1 Academia Maria Reina

Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Name: Pia Ramos Fantauzzi Date: 1/16/24
Group 9B1 Score _____/62 pts.
Guide Questions to To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Answer only 2 questions from each chapter in sentence form. ( 1 pt. each)
Chapter 1
1. In what state does the novel take place?
Maycomb, Alabama.
2. What does the children's father, Atticus Finch, do for a living?
A defense lawyer.
3. From whose point of view will the story be told?
The story is told by Jean Louise, meaning it is first person since she is also the
narrator and protagonist.
4. Who is Calpumia and what is she like?
Calpurnia is The Finch/s maid
5. What game does Dill invent?
The game was called Doo Radley the purpose was too get Bood outside the house.
6. What did Arthur (Boo) Radley do (at age 33) that landed him temporarily in the
county jail?
He stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors.
7. According to Jem's description, what does Boo look like?
A jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his
eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time.
8. What act of "courage" on Jem's part ends the chapter?
He runs up and touches the Radley house's front door.
Chapter 2
1. On her first day of school, what does Scout get in trouble for? List three
things.
She got in trouble for her father teaching her how to read
She told the teacher the Cunninghasm were poor, and she could write in cursive.
2. How does Miss Caroline Fisher feel at the end of her first day? How do you
know?
Overwhelmed and frustrated. This comes out of her lack of experience and her
inability to handle the unique dynamics of Maycomb
3. What are Cunninghams like?
They were a family that don/t give back to people, they were poor, and they had dignity
and were proud( negative they do not want to borrow money from everyone). They pay
back with the produce of the farm.
Chapter 3
1. How does Scout solve her problem with Walter Cunningham?
Jem invites Walter to come home with them to have dinner.
2. Why can't Walter Cunningham pass the first grade?
Walter had to work in spring season.
3. What scared and shocked Miss Caroline?
A cootie.
Chapter 4
1. What is the first gift that appears in the hollow tree?
Gum.
2. What new facts does Dill offer about his father?
His father is a train conductor and that he has a beard.
3. How has the Boo Radley game changed?
It became more sophisticated ( they assigned roles for each character).
3. When Scout rolls into the Radley front yard in the tire, what does she hear?
Laugher coming from the Radley house.

Chapter 5
1. What does Scout admire about Miss Maudie?
Her intelligence and she always told all the gossip about the Radley’s, meaning
they have a close relationship.
2. What do you learn about Uncle Jack?
Atticus's brother who is 10 years younger and a doctor.
3. What new plan do the boys devise to get Boo to come out? Why doesn't it
work?
 They're going to stick a note on a loose shutter or window sill, asking Boo to
come out.
4. What does Dill say that causes Scout to accuse him of lying?
His dad doesn’t have a beard.
5. What direct order does Atticus give the children?
Atticus told the children to stay away from the Radley’s house.
Chapter 6
1. How do the children plan to spend Dill's last night in Maycomb?
Peep in the window with the loose shutter to see if they could get a look at Boo
Radley.
2. What goes wrong with the children's escape?
While they are trying to escape Mr. Nathan, Radley fires a gun at them and while
the try to crawl underneath the fence Jem's pants get snagged and he must ditch
them.
3. At whom does Mr. Nathan think he has fired his gun?
Black man.
4. How do the children claim to have spent the evening?
They were playing poker by the pond.
5. What makes Jem decide to return to the. Radley, yard that night?
His hands got stuck and he didn’t want to retreat them but still was dangerous.
Chapter 7
1. What does Jem tell Scout about "that night" at Boo Radley's?
When he went back for his breeches they were folded over the fence as if the were
expecting him and that they were mended clumsily, as if by a man.
2. What new gifts, do they find in the knothole?
A ball of twine, two carved soap images that looked like Jem and Scout, a tarnished
medal and a pocket watch on a chain with an aluminum knife.
2. What ends the knothole gifts?
Mr. Nathan Radley fills the knothole up with cement because he claimed the tree
was "sick".
Chapter 8
1. Who dies this winter?
Mrs. Radley.

2. What "aberration of nature" frightens Scout?

 Snow and cold weather.
3. What method does Jem devise to make a snowman?
They used both snow and soil.
4. When Miss Maudie's house begins to burn, what other possibility is the
Finch family worried about?
The fire will spread to their house and the rest of the neighborhood.
5. Why doesn't Atticus help carry out Maudie's furniture?
He's too old, and better at directing than doing.
6. Whom will Scout someday want to thank for keeping her warm on the night
of the fire?
Boo Radley.

Chapter 9
1. Who is Tom Robinson?
A married Black man with three children who is unjustly accused of raping a
white woman, Mayella Ewell, by both Mayella and her abusive father, Bob Ewell.
2. What gift does Uncle Jack give the children?
Air guns.
3. What new habit has Scout picked up that bothers Uncle Jack?
Cursing.
4. What does cousin Frances tell Scout about Dill's home life?
That doesn’t have a permanent house and iits always changing.
5. Why does Scout fight her cousin after the Christmas dinner at Finch's
Landing?
Because Francis calls Atticus a n****r lover and that it wasn't her fault that he
was her father.
6. What is "Maycomb's usual disease"?
Racism.

