To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter 10 – Worksheet
This chapter is about Jem’s perspective about Atticus. He thinks Atticus is old and incapable of doing anything. Events in this chapter make Jem look at Atticus with newly found respect.
Characters mentioned
• Mrs Dubose (very old)
• Miss Rachel (old)
• Cecil Jacobs’ father made the touchdowns in football match.
• Tim Johnson – A dog that contracted rabies and belonged to Harry Johnson
• Mr Heck Tate – the sheriff. Would not shoot the dog.
• Zeebo came to collect the dead dog.
• Miss Stephanie Crawford was with Miss Maudie Atkinson.
Atticus (How the children saw him)
• He was old and ______(feeble)
• He didn’t do ______
• He ______in an office
• He wore ______
• He never went ______, hunted or played poker.
• He sat in the living-______and read.
• He did not teach the ______how to shoot their air rifles
• Children were not ______to kill a Mockingbird
• Would not play ______in Methodist and Baptist match
• Arrives with the ______to see the dog
• Atticus ______the dog with one shot
• Atticus had the ______of “One-shot Finch”. He is the best shot in Maycomb.
• He only ______when he has to.
Miss Maudie Atkinson
• It’s a ______to kill a Mockingbird because it only sings, it does no harm.
• Atticus is the ______checker player in Maycomb.
• He can play the ______harp.
• Atticus ______not take pride in his talents
Scout and Jem
• Thinks ______can do nothing.
• Scout ______a fort and aims at Miss Maudie’s rear.
• Jem and Scout ______the weird dog.
• Jem is ______of Atticus.
• Jem ______Scout not to brag about Atticus’ ______to shoot.
Calpurnia
• Looks at the ______
• ______the children into the house
• Phones ______
• Runs to ______the Radleys
• Calls Eula ______to warn the street
Vocabulary
alist (adj.): tilted to one side
articulate (adj.): able to speak and express oneself
attributes (n.): characteristics; qualities of a person or thing
bout (n.): fight
corncribs (n.): A corncrib is a small structure used to store corn.
crook (of his arm) (n.): The crook of your arm is the inside part of your arm where it bends at the elbow.
erratically (adv.): strangely; differently than normal
feeble (adj.): weak; frail
gingerly (adv.): carefully; cautiously
inconspicuous (adj.) To be conspicuous is to attract attention. To be inconspicuous is to do the opposite; to not attract attention. Scout wishes that Atticus would be more inconspicuous; that is, he would attract less attention to himself.
Jew's Harp (n): a small musical instrument that is played by plucking a piece of metal while holding the instrument to one's mouth. See a picture of some Jew's harps.
mad dog (adj. + n.): a dog infected with a disease, such as rabies, which makes it act in a crazy, dangerous manner
mausoleum (n.): Literally, a mausoleum is a large, imposing tomb (a tomb is a place where dead bodies -- those that aren't buried -- are housed). However, Miss Maudie uses the term in its humorous form. She refers to her old house as a mausoleum because, to her, it was too large and too somber.
peril (n.): danger
Providence (n.): the care of God
rudiments (n.): principles; elements; subjects to be learned
tartly (adv.): sharply
torso (n.): the trunk of a body; that is, the part of the body that does not include the head, legs, or arms
vaguely (adv.): to be vague is to be unclear or not precise