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1 Name: Date: Block: To Kill a Mockingbird Critical Reading Guide Directions: Read over the questions first. Second, read the assigned chapters all the way through without interruptions. Then go back and answer the questions. Chapters 1-3 Chapter 1 1. Who narrates the novel and how old is he or she? 2. Who is Atticus Finch and what is his job? 3. Where do we learn the story will take place? (city, state) 4. What was life like in the town where the story takes place? 5. How does Dill introduce himself? (Write exactly what he says.) 6. How old is Dill? Where is he from? Who is he staying with? 7. What do we learn about Dill s father? 8. Describe the Radley house. Chapter 2 9. What does Scout imply is the reason Jem is taking her to school? 10. What is Miss Caroline s reaction to Scout s reading abilities? What does Miss Caroline tell Scout to tell her father? How does Scout respond back? 11. What is Scout doing when Miss Caroline scolds her again? 12. Who does Scout say is to blame for this? Why? 13. Who is Walter Cunningham? Why does he not have a lunch bucket? Why won t he take Miss Caroline s money? 14. What is entailment? Chapter Why did Scout want to catch Walter in the schoolyard? Who stopped her? 16. Why does Calpurnia scold Scout? 17. Who is Burris Ewell? What do we learn about the Ewell family?

2 18. What is Atticus reaction to what Miss Caroline has told Scout? 19. What term does Scout use to describe the way Atticus speaks to her? 20. What are your impressions of the Finch family so far? 21. Describe the relationship between Atticus and Scout. Why does Scout call him Atticus? Chapters 4-9 Chapter What does Scout notice on day while walking home from school? 23. When Jem learns where Scout got the chewing gum, what does he tell her to do? Why? 24. What do Jem and Scout find while walking home on the last day of school? 25. What is a hot steam? 26. What game were Jem, Scout, and Dill playing when they got in trouble? 27. What did Scout think she heard coming from the Radley house? Chapter Why did Scout avoid Jem and Dill for awhile? 29. What does Miss Maudie mean when she says Mr. Radley is a foot-washing Baptist? 30. What are the children trying to do when Atticus catches them and scolds them for tormenting Boo? Chapter At the beginning of Chapter 6, what new plan have the children hatched? 32. Why does Jem not have on any pants? 33. What excuse does Dill give the adults about why Jem has no pants? 34. What does Jem have to go do at the end of this chapter? Chapter How does Scout attempt to understand Jem s moodiness? 36. What really happened on the night that Jem lost his pants? 37. When Jem and Scout go to put a note in the knot hole, what do they discover?

3 38. Why is Jem upset at the end of this chapter? Chapter Why is school canceled? 40. What does Jem build? How? 41. Why did Atticus wake Scout and Jem up in the middle of the night? 42. Who put the blanket around Scout? Chapter What did Cecil Jacobs make Scout forget? Why/how? 44. Who is Tom Robinson? 45. What happened the 2 nd time Cecil taunted Scout? Why is that significant? 46. Describe Aunt Alexandra. 47. What surprising thing does Scout learn about Dill from Francis? 48. Why did Scout fight Francis? 49. Why is Scout mad at Uncle Jack? 50. Briefly summarize the conversation Scout overhears between Atticus and Jack. Chapters Chapter What does Atticus tell Jem about shooting birds? 52. How does Miss Maudie explain this to Jem? 53. Who is Tim Johnson? What is wrong with him? 54. What does Atticus do about it? 55. What does Jem learn about his father? Why is this event so significant? Chapter Who is Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose? (Describe her.) 57. What did Jem do to her? Why did he do it? 58. What does Atticus make Jem do? What does Mrs. Dubose make him do?

4 59. Scout asks Atticus a tough-question about an ugly name that some people have called her dad. How does he explain the term to her? What is his response to being called that term? 60. What happened to Mrs. Dubose? 61. What does Jem receive from her? What is his reaction? 62. What does Atticus say about her? Why? 63. What is your opinion of Atticus? Has it changed any from the beginning of the book? Chapter What has happened to Jem? 65. Why doesn t Dill come for the summer? 66. Describe the political cartoon of Atticus that appeared in the Montgomery Advertiser. 67. Where does Calpurnia take Scout and Jem? 68. How do the people there first react? 69. What does Scout realize about Calpurnia? 70. What does Scout want to do with Calpurnia one day? Chapter Why has Aunt Alexandra come to Maycomb? How long does she plan on staying? 72. What is Scout s opinion of Alexandra s notions about heredity? 73. How well does Alexandra fit into Maycomb? Chapter What happens when Scouts asks Atticus if she can go visit Calpurnia some time? 75. What do Alexandra and Atticus argue about? 76. What is hiding under Scout s bed? 77. How does Dill say he got there? Chapter What are the two reasons that Scout gives as to why men usually stand in the front yard? 79. At the beginning of this chapter, who (the group of men) has come to talk to Atticus?

