To Kill a Mockingbird Study Questions
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Identify Atticus Finch, Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, Jem Finch, Maycomb, Calpurnia, Charles Baker
(Dill) Harris, Stephanie Crawford, Arthur (Boo) Radley, Miss Carolin
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To Kill a Mockingbird Study Questions
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Identify Atticus Finch, Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, Jem Finch, Maycomb, Calpurnia, Charles Baker
(Dill) Harris, Stephanie Crawford, Arthur (Boo) Radley, Miss Caroline Fisher, Walter
Cunningham, and Burris Ewell. ✔✔(in To Kill a Mockingbird Characters set)
What did Dill dare Jem to do? ✔✔Dill dared Jem to run up and touch the Radley house.
What was Scout's first "crime" at school? ✔✔Scout's first crime was that she could already read.
Miss Caroline asked Scout to tell her father to stop teaching her.
What was Calpurnia's fault? ✔✔Scout said it was Calpurnia's fault that she could write bc it caused
trouble for her at school.
Why did Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt? ✔✔It was her way of TAKING OUT
HER REVENGE ON WALTER because Scout stood up for Walter in class, which got her in more
trouble with Miss Caroline.
Scout said, " He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham." What did she mean by that, and what
was Cal's answer? ✔✔Scout meant that Finches were better than Cunninghams, so she didn't have
to treat Walter as company. Calpurnia told Scout to treat anyone who came to visit as "company"
and show courtesy.
What two mistakes did Miss Caroline make on the first day of school? ✔✔1. she offered Walter
Cunningham money (the Cunninghams don't take anything they can't pay back)
2. she tried to tell Burris Ewell to go home and wash out his "cooties"
Why didn't the Ewells have to go to school? ✔✔If the officer enforced the laws for the Ewells,
Mr. Ewell would probably be jailed. Without their father, the children would be worse off than if
they did not go to school. Because the children's life was so unusual, the authorities bent the rules
for them.
What did Scout and Jem find in the Radleys' tree? (1st time) ✔✔Gum and two Indian head pennies.
Identify Mrs. Dubose. ✔✔Mrs. Dubose is an old lady who lives down the street. She berates
(scolds) the children as they walk by her house.
How did Jem get even with Scout for contradicting him about "Hot Steams?" ✔✔When it was
Scout's turn to ride in the tire, he gave her an extra-hard shove. She ended up in the Radleys' front
yard.
What was the Boo Radley game? ✔✔Jem, Dill and Scout acted out the peculiar stories and few
facts they heard about the Radley
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