To Kill a Mockingbird Questions - Finish Ch.25-31 over holiday break; be sure to answer the questions. Due Tuesday, Jan. 3rd.
Chapter 21
1. Who is the note from that Atticus receives from Calpurnia?
2. What does the note say?
3. Who tells Atticus where the children are?
4. When Jem pleads with Atticus to let them stay what does he decide?
5. What was the mood like during supper?
6. What where the minor changes in the courtroom when the children return?
7. According to Reverend Sykes, what did the judge say when he charged the jury?
8. What was odd about the people in the courtroom while they waited for the jury to return?
9. What does Scout do to try to stay awake?
10. Scout begins to compare the time in the courtroom to another incident that happened earlier in the book. What incident is it?
11. What is it that Scout looks for as the jury comes in that only a lawyer’s child could know to look for?
12. What verdict does the jury return?
13. Which way did Atticus leave the courtroom?
Chapter 22
1. What does Jem mutter all the way to the corner of the square?
2.What does Alexandra call Atticus that the children have never heard her do before?
3. What does Atticus say to Jem first thing in the morning?
4. Where did all the food that Calpurnia found around the doorstep come from?
5. What was Atticus’s reaction to it?
6. What where the questions Miss Stephanie Crawford had for Jem when the children went over to Miss Maudie’s house?
7. Why did Miss Maudie call the children over?
8. What was Miss Maudie saying with this act?
9. What does Miss Maudie say about Maycomb folks?
10. According to Miss Maudie, how did Judge Taylor try to help Tom Robinson?
11. What does Dill say he wants to be when he grows up?
12. What did Miss Stephanie tell the children had happened to Atticus?
Overview question: Maycomb is a town divided. Why would the jury find Tom guilty? How did Atticus actually win?
Chapter 23
1. What was the only thing Atticus would say about the incident?
2. According to Miss Stephanie, what was Atticus’s reply when Bob Ewell asked if he was too proud to fight?
3. What did Atticus tell Jem about having a gun around?
4. What does Atticus say about Bob Ewell when Scout and Jem tell Atticus they are worried about his safety?
5. Where did they send Tom Robinson until his appeal?
6. What happens to Tom if he loses his appeal?
7. What does Jem want to do with juries?
8. What is Atticus’s solution to the same problem?
9. What does Atticus say about the men on a jury?
10. What does Atticus say about a white man who cheats a black man?
11. Describe the example Atticus uses to explain why people from the town rarely sit on juries.
12. Who was the one man on the jury who took “considerable wearing down?”
13. What does Atticus say about the Cunninghams concerning loyalty?
14. What does Aunt Alexandra say about Scout’s new desire to have Walter Cunningham come to her house to play?
15. What is Aunt Alexandra’s final word on Walter Cunningham?
16. What does Jem try to show Scout when they are in his room?
17.What are the four kinds of folks in Maycomb according to Jem?
Overview question: Scout thinks there are only “folks.” Aunty feels there are many different “folks.” What do they both mean?
Ch 25-27
How does Maycomb react to the news of Tom's death?
Comment on the idea that Tom's death was “typical”?
In her lesson on Hitler, Miss Gates says that “we (American people) don't believe in persecuting anyone”. What seems odd to the reader about this claim?
Why, according to Atticus, does Bob Ewell bear a grudge?
Which people does Ewell see as his enemies, and why?
Ch 28-31
Why does Jem say that Boo Radley must not be at home?
What is ironic about this? (Is it true? Does he really mean it? Why might it be important for him and Scout that Boo should not be at home?)
What explanation does Atticus give for Bob Ewell's attack?
What does Heck Tate give as the reason for the attack?
Do you think the sheriff's explanation or Atticus's is the more likely to be true?
Is Heck Tate right to spare Boo then publicity of an inquest? Give reasons for your answer.
How does the writer handle the appearance, at the end of the story, of Boo Radley?
How do the events of the final chapters explain the first sentence in the whole novel?
