To Kill A Mockingbird, Questions with accurate answers.

To Kill A Mockingbird, Questions with accurate answers. What point of view is the story told in? - ✔✔-The story is told in Jean's point of view. What is the name of the town where the novel is set? - ✔✔-The name of t ...

To Kill A Mockingbird, Questions with accurate answers. What point of view is the story told in? - ✔✔-The story is told in Jean's point of view. What is the name of the town where the novel is set? - ✔✔-The name of the town where the novel is set is Called Maycomb County. The narrator goes by the nickname "Scout." What is her real name? - ✔✔-Jean Finch What does the narrator's father do for a living? - ✔✔-The narrator's father works as a lawyer for a living. What happened to Jem and Scout's mother? - ✔✔-Jim and Scout's mother died from a sudden heart attack. Who is Calpurnia? How do the Finches treat her? Explain. - ✔✔-Calpurnia is the famous cook and they all treat her well but Scout argues with her. Who is Dill? Who is Boo Radley? Explain the children's perception of Boo. Be specific. - ✔✔-Boo Radley is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Radley. Who is Dill? - ✔✔-Dill's real name is Charles Baker Harris and he was from Meridian, Mississippi spending the summer with his aunt, Rachel. What does Miss Caroline tell the narrator that she can no longer do with Atticus? - ✔✔-Miss Caroline told the narrator that Atticus could not continue teaching Scout. What compromise does Atticus make with the narrator after hearing about this? - ✔✔-The compromise Atticus makes with the narrator after hearing about this is "If you'll concede the necessity of going to school, we'll go on reading every night just as we always have." The Cunninghams are considered "poor but proud." What is meant by this? - ✔✔-The Cunninghams were very poor but wouldn't accept charity. Why does Miss Caroline tell Burris Ewell to go home? - ✔✔-Miss Caroline told Burris Ewell to go home because she wanted him to wash his hair. Miss Caroline, like the reader, is new to Maycomb. What lesson does she quickly learn from her students? - ✔✔-Miss Caroline learns from her students that Walter is a Cunningham and that they are poor and can't afford a lunch, can't pay Miss Caroline back a quarter but they are proud. How is Calpurnia a good influence on Scout? How does she show it in Chapter 3? - ✔✔-Calpurnia is a good influence on Scout because she helped Scout learn the alphabet and other things Scout needed to know for the 1st grade. Also Calpurnia is a good influence in chapter 3. Name two things the children find in the knothole of the oak tree. - ✔✔-The children find two figures carved in soap to resemble Scout and Jem. The figures are followed in turn by chewing gum, a spelling bee medal, and an old pocket watch. The next day, Jem and Scout find that the knothole has been filled with cement. Describe the new game that the kids begin to play. - ✔✔-The children act out legends they had heard about Boo and his family Name two reasons why Scout wants to stop playing this new game. - ✔✔-She heard someone laughing inside the Radley house and Atticus didn't approve How does Miss Maudie feel about Arthur "Boo" Radley? - ✔✔-Miss Maudie adds that Boo was always polite and friendly as a child. She says that most of the rumors about him are false, but that if he wasn't crazy as a boy, he probably is by now. How does Jem lose his trousers? - ✔✔-Jem lost his trousers when they were trying to escape from Mr. Author Radley's house when they heard a shot fired from a shot gun. Why doesn't Scout want Jem to go back to retrieve his pants? - ✔✔-Scout doesn't want Jem to go back and retrieve his pants because Mr. Author Radley is waiting for the next sound he hears in the patch, an' next time he won' aim high, be it dog, black person or----Jem Finch. When Jem sneaks out of the house to retrieve his pants, what does he find that puzzles him? - ✔✔- When Jem sneaks out of the house to get his pants the thing that puzzles him is that his pants were sewed back together, folded and on Boo's fence waiting to be picked up. Why does Nathan Radley tell the children he sealed the knothole with cement? Do you believe him? Why or why not? Support your answer with a specific detail from the novel. - ✔✔-When Jem asks Mr. Nathan Radley about the knothole the following day, Mr. Radley replies that he plugged the knothole with cement because the tree is dying. I don't believe him because Jem thinks on Atticus's statement and about who might be leaving the gifts. What happens in chapter 8 that rarely happens in Alabama? - ✔✔-In chapter 8 the rare occasion that occurred in Alabama was that they had a real winter. In chapter 8, why does Atticus drag the children out of bed in the middle of the night? - ✔✔-Atticus wakes up and drags the children out of bed in the middle of the night because Miss Maudie's house is on fire Who drapes the blanket around the narrator? - ✔✔-The person who draped the blanket around the narrator is Boo Radley. Why does Scout beat up Cecil Jacobs? - ✔✔-Cecil Jacobs called Atticus a Niger lover, and even though Scout difnt know what it meant, she thought it sounded offensive Who is Atticus' latest client? Why has Atticus decided to defend this man? - ✔✔-Just as Atticus is standing by Tom to protect him, Jem wants to do the same for Atticus. While Atticus is not scared of the mob for his own sake, he is afraid that they'll hurt his kids. What does Scout do to cause Uncle Jack to reprimand her on Christmas? - ✔✔-Scout calls Francis a "***** lady" because of Francis complaining about Atticus defending a black man in court. What does Uncle Jack learn from Scout? - ✔✔-Scout taught Uncle Jack to hear both sides of the story before coming to a conclusion. Although Scout did harass Francis, she had a reason to (he was calling Atticus names, he said there was no point to the trial, and he bullied Scout). Dumbfounded, Uncle Jack admitted to underestimating the story, and assumed it was all Scouts' fault. Atticus also taught him that children see things differently, but you still have to listen to their arguments in order to understand the sequence of events. Jem and Scout are somewhat disappointed that Atticus is not as athletic as some of the other fathers in town. What happens to change their minds? - ✔✔-In t