Chapter 10
1. In Scout's eyes, what is Atticus's chief fault?
Atticus is old and "feeble" since he doesn't play ball with his children and would
rather just sit around and read.
2. What reason does Uncle Jack give for Atticus's unwillingness to teach the
kids to shoot?
Atticus does not have interest and does not like guns.

3. What crisis shows the children a surprising skill their father possesses?
A dog had gone mad and Atticus had to shoot him.
4. Who is Heck Tate?
 The sheriff of Maycomb and a major witness at Tom Robinson's trial.

5. What is Atticus's old nickname?

One-Shot Finch.
Chapter 11
1. What makes the children hate and fear Mrs. Dubose?
As the children passed her house she would berate them for minor infractions in
dress and decorum (or nothing) and, especially, put Atticus down for his defense
of Tom Robinson.
2. What two comments specifically infuriate Jem to the point that he can't
control his temper?
Mrs. Dubose calling Atticus that he isn't any better than the African Americans
and trash he works for infuriates Jem.
3. What does Jem do to get revenge?
He cuts all her flowers and smashes them on the ground with Scout's baton.
4. What is his punishment?
Jem's punishment was to read to Mrs. Dubose every day for a month.
5. What did Mrs. Dubose vow to do before she died?
Wain herself off the morphine addiction.
Chapter 12 –
1. Why doesn't Dill plan to come to Maycomb this summer?
Because he has a new father.
2. What is the purpose of this Sunday's collection at First Purchase African
Methodist Episcopal Church?
To donate to Helen.
3. Why are Jem and Scout so welcome in this church?
Because they are the kids of Atticus, the man the defended Tom Robinson.
4. Why can't Helen Robinson get work?
Because she is related to Tom Robinson and no one in Maycomb wants anything
to do with Tom and his family.

5. What do the children notice about Calpurnia's behavior in her church

community?
Her language changes.

Chapter 13
1. Why has Aunt Alexandra come?
 Because she thinks his children, Jem and Scout, need a woman in the house to
teach them how to dress and behave as they get older.
2. Why does Aunt Alexandra get angry with Atticus?
Because he allows Scout to act however she wants and wear whatever she wants
without any judgement.
3. What does Atticus tell the children about being Finches?
They are the product of generations of "gentle breeding," and that they must behave
in accordance with their high place in the community.
Chapter 14
1. When Aunt Alexandra finds out that Jem and Scout have attended Cal's
church, what does she want Atticus to do about it?
Atticus must think of what is best for her daughter and that he coudnt fire
Calpurnia
2. What new violation causes Scout to make the following comment: "Then
[Jem] rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood"? What earlier
breach of the childhood code can you remember?
Upon seeig Dil under the bed.
3. What solution does Atticus offer to the problem of Dill's presence?
Atticus lets him stay but with the permission of his Aunt Rachel.
Chapter 15
1. Why have the neighbors gathered in the Finches' front yard?
To form a lynch mob, to show that they don't like Tom and want him dead for
allegedly raping Mayella Ewell.
2. Who is Mr. Underwood?
Owner of the local newspaper, The Maycomb Tribune.
3. Where do the children find Atticus at ten o'clock on Sunday?
In front of the Maycomb jail.
4. What is the mob's intention?
They want to kil Tom Robinson.
5. How does Scout manage to end the danger?
She singles out Mr. Cunningham and talks to him about Walter and then that
lowers the tensions causing the mob to break up and leave.
6. At the end of the chapter, who do we hear from for the first time in the
novel?
Tom Robinson.
7. What has Mr. Underwood been doing during the mob scene?
Watching over the mob scene, basically had Atticus back. He had his gun ready.
Chapter 16
1. In the eyes of the community, what is Dolphus Raymond's problem?
He is the city drunk and dates interracial.
2. Why isn't Miss Maudie going to court?
Miss Maudie doesn't want to be there to see an innocent man found guilty.
3. What fact about Athens's defense of Tom Robinson does Scout learn from the
Idlers Club?
Atticus was appointed to defend Robinson.
4. Where do the children sit for the trial? What does this tell you?
The “colored section” of the courthouse.

Chapter 17
1. What is the first point Atticus tries to make in court?
No doctor was called to examine Mayella.
2. During what discussion of Mayella's injuries, what key fact seems
important to Atticus?
Mayella's right eye was blackened along with the rest of the right side of her face.