Comment on the way the writer summarizes earlier events to show their significance.
Chapter 21
1. Who is the note from that Atticus receives from Calpurnia?
2. What does the note say?
3. Who tells Atticus where the children are?
4. When Jem pleads with Atticus to let them stay what does he decide?
5. What was the mood like during supper?
6. What where the minor changes in the courtroom when the children return?
7. According to Reverend Sykes, what did the judge say when he charged the jury?
8. What was odd about the people in the courtroom while they waited for the jury to return?
9. What does Scout do to try to stay awake?
10. Scout begins to compare the time in the courtroom to another incident that happened earlier in the book. What incident is it?
11. What is it that Scout looks for as the jury comes in that only a lawyer’s child could know to look for?
12. What verdict does the jury return?
13. Which way did Atticus leave the courtroom?
Chapter 22
1. What does Jem mutter all the way to the corner of the square?
2.What does Alexandra call Atticus that the children have never heard her do before?
3. What does Atticus say to Jem first thing in the morning?
4. Where did all the food that Calpurnia found around the doorstep come from?
5. What was Atticus’s reaction to it?
6. What where the questions Miss Stephanie Crawford had for Jem when the children went over to Miss Maudie’s house?
7. Why did Miss Maudie call the children over?
8. What was Miss Maudie saying with this act?
9. What does Miss Maudie say about Maycomb folks?
10. According to Miss Maudie, how did Judge Taylor try to help Tom Robinson?
11. What does Dill say he wants to be when he grows up?
12. What did Miss Stephanie tell the children had happened to Atticus?
Overview question: Maycomb is a town divided. Why would the jury find Tom guilty? How did Atticus actually win?
Chapter 23
1. What was the only thing Atticus would say about the incident?
2. According to Miss Stephanie, what was Atticus’s reply when Bob Ewell asked if he was too proud to fight?
3. What did Atticus tell Jem about having a gun around?
4. What does Atticus say about Bob Ewell when Scout and Jem tell Atticus they are worried about his safety?
5. Where did they send Tom Robinson until his appeal?
6. What happens to Tom if he loses his appeal?
7. What does Jem want to do with juries?
8. What is Atticus’s solution to the same problem?
9. What does Atticus say about the men on a jury?
10. What does Atticus say about a white man who cheats a black man?
11. Describe the example Atticus uses to explain why people from the town rarely sit on juries.
12. Who was the one man on the jury who took “considerable wearing down?”
13. What does Atticus say about the Cunninghams concerning loyalty?
14. What does Aunt Alexandra say about Scout’s new desire to have Walter Cunningham come to her house to play?
15. What is Aunt Alexandra’s final word on Walter Cunningham?
16. What does Jem try to show Scout when they are in his room?
17.What are the four kinds of folks in Maycomb according to Jem?
Overview question: Scout thinks there are only “folks.” Aunty feels there are many different “folks.” What do they both mean?
Ch 25-27
How does Maycomb react to the news of Tom's death?
Comment on the idea that Tom's death was “typical”?
In her lesson on Hitler, Miss Gates says that “we (American people) don't believe in persecuting anyone”. What seems odd to the reader about this claim?
Why, according to Atticus, does Bob Ewell bear a grudge?
Which people does Ewell see as his enemies, and why?
Ch 28-31
Why does Jem say that Boo Radley must not be at home?
What is ironic about this? (Is it true? Does he really mean it? Why might it be important for him and Scout that Boo should not be at home?)
What explanation does Atticus give for Bob Ewell's attack?
What does Heck Tate give as the reason for the attack?
Do you think the sheriff's explanation or Atticus's is the more likely to be true?
Is Heck Tate right to spare Boo then publicity of an inquest? Give reasons for your answer.
How does the writer handle the appearance, at the end of the story, of Boo Radley?
How do the events of the final chapters explain the first sentence in the whole novel?
Comment on the way the writer summarizes earlier events to show their significance.