In what town and state in which the story is set? | Maycomb, Alabama |
Who is our narrator and one of the protagonists? | Jean Louise (Scout) Finch |
Who is Scouts brother? | Jem Finch |
Jem and Scout are brother and sister. Would you consider them friends? | Best friends |
Who is Jem and Scouts father? | Atticus Finch |
What two things does Atticus do? | he is a lawyer and a state representative |
This character is a recluse, is the subject of rumors that he is a ghost or a murder, all the kids in Maycomb are afraid of him. Who is he? | Arthur “Boo” Radley |
Who is Calpurnia? | The Finch’s housekeeper |
What is Charles Baker Harris’s nickname? | Dill |
What did Dill dare Jem to do? | Touch the Radley house. |
What big mistake did Miss Caroline make on the first day of school? | She tried to give Walter Cunningham a quarter. |
Who is Caroline Fisher? | Scout’s first grade teacher. |
Where is the author describing when she says the house is dark and gloomy with no screen door? | The Radley house |
What did Scout blame Calpurnia for doing that got her in trouble on the first day of school? | For teaching her to read by making her copy down the Bible. |
What was Scout’s first “crime” in first grade? | Knowing how to read |
Why did Scout rub Walter Cunningham’s nose in the dirt? | She felt he got her in trouble when she tried to explain to Miss Fisher that he was too poor to pay for lunch |
When Jem invites Walter to dinner why does Scout not consider him to be company? | The town considered the Cunningham’s trash because they were poor and she was influenced by the town’s opinion, Jem was not. |
When Scout tell Calpurnia that Walter isn’t company because he “is just a Cunningham”,what does Calpurnia do? | She becomes angry and tells Scout anyone who comes to their house is company. |
What did the children call a spirit that can’t get to heaven? | Hot Steams |
How did Jem get even with Scout for contradicting him about the “Hot Steams”? | He rolled her in a tire into the Radley’s front porch |
What did Jem and Scout find in the Radley’ tree? | They found gum, two pennies, a watch, twine and two carved soap figures of themselves. |
What was the Boo Radley game? | A game pretending to be Boo Radley and making up his adventures. |
To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 1 -4
January 29, 2020