To Kill A Mockingbird PART I REVIEW QUESTIONS

To Kill A Mockingbird PART I REVIEW QUESTIONS

Chapters 1 -4 Describe the Finch family. Be sure to include an explanation of how Atticus is different than most fathers and explain his position in the town.

Chapters 1 -4 Describe Calpurnia. What are her methods of discipline?

Chapters 1 -4 Describe the contents of the knothole. Why does Jem want to keep the knothole a secret?

Chapters 1 -4 Describe Atticus’ attitude towards the Radley’s and also towards the other neighbors.

Chapters 1 -4 Evaluate Miss Stephanie Crawford as a source of information.

Chapters 1 -4 What does Atticus mean when he tells Scout she’s “common folk” and the Ewells are members of an “exclusive society? ”

Chapter’s 5 -11 What are the reasons Scout spends time with Miss Maudie?

Chapters 5 -11 What is a “foot-washing Baptist” and who was one? What do you think the significance of that information is in the story so far?

Chapters 5 -11 What is the ultimate insult to Scout? What convinces her to accompany Jem and Dill to the Radley place?

Chapters 5 -11 How does Jem lose his pants, and how does Dill “save” Jem from the wrath of Atticus?

Chapters 5 -11 How has the experience changed Jem? Why doesn’t Scout understand him as well as she used to up to this point? What was the incident symbolic of?

Chapters 5 -11 Who filled the knothole with cement and why?

Chapters 5 -11 What remarkable event prompted the officials to close school?

Chapters 5 -11 What may have caused the fire at Miss Maudie’s?

Chapters 5 -11 Who wrapped Scout in a blanket?

Chapters 5 -11 Who is Atticus going to defend, and what reason does he give to explain why he took the case?

Chapters 5 -11 Who is Aunt Alexandra? Why does Scout feel Aunt Alexandra must have been swapped at birth?

Chapters 5 -11 Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird? What is the meaning of the book’s title?

Chapters 5 -11 What do Scout and Jem think of their father after he shoots the rabid dog?