To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass

To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass 1. Describe the techniques used by Harper Lee to tell the readers the story. Harper Lee uses the techniques of using flashbacks having a young girl tell the story. 2. The time and place in which a story takes place is called the setting. Describe the setting to To Kill a Mockingbird as best as you can from reading the first chapter. It takes place in Maycomb, Alabama and is situated next to the Radley house. 3. In this chapter the author prepares the readers for the attitudes and prejudices that create the mood that will prevail throughout the novel. Cite some examples. "So Simon, having forgotten his teacher's dictum on the possession of human chattels, bought three slaves and with their aid established a homestead on the banks of the Alabama River some forty miles above Saint Stephens." 4. How did Jem, Scout, and Dill entertain themselves? What did Dill encourage Jem and Scout to do when they got bored with those activities? They worked on, "Improving our treehouse that rested between giant twin chinaberry trees in the back yard, fussing, and running through our list of dramas." Look up the meaning of "satire." Use what you learn to show how the author used satire in describing Scout's experience with Miss Caroline Fisher. Satire means the use of humor, irony, or exaggeration. Scout had to explain things to Miss Caroline about how she learned to read and Miss Caroline thought she was using satire. Explain Scout's statement: "Walter hasn't got a quarter at home to bring you, and you can't use any stovewood." It means that even though he doesn't have money, what he can pay her with isn't usable to her. How do you think you would have felt if you had been Miss Caroline? I would have be happy for Scout instead of being mad at her from learning from her father. Compare and contrast Jem and Scout as evidenced by their treatment of Walter Cunningham. Scout starts to beat Walter up for getting her in trouble and Jem invites him to dinner. Scout is mean to him while Jem is kind and hospitable to him. In this chapter we met a member of the Ewell family. Do you think the Ewells will play an important role in upcoming chapters? Support your opinion. I don't think they will play an important role because Burris Ewell says he isn't going to school anymore so I don't think we will see much of him. Evaluate Atticus's advice to Scout: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."- It means that you may think that something doesn't make sense or is unfair in your opinion but if you think about it like the other person would, maybe you would think about it differently. Calpurnia was the Finches' housekeeper. write a brief character sketch using information from the first three chapters to support your opinion. She cooks and cleans for them and is not one for unkindness. When Scout is unkind to Walter, she scolds her. She also compares her to Jem saying that she should be as good as him. What agreement did Scout and Atticus reach? They said that Atticus would continue to teach Scout and so would Miss Caroline. Scout has to keep Atticus' teaching a secret. Who, do you think, was leaving gifts for Jem and Scout? I think it was Boo Radley. Describe the game played by the children. Why did Jem evade Atticus's question when Atticus asked what they were playing? They played Rover Boys and Boo Radley. Why did Scout want to quit their game? They got caught by Atticus and she heard laughter in the Radley House. Why did Scout grow closer to Miss Maudie Atkinson? Explain the metaphor "chameleon lady." Miss Atkinson was acting as a mother figure to Scout. Chameleon lady refers to when Miss Atkinson works in her garden all day then changes and goes onto her porch looking beautiful. What did Miss Maudie say that prompted Scout to defend her father? What did she say in his defense? Miss Maudie says that she doesn't know what people do behind closed doors. Scout said that he never hits her or Jem. Judge the children's attempt to give a note to Boo. Do you think it was cruel? Explain. They try to give Boo the note with a fishing rod to make him come out. I think it was cruel because they were treating him like he wasn't human and like he wasn't equal to them. "Jem...realized that he had been done in by the oldest lawyer's trick on record." Explain. He realized that he told Atticus what happened and Atticus asked him if he wanted to be a lawyer some day to make him feel bad. What went wrong in Jem and Dill's plot to peep in the window to try to get a look at Boo Radley? They got shot at and had to scramble out of there. Jem lost his pant