5 80. What do the men tell Atticus? 81. Where is Tom Robinson being kept? 82. Sunday evening, where do the children venture off to? 83. What do they see when they reach their destination? 84. What Scout sees this, what does she do? 85. What have the men come to do? 86. How does Scout unknowingly defuse the situation? 87. Who else witnessed this scene unfold? (Name and description) Chapter 16 On the bottom of page 157, Atticus says, So it took an eight-year-old child to bring em to their senses Re-read this passage, then answer questions How does Atticus explain Mr. Cunningham s actions from the night before? 89. How did the children make Walter Cunningham stand in Atticus shoes? 90. The term mob mentality can be used to describe the men who confronted Atticus. What is this mob mentality? 91. Who is Mr. Dolphus Raymond? 92. Where do the children sit at the courthouse? Chapter Who is the first person to testify? 94. What does the jury learn when Atticus cross-examines the first witness? 95. Who is called to the stand next? Describe this person and his or her testimony. 96. When Atticus asks this witness to write his or her name, how does this person respond? Why did Atticus ask that question? Chapter Why is Mayella upset with Atticus? 98. Describe Mayella s testimony.

6 99. At one point, Mayella slips and almost says something she shouldn t. What does she say? How is it relevant to the trial? 100. What is startles Jem when Atticus asks Tom to stand up? Chapters Chapter Tom Robinson has been convicted of another crime. Describe that crime What does Tom do for a living? 103. Describe Tom s version of events Why does Tom say he ran? 105. What does Mr. Link Deas do that interrupts the court? 106. What mistake does Tom make when he is being questioned by Mr. Gilmer? Why is this a fatal mistake? Chapter What does Mr. Raymond tell Scout about Atticus? 108. Summarize Atticus closing arguments What offense does Atticus say Mayella Ewell has committed? 110. Who has entered the courtroom at the end of this chapter? Chapter Why has she come to the court house? 112. How do Jem and Scout think the trial is going? 113. What is the verdict? Chapter What is the jury s verdict? 115. How does Jem react to the verdict? 116. How have Jem s illusions of Maycomb been marred? 117. How does Bob Ewell treat Atticus after the trial?

7 Chapter Why does Atticus remain calm concerning Bob Ewell s threats? 119. How does the rest of the family react? 120. What will be Tom s sentence if he is not pardoned? 121. Discuss how Jem and Scout are continuing to differ in their ways of thinking and their maturity levels. What events in this chapter support this? Chapter What crucial news does Atticus relay to Alexandra, Scout, Calpurnia, and Miss Maudie? 123. How might this news affect Scout? 124. What does Tom s attempt to escape mistakenly reinforce for a second time? Chapter What is the significance of the scene with the roly-poly? 126. Where does Mr. Underwood stand on the issue of the Tom Robinson trial? How do you know? 127. What do you believe is the meaning behind Bob Ewell s comment one down and about two more to go? Chapter Why does Scout become enraged at her teacher s discussion of Hitler s persecution of the Jews? Chapter How does Ewell persist in expressing his hostility over the Tom Robinson trial? 130. Predict what Ewell s actions may foreshadow What might Scout s school party and play reinforce in the midst of all of the tragic events occurring in Maycomb? Chapter How do all of the events in this chapter symbolize evil and foreshadow the tragic incident at the end of the chapter? 133. What happens to Jem and Scout while they are on their way home from the play? Chapter Who saves Jem and Scout?

8 Chapter What does Atticus think happened the night Jem and Scout were attacked? What does he not want to happen? 136. How does Sheriff Heck Tate show his compassion and benevolence in this chapter? What does he mean by Let the dead bury the dead? Chapter Who all applies to Atticus saying that one never truly knows a person until he walks in his shoes? 138. How does Scout try to understand Boo Radley and relate to him as a person? 139. Explain how Scout has transformed throughout the novel Among all of the characters, who do you believe has made the most prevailing transformation? Explain your answer.

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