Tkam Chapter 1-11 Answers
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To Kill a Mockingbird Date __________
Study Questions
Chapter One
1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following idea/attitude: pride in ancestry and “tradition”
“. . . source of shame. . . we had no recorded ancestors. . . All we had was Simon Finch . . . who lived to an impressive age and died rich.”
1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following idea/attitude: pride in conformity and distrust of those who are different
The Radleys kept to themselves and kept their shutters and doors closed on Sundays.
1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following idea/attitude: awareness of difference in social classes
The Cunninghams from Old Sarum were the nearest thing to a gang in Maycomb. “the wrong crowd”
1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following idea/attitude: narrow span of interest and almost no interest in the world outside Maycomb
superstition and gossip surrounding the Radleys
1. Approximately when does the story begin? Show evidence to support your answer.
Two references help establish the time as the early 1930s: the movie Dracula and the reference to FDR’s address “. . . nothing to fear but fear itself.”
1. What do we know for certain about Boo Radley?
Boo had been kept a virtual prisoner in his home since misdemeanors in his teens.
1. Why is Boo fascinating to the children?
Boo is fascinating to the
To Kill a Mockingbird Date __________
Study Questions
Chapter One
1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following idea/attitude: pride in ancestry and “tradition”
“. . . source of shame. . . we had no recorded ancestors. . . All we had was Simon Finch . . . who lived to an impressive age and died rich.”
1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following idea/attitude: pride in conformity and distrust of those who are different
The Radleys kept to themselves and kept their shutters and doors closed on Sundays.
1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following idea/attitude: awareness of difference in social classes
The Cunninghams from Old Sarum were the nearest thing to a gang in Maycomb. “the wrong crowd”
1. Chapter one introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence which illustrates the following idea/attitude: narrow span of interest and almost no interest in the world outside Maycomb
superstition and gossip surrounding the Radleys
1. Approximately when does the story begin? Show evidence to support your answer.
Two references help establish the time as the early 1930s: the movie Dracula and the reference to FDR’s address “. . . nothing to fear but fear itself.”
1. What do we know for certain about Boo Radley?
Boo had been kept a virtual prisoner in his home since misdemeanors in his teens.
1. Why is Boo fascinating to the children?
Boo is fascinating to the