School Days Characters Events Gifts Reasons Why 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500
On the way to school what “treasure chest” did Jem and Scout pass?
The oak tree with the knot hole
What sport did Jem want to go out for?
Football
What compromise did Atticus make with Scout about school?
If she continues school, he will continue to read with her as he always does.
How did Scout know where she was when she and Jem were walking home from the pageant? Be specific!!!
Under the oak tree felt cool on her bare feet.
Who did Scout beat up and Jem invite to dinner?
Walter Cunningham.
Who was Scout going to marry?
Dill
What is the narrator’s full name?
Jean Louise Finch
What was Atticus’s nickname as a child?
Ole “One Shot” Finch
Who confronted Calpurnia at church that didn’t want Scout or Jem there?
Lula
Explain why Miss Stephanie and Miss Maudie are foils? (foil – a character whose personality is opposite the personality of another character)
Miss Stephanie is always gossiping and does not have respect for the feelings of others. Miss Maudie respects people’s private lives and feelings and she does not gossip.
How did Mr. Ewell actually die?
Boo stabbed Bob Ewell trying to protect the children.
At Finch’s Landing, what did Francis do to provoke Scout?
Called her father a N-lover; said he was hurting the family name.
Who originally was the snowman supposed to look like?
Mr. Avery
At First Purchase church, how were hymns sung?
Linin’
What does Scout hear when she rolls into the Radley lot in a tire?
Laughing
Who were the two soap carvings of?
Jem and Scout
What gifts were given to Scout and Jem by Atticus at Christmas?
Air rifles and a chemistry set.
What kind of pennies were found in the knothole of the oak tree?
Indian Head
What is significant about the number of pennies and soap figurines?
Two. One for each of the kids.
Why did Mrs. Dubose give Jem a perfect snow-on-the-mountain flower?
To show that she had forgiven him for chopping them down To show that she had forgiven him for chopping them down. To thank him for being with her. So he wouldn’t forget her.
Why did it take so long for the jury to reach a verdict?
Because there was a Cunningham on the jury Because there was a Cunningham on the jury. OR Because finding Tom guilty meant condoning the Ewell’s lies – yet – finding Tom innocent meant putting the word of a black man above the word of a white man.
Why did Mrs. Dubose want Jem to read to her?
To help her get over her morphine addiction so she could die having beaten her addiction.
Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
They are beautiful… “sing their hearts out for us They are beautiful… “sing their hearts out for us.” They never hurt anybody.
Why did Mr. Dolphus Raymond pretend to be drunk?
“It helps them if they have a reason to latch onto “It helps them if they have a reason to latch onto.” Gives the townspeople a reason to explain why he lives the way he does, to choose a black woman for a wife over a white woman. If he is clouded by whiskey that is a better excuse than the truth: he prefers blacks over whites.
Why does Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife?
To shield Boo from public attention and gossip.