who lives in the Radley place?
- Who is Mrs. Dubose?
- How old do you think Scout is? Why?
- Who is telling this story?
- Does Dill live in Maycomb throughout the whole year?
- Study how Scout describes Dill. Do you think Scout will like Dill? Why?
- Why do you think Jem, Scout and Dill were attracted to the Radley place?
- The Radleys were friendly and sociable.TrueFalse
- Another name for Arthur Radley is Boo.TrueFalse
- What did Boo Radley do that caused him to be locked up in the basement of the courthouse?
- Why didn’t Boo go to a house for crazy people?
- What did Dill dare Jem to do at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 2
- Who took Scout to her first day of school?
- How did Scout get in trouble her first day of school? (2 examples!)
- Scout thought school was interesting.TrueFalse
- Does Walter Cunningham live in the town or in the country?
- Why wouldn’t Walter take money from Miss Caroline for lunch?
Chapter 3
- Who do Scout and Jem invite to dinner?
- Why was Calpurnia angry and why did she make Scout eat in the kitchen?
- Why was Miss Caroline afraid of Burris Ewell?
- Burris Ewell has good attendance at school.TrueFalse
- According to Atticus, how can a person best understand another person?
- What were some special privileges that were given to the Ewells?
- Why were the Ewells given these privileges?
Chapter 4
- What was the difference between Scout’s education and her father’s?
- What did Scout find in the oak tree? Where is the oak tree?
- What was Dill’s father’s job?
- When Dill sees the Radley place, what does he predict?
- What kind of drama were Scout, Jem and Dill playing? Who was angry at them for doing this?
Chapter 5
- Miss Maudie did not like children.TrueFalse
- What is Boo Radley’s real name?
- “Foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin.” According to these people, what was Miss Maudie’s sin?
- “Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets.” What does Miss Maudie mean when she says this?
- How did Jem, Dill and Scout try to communicate with Boo Radley?
- What kind of job does Jem want to have when he is older?
Chapter 6
- Jem, Dill and Scout tried to look in the window of Boo Radley’s house. What did Jem lose when he was running away from the house?
Chapter 7
- Jem didn’t tell Scout about something that had happened when he returned to the Radley’s place that night. What had Jem discovered?
- Jem and Scout found two pieces of soap in the oak tree. What was unusual about these pieces of soap?
- What other gifts did Jem and Scout find in the tree?
- Jem and Scout decided to write a thank you letter. What happened after they had written the letter?
Chapter 8
- What was special about the weather?
- What happened to Miss Maudie’s house?
- Who put a blanket on Scout’s shoulders to keep her warm?
Chapter 9
- Who is Tom Robinson and what is Atticus doing for him?
- Why does Scout ask her father about his defending a black man?
- The case of Tom Robinson is an ordinary one for Atticus.TrueFalse
- Atticus thinks he’ll be able to win this case.TrueFalse
- Scout said, “It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight.” Why didn’t she fight Cecil Jacobs when he said, “My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an’ that nigger oughta hang from the watertank!”
- Aunt Alexandra was a warm and friendly person.TrueFalse
- What was one thing that Scout liked about Aunt Alexandra?
- What did Jem and Scout get for Christmas?
- Why didn’t Aunt Alexandra like the way Scout dressed?
- What did Scout do to Francis? Why?
- What did Uncle Jack do to Scout? Why?
- Uncle Jack told Atticus why Scout had gotten into trouble that day. TrueFalse
- The Ewells are black people.TrueFalse
Chapter 10
- In what way were Scout and Jem a little disappointed with Atticus?
- Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
- At the end of the chapter what makes Jem and Scout proud of Atticus?
Chapter 11
- Why did Mrs. Dubose need a Negro girl to help her?
- What did Mrs. Dubose say to Jem to make him angry?
- What did Jem do when Mrs. Dubose made him angry?
- “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” What does Atticus mean when he says this?
- What does Jem have to do for Mrs. Dubose?
- What do we discover about Mrs. Dubose at the end of the chapter?