3. What detail in the description of the Ewell cabin makes the reader guess
that perhaps Mayella is different from the rest of her family?
She tries her best to clean herself as well as possible and she likes to grow little
flower type things.
4. Why does Atticus ask Mr. Ewell to write his name?
Because he wants to show that Bob is left-handed.
Chapter 18
1. Why does Mayella Ewell break into tears at the beginning of her testimony?
She thinks Atticus is trying to make her out left handed like he did to her Pa.
2. What makes Mayella think Atticus is mocking her? What does this tell you
about her?
Atticus is mocking her when he has actually addressed her in terms of politeness
3. What dramatic fact do we learn about Tom Robinson at the end of Mayella's
testimony?
He is crippled, his left are is 12 inches shorter and unusable due to an accident
with a cotton gin.
4. Atticus is trying to get Mayella to make a confession. What does he want
her to admit?
That she came onto Tom Robinson and that her dad beat her up after seeing it
happen.

Chapter 19
1. According to Tom's story, when did he "bust up the chiffarobe"?

2. On the day of Tom's "crime," where were the seven Ewell children?
In town getting ice cream.
3. When Mr. Ewell arrived on the scene, what did he see through the window
that infuriated him?
His daughter trying to kiss a negro.
4. Who is Link Deas? and what (unsolicited) comment does he add to the
proceeding?
Tom's employer and he says that he has not had a lick of trouble from Tom as long
as he has worked for him.
5. What two points does Mr. Gilmer try to make in cross-examining Tom?
Mr. Gilmer tries to prove that Tom was strong enough to rape Mayella even though
he is disabled, and that Tom ran because he was guilty.
Chapter 20
1. What aspect of Mr. Raymond's reputation do the children find to be false?
Mr. Raymond drinks only coca- cola, not alcohol.
2. Why is he willing to let the children in on his secret?
Because Dill can still cry at injustice.
3. What does Atticus say is "the worst thing you can do"?
Cheating a colored man.
4. What "crime" does Atticus say Mayella feels guilt for?
She tries to temp a negro.
5. What "facts about Negroes" does Mr. Ewell rely on to make the jury bring in
a guilty verdict?

Chapter 21
1. Why has Calpurnia come to court?
To bring Atticus a note.
2. How long was the jury out? Why isn't this a trivial question?
Thirty minutes.
3. How does Scout know that Tom has n o t been acquitted even before the
jury reports?
No one in the jury will make eye contact with Tom or even look in his direction.
4. What happens as Atticus leaves the courtroom?
The entire balcony rises to their feet.
Chapter 22
 1. What does Atticus find in the kitchen on the morning after the trial?
A jar of pickled pigs' knuckles and a lot of food.
2. What is the feeling among the white neighbors (Maudie included) on Atticus's
defeat?
They feel superior.
3. What has Dill decided to be when he grows up? Why?
A clown, cause he thought that’s he was goin to be happy.
4. What is Bob Ewell's response to the verdict?

Chapter 23
1. What are the children worried about at the beginning of Chapter 23? 2
2. Where is Tom Robinson in this chapter?
3. How does Atticus define "trash"? How does Aunt Alexandra?
4. 4. Why does Aunt Alexandra not want Walter Cunningham in the house, even
though the Cunningham’s are admittedly "good folks"?
5. 5. List the categories in Jem's social hierarchy — the four kinds of folks in the
world. • • • • What kinds of folks are in Scout's hierarchy?

Chapter 24
1. What does the "business" part of the Missionary Society consist of?
2. Why does Scout prefer the world of men to the world in which "fragrant ladies
rocked slowly, fanned gently, and drank cool water"?
3. Who are the "hypocrites" Mrs. Merriweather mentions? • Why does she consider
them hypocrites?
4. What news does Atticus bring to Aunt Alexandra, Maudie, and Scout?

Chapter 25
1. What causes Scout to comment that Jem was acting more like a girl every day? •
What definition of "girl" does this imply?
2. How does Scout learn about Helen's reaction to the news of her husband's death?
3. Mr. Ewell said Tom's death meant "one down and about two more to go." What
does he mean?
Chapter 26
1. Although she thought it had escaped his notice, Scout learns in this chapter that
Atticus had known of one of her "crimes" for a long time. Which one?
2. What strikes you as important about Miss Gates's lesson on democracy?
3. What has Scout overheard that confuses her about Miss Gates's view of Hitler?
Chapter 27
1. Who does Bob Ewell blame for his loss of the WPA job?
2. What happened at Judge Taylor's house?
3. What two services does Link Deas perform for Helen Robinson because he "felt
right bad about the way things turned out"?
4. What event has been added to the fall social calendar in Maycomb?
5. What is Scout's Halloween costume? • What are the chief drawbacks?
Chapter 28
1. Who scares the Finch children on the way to the pageant?
2. How does Scout's performance go?
3. What is the first clue the children have that they are not alone on their walk home?
4. Who are the "four people under the tree"?
5. How does Jem get home?
6. What questions does Scout ask again and again?
7. Who is the children's attacker?
Chapter 29
1. What unexpected advantage did the ham outfit supply?
2. What does Boo really look like?
Chapter 30
1. Who killed Bob Ewell? (Be careful with this one.)
2. What was the murder weapon?
3. What does the switchblade Heck Tate uses for demonstration have to do with all
this?
Chapter 31
1. Describe the manner in which Scout walks Boo home?
2. What do you learn about the plot of The Gray Ghost?