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To kill a Mocking Bird?
Chapter 8-11
1. What does Atticus criticize Jem for?
2. Why does Atticus wake the children in the middle of the night?
3. What is Miss Maudie’s reaction to the loss of her house?
4. According to Atticus, Boo Radley placed the blanket on Scout’s shoulders. Recall the “crimes” the townspeople have attributed to Boo. How do you explain the disparity between Boo’s act of kindness toward Scout and the stories of the townspeople?
5. Why does Scout forget what Atticus told her about fighting?
6. What does Atticus tell Scout to do when she hears “ugly talk” at school?
7. What comparison does Scout use to describe her relationship with her Aunt Alexandra?
8. Why does Scout fight Francis?
9. What does Atticus tell Jack he hopes Jem and Scout will do instead of listening to the town?
10. Atticus tells Scout to try fighting with her head for a change instead of using her fists. Comment on this advice both with regard to Scout, yourself and others. Why in your opinion, do people resort to physical violence to settle disagreements?
11. Atticus tells Jack he hopes his children get through Tom Robinson’s trial without bitterness and without “catching Maycomb’s disease.” What is Atticus referring to? What is Maycomb’s disease?
12. Explain why Scott is upset over Atticus being “so old.”
13. Atticus tells the children they’re not to kill mockingbirds because doing so is a sin. How does Miss. Maudie explain Atticus’ reasoning to Scout?
14. What explanation does Miss Maudie offer for “Ol’ One-Shot” (Atticus) putting his gun down thirty years ago?
15. In this chapter (10) , it is explained that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they don’t do anything harmful; they simply sing their hearts out. Comment on this idea. Although it is expressed simply, is there more to this statement than simply the idea that harmless creatures shouldn’t be killed? How do you think the statement might apply to the novel thus far? Discuss.
16. What does Jem do to Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes? Explain why he does this.
17. How does Atticus explain the term “******-lover” to Scout?
18. What change had occurred in Mrs. Dubose by the last week Scout and Jem went to her home?
19. How does Atticus explain “courage” to Jem?
20. Scout says that she considered her father the bravest man alive for visiting Mrs. Dubose and speaking kindly to her. Atticus later tells the children, after her death, that Mrs. Dubose was the “bravest person” he ever knew. Comment on the two views of bravery presented here. What is your definition of the term?
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3) She doesn’t care, she says she never liked it and it was too big for her anyways.
8) Francis starts to make fun of Atticus in front of Scout, calling him a Nig*er lover.
11) He hopes they wont become bitter and racist and insulting
12) She is upset because she feels like he is boring and does not do anything. He cant play football and he is a layer unlike the other fathers who are clerks.
13) Mockingbirds don’t do any harm just sing sweet songs. They don’t eat the crops just sing and leave everyone alone.
14) She says Atticus thinks it is an unfair advantage that God gave him.
16) Jen destroys them because he got sick of her insults.
17) Hmm I think he takes it as a compliments, but im not sure.
18) She is not taking morphine anymore.
19) Courage is not picking up a gun, Miss Dubose shows courage when she wanted to die free of morphine.
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