What Briefly Has Happened To Arthur Radley
NAME: Monica BLOCK:BE DATE:May 17
To Kill A Mockingbird Reading Questions
Chapter 1
What do you learn in this chapter about Maycomb, Atticus Finch, and his family? maycomb: a tired town in Alabama atticus+family: Mom is dead, scout and jem are siblings, 4 years apart
2. What do you learn about Dill's character?
Charles baker harris’ nickname is Dill, who is friends with em and scout. he comes every summer to stay with his aunt
3. What, briefly, has happened to Arthur “Boo” Radley? as a boy, Boo got in trouble with the law and his father imprisoned him in the house as punishment. He was not heard from until fifteen years later, when he stabbed his father with a pair of scissors.
4. Why does the Radley place fascinate Scout, Jem and Dill?
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What do you think of Miss Caroline Fisher as a teacher? List qualities which would make her good or not so good at her job. pros: none cons: deals poorly with children, abusive, doesn’t understand anything, makes scout guilty for being educated and literate
Chapter 3
7. Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household? a housekeeper
8. What is Walter Cunningham like? What does his behavior during lunch suggest about his home life? he has a very large and poor family
9. How does Atticus treat Walter, and what does this show about Atticus’s character? he treats Walter with respect and it shows he doesn’t discriminate or think he’s better than anyone else
10. Contrast the difference in the way Jem and Scout treat Walter. What does this show about the difference between Jem and Scout at this point in the novel? jem is a lot like atticus in the fact that he keeps an open mind while scout acts on impact. jem excuses miss carolines behaviour by saying she’s trying a new way of teaching and also invites walter to lunch which scout opposes.
11. Atticus says that you never really understand a person “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. What does this mean? Is it an easy thing for Scout to learn?
To Kill A Mockingbird Reading Questions
Chapter 1
What do you learn in this chapter about Maycomb, Atticus Finch, and his family? maycomb: a tired town in Alabama atticus+family: Mom is dead, scout and jem are siblings, 4 years apart
2. What do you learn about Dill's character?
Charles baker harris’ nickname is Dill, who is friends with em and scout. he comes every summer to stay with his aunt
3. What, briefly, has happened to Arthur “Boo” Radley? as a boy, Boo got in trouble with the law and his father imprisoned him in the house as punishment. He was not heard from until fifteen years later, when he stabbed his father with a pair of scissors.
4. Why does the Radley place fascinate Scout, Jem and Dill?
dill …show more content…
What do you think of Miss Caroline Fisher as a teacher? List qualities which would make her good or not so good at her job. pros: none cons: deals poorly with children, abusive, doesn’t understand anything, makes scout guilty for being educated and literate
Chapter 3
7. Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household? a housekeeper
8. What is Walter Cunningham like? What does his behavior during lunch suggest about his home life? he has a very large and poor family
9. How does Atticus treat Walter, and what does this show about Atticus’s character? he treats Walter with respect and it shows he doesn’t discriminate or think he’s better than anyone else
10. Contrast the difference in the way Jem and Scout treat Walter. What does this show about the difference between Jem and Scout at this point in the novel? jem is a lot like atticus in the fact that he keeps an open mind while scout acts on impact. jem excuses miss carolines behaviour by saying she’s trying a new way of teaching and also invites walter to lunch which scout opposes.
11. Atticus says that you never really understand a person “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. What does this mean? Is it an easy thing for Scout to learn?