To Kill A Mockingbird: Nightly Homework Reading Schedule Due Thu: 12/1 Due Fri: 12/2 Week 212/5-12/9 Due Tue: 12/6- Due Wed: 12/7- Due Thu: 12/8 Due Fri: 12/9 Ch.1+2: Ch 3-5 Ch 6-8 Ch.9-11: Ch Ch Due Tue: 12/13 Due Wed: 12/14 Due Thu: 12/15 Due Fri: 12/16 Ch Ch.21-23: Ch Ch. 28-End Week 1: 11/28-12/2 Week 3:12/12-12/16 Unit Test Wednesday, 12/21

To Kill a Mockingbird : Study Guide Name:___________________________________ 1) Who is Dill? Describe his relationship with Scout and Jem. 2)How does Scout (narrator) feel about school? What does this tell you about her personality? 4) Describe Maycomb County? What is life like there? What are it’s citizens like?5) Who is Boo Radley? What is his reputation like within the town? Why are the children so fascinated with him? Ch 1+2: 3) How does Atticus respond when Scout asks him if they are poor?

6) Like most of the novel’s readers, Miss Caroline has never lived in a town like Maycomb before And doesn’t fully understand it’s culture. What mistakes does she make when interacting with the town’s children? What do her experiences illustrate about the culture and values of this town? 7) Describe Miss Caroline’s confrontation with Burris Ewell in as much detail as possible/. Ch 3-6 8) What items do Scout and Jem find in the tree? Where do you think these items came from?9) How does Atticus respond when Scout asks him why Burris Ewell gets away with not going to school?

Ch ) Describe Atticus’ parenting style. How does go about educating and disciplining his children? Use specific examples from the text to illustrate your answers. Overall, do you think he is an effective parent? Explain. 12) What happened to Miss Maudie’s house? How did she react? How did the town react? 14) What did Scout’s Uncle Jack learn from Scout and Atticus? 10) How does Jem lose his pants? How does he get them back? Ch ) Who is Tom Robinson? Why is Atticus defending him?

11) Describe Scout and Jem’s relationship with Mrs. Dubose. Why do the children become involved with her. How does their relationship with her change over time? What life lessons to the children learn from their experience with her? 12) Identify each of the following characters: a. Lula b. Zebo c. Reverand Sykes 13) Why does Aunt Alexandra come to live with Atticus and his children? Describe her relationship with Atticus and the children. 14) Explain the following quote: “ Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me.” Ch 12+13

15) How has Jem and Scout’s relationship changed since the beginning of the novel? Explain in as much detail as possible. Ch ) What did Mr. Cunningham’s mob want? What caused them to leave? 17)What lessons about human nature can be learned from the incident between the Finches and Mr. Cunningham’s mob? 18) Describe Dolphus Raymond in as much detail as possible. Why do you think he behaves the way he does? Ch 16-20

19) Describe Mr. Ewell’s testimony. What can you infer about his character from thee way he behaves in the courtroom? 20) Describe Mayella Ewell’s testimony. What can you infer about his character from thee way he behaves in the courtroom? 21) Describe the significance of the bruises on Mayella’s face. 22) Describe Tom Robinson’s account of what happened between he and Mayella. What does this account tell you about Tom’s character? What does it tell you about Mayella’s character? 23) What was Tom’s handicap. Why was it important to the case?

24)What was the verdict of the trial? How does Scout and Jem react? How does Atticus react? How do the townspeople react? 25) What do you think Jem means by the following statement : “I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in his house all this time. It’s because he wants to stay inside.” Ch ) Who was the one juror who initially didn’t want to convict Tom? Why is this significant?

d. Scout e. Boo Radley 26) Describe the significance of the novel’s title. How does it relate to Tom Robinson’s trial? 27) What happens to each of the following characters at the end of the novel? a.Mr. Ewell b. Jem c.Tom Robinson Ch. 24-End