To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide Answers
Chapter 1
1. What point-of-view is the story told in?
It is told by the narrator, Scout.
2. What is the name of the town where the novel is set?
Maycomb
3. The narrator goes by the nickname “Scout.” What is her real name? jean Louise “Scout” Finch
4. What does the narrator’s father do for a living?
He’s a lawyer
5. What happened to Jem and Scout’s mother?
She died
6. Who is Calpurnia? How do the Finches treat her? Explain.
Calpurnia is the finche’s cook, She is treated like their mother.
7. Who is Dill?
Dill is their friend who visits on the weekends
8. Who is Boo Radley? Explain the children’s perception of Boo. Be specific.
Boo is a man who nobody has seen for years. He’s thought to be some sort of scary man. Ex. killer or monster.
9. What courageous act does Jem perform at the end of this chapter?
Jem runs over and touches boo’s house
Chapters 2-3:
10. What does Miss Caroline tell the narrator that she can no longer do with Atticus? Miss Caroline says that she can no longer read with her father.
11. What compromise does Atticus make with the narrator after hearing about this? -Atticus says she must keep going to school, and he will continue reading to her.
12. The Cunninghams are considered “poor but proud.” What is meant by this? -It means that they don’t have a lot of money but they are pride people who work hard.
13. Why does Miss Caroline tell Burris Ewell to go home?
-Because she gave him a quarter to buy lunch and he must pay her back.
14. Miss Caroline, like the reader, is new to Maycomb. What lesson does she quickly learn from her students?
-New techniques to teach them with.
15. How is Calpurnia a good influence on Scout?
Calpurnia is like a mother to Scout because she teaches her manners and how to behave. Chapters 4-5:
16. Name two things the children find in the knothole of the oak tree.
-They find gum and pennies.
17. Describe the new game the kids start to play.
-They start to play a
1. What point-of-view is the story told in?
It is told by the narrator, Scout.
2. What is the name of the town where the novel is set?
Maycomb
3. The narrator goes by the nickname “Scout.” What is her real name? jean Louise “Scout” Finch
4. What does the narrator’s father do for a living?
He’s a lawyer
5. What happened to Jem and Scout’s mother?
She died
6. Who is Calpurnia? How do the Finches treat her? Explain.
Calpurnia is the finche’s cook, She is treated like their mother.
7. Who is Dill?
Dill is their friend who visits on the weekends
8. Who is Boo Radley? Explain the children’s perception of Boo. Be specific.
Boo is a man who nobody has seen for years. He’s thought to be some sort of scary man. Ex. killer or monster.
9. What courageous act does Jem perform at the end of this chapter?
Jem runs over and touches boo’s house
Chapters 2-3:
10. What does Miss Caroline tell the narrator that she can no longer do with Atticus? Miss Caroline says that she can no longer read with her father.
11. What compromise does Atticus make with the narrator after hearing about this? -Atticus says she must keep going to school, and he will continue reading to her.
12. The Cunninghams are considered “poor but proud.” What is meant by this? -It means that they don’t have a lot of money but they are pride people who work hard.
13. Why does Miss Caroline tell Burris Ewell to go home?
-Because she gave him a quarter to buy lunch and he must pay her back.
14. Miss Caroline, like the reader, is new to Maycomb. What lesson does she quickly learn from her students?
-New techniques to teach them with.
15. How is Calpurnia a good influence on Scout?
Calpurnia is like a mother to Scout because she teaches her manners and how to behave. Chapters 4-5:
16. Name two things the children find in the knothole of the oak tree.
-They find gum and pennies.
17. Describe the new game the kids start to play.
-They start to play a