To Kill A Mockingbird Questions (Please Answer all my questions!!! Thanks!!!)

Question 1: Based on your reading of chapter 1, how do Jem, Scout, and Dill describe Boo Radley? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your description.

Question 2: Write a summary using the narrative structure of Chapter 2. The summary needs to include the exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution of the chapter.

Chapter 3: Atticus says, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Book page 33, PDF pg 30). How is this advice taken or ignored in this chapter? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 4: What superstitions do the children have in connection with the Radley house? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 5: Miss Maudie says, “Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is in public” (PDF-47). What evidence so far proves this true? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 6: Why is it important to Jem to get his pants before morning even though the mission is dangerous? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 7: What do Jem and Scout plan to leave in the tree? Why can’t they leave it? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 8: Describe the way the town comes together to help Miss Maudie. What does this scene tell you about the role of the community in Maycomb County? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 9: Atticus says, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win” (101). What does he mean? Explain the significance of this statement. Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 10: Atticus says, “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Put this statement in your own words. What does Atticus really mean? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 11: Find a particularly effective example of imagery in the description of Mrs. Dubose and her house and quote it. How does the description help create the mood of this section?

Question 12: What do Scout and Jem learn about Tom Robinson, the man that their father has been appointed to defend? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 13: Describe Aunt Alexandra and Scout’s relationship with her. Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 14: How can you tell that Jem is concerned about his father? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 15: What does Scout’s childish attempt at a conversation accomplish? Explain. Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 16: Atticus is in disagreement with Aunt Alexandra over many things. Discuss at least two matters of disagreement and each one’s position or point of view. Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 17: Atticus spends a great deal of time discussing Mayella Ewell’s injuries. What does he seem to want to reveal? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 18: Why do you think Atticus speaks so formally to Mayella during her testimony? What is your impression of Atticus here? What is Mayella’s? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 19: What is the difference between Atticus’s cross-examination of Mayella in Chapter 18 and Mr. Gilmer’s cross-examination of Tom in Chapter 19? Why do you think the author wants us to see both of these cross-examinations? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 20: In five or six sentences, paraphrase Atticus’ summation (closing speech) to the jury. Do you think it was effective? Why or why not?

Question 21: How does Scout “know” about the verdict before she hears it? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 22: Miss Maudie says, ‘There are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them’ (288). What does she mean? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 23: What is “circumstantial evidence”? What has it got to do with Tom's conviction? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 24: What happens to Tom Robinson? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 25: How does Maycomb react to what happens to Tom? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 26: How does Scout feel about Miss Gates? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 27: What was the purpose of the Halloween pageant? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 28: How does Harper Lee build suspense in this chapter? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.

Question 29: What does Scout mean when she says, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough” (PDF page 283, book page 321)? Use two pieces of the strongest evidence in the novel to support your answer.