1. To Kill a Mockingbird Part 1 Ch 1-11

2. How did Atticus break the family tradition? -Became a lawyer -Doesn’t live on Finch’s Landing

3. What happened to Scout and Jem’s mother? -Died of heart attack

4. How does Miss Caroline punish Scout? -Hits her knuckles with ruler

5. Who taught Scout to write? -Cal

6. Atticus and Scout make a compromise. What is it? -Scout will go to school -Atticus will read to her -Don’t tell Miss Caroline

7. Jem pushes Scout in the tire. What happens? -She crashes into Radley yard

8. Jem, Scout, and Dill have a play. What is it about? -The Radleys

9. What did Scout hear when she crashed? -Someone laughing…it must be Boo!!!

10. What does Mr. Radley think about Miss Maudie? -She needs to read her Bible more -She and her flowers are going to hell

11. How will Jem, Scout, and Dill leave the note for Boo? -Use a fishing pole -Stick to shutter

12. Jem and Dill want to peep into the Radleys’ window. Why is tonight a perfect night? -Atticus is busy reading -If Boo kills them they will miss school, not vacation

13. The gate is squeaky. What do the kids do? -spit on it

14. Who suspects that Jem was in the Radley yard? -Stephanie

15. Dill explains why Jem has no pants. What does he say? -Jem lost his pants in strip poker

16. Jem went back for his pants. When he found them they were… -folded -sewed up weird

17. What happened to the tree hole? Nathan Radley filled it with cement

18. Why did Nathan say he filled the tree? -It was dying

19. Was the tree really dying? No

20. There isn’t enough snow. How do Jem and Scout build the snowman? -Inside the snowman = mud and dirt -Borrow snow from Maudie

21. What happens to Miss Maudie’s house? Burns down

22. Who gives Scout the blanket? Boo…but she never saw him!

23. Scout aims her rifle at… Miss Maudie’s butt

24. What do Jem and Scout see in the street? -a rabid dog

25. What does Cal do when the rabid dog is there? -Calls Atticus and the operator -Bangs on Radleys’ door to warn them

26. Who shoots the dog? Atticus

27. What does Jem want to buy with his birthday money? -a steam engine for him -a baton for Scout

28. What does Jem do to Mrs. Dubose’s flowers? -Destroys them with baton

29. What does Mrs. Dubose make Jem do? -Read to her for 2 hrs every weekday and Saturday for 1 month

30. What happens to Mrs. Dubose? She dies

31. What do we learn about Mrs. Dubose? -Very sick -Morphine addict

32. At the beginning of the novel, what are Scout and Jem’s boundaries? You can draw a map to help. Mrs. Dubose’s house – she’s plain hell Radley house – Boo is scary!

33. Give 2 examples of Scout being rude. -Teasing Dill about his dad -Walter -Swearing -Fighting -etc

34. The Ewells only have to go to school on the first day and can hunt all year. Why? -They are not common people -They are in their own class/group of people -Their dad spends all of the $ on alcohol so they have to hunt for food

35. List everything Scout and Jem find in the tree. -gum -2 Indian head pennies -thread/string -soap figures -spelling medal -pocket watch -knife

36. How does Jem lose his pants? He gets stuck in the Radleys’ wire fence

37. What is Atticus good at? -making wills -checkers -playing a Jew’s harp -shooting