TKM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ch 28who scares the finch children on their way to the pageant? - Answers- cecil jacobs
ch 28 how does scout's performance go? - Answers- she's late on her cue and her
teacher tells her she ruined it
ch 28 what is the first clue the children have that they are not alone on their walk home?
- Answers- they hear someone following them
ch 28 who are the "four people under the tree"? - Answers- boo, mr. ewell, scout and
jem
ch 28 how does jem get home? - Answers- boo carries him
ch 28 what question does scout ask again and again? - Answers- is jem dead?
ch 28 who is the children's attacker? how did he die? - Answers- mr. ewell, he fell on
his own knife, in the ribs
ch 28 jem "gallantly" walks scout to the pageant, carrying her costume. as they walk
across the school yard, they discussed boo and comment that "haints, hot
steams...vanished with our years." above them a mockingbird sings. what is the effect of
all these details on the reader? - Answers- they are growing up, losing their innocence
and jem is becoming more of a gentlemen
ch 29 what unexpected advantage did the ham outfit supply? - Answers- it saved scout
because of how big it was and she didn't get stabbed
ch 29 what does boo really like? - Answers- skinny, pale, tall a normal person
ch 29 what character traits does aunt Alexandra show in reaction to the crisis? -
Answers-
ch 30 who killed bob ewell? - Answers- he killed himself because he landed on his own
knife is what the book said but it was really boo they didn't want him trough court
ch 30 what was the murder weapon? - Answers- a switchblade or kitchen knife
ch 30 what does the switchblade heck tate uses for demonstration have to do with all
this? - Answers- murder weapon
ch 30 what does atticus think happened out there in the dark? what does he think heck
tate is trying to do in claiming ewell fell on his knife? what is heck really trying to do with
this lie? - Answers- that jem stabbed bob to save scout, for self defense. to cover up
, the kids. he is trying to make mr ewell look like he killed himself and it was just karma
because he is a bad person
ch 31 describe the manner in which scout walks boo home. - Answers- like he is
escorting her
ch 31 what do you learn about the plot of the gray ghost? - Answers- when they finally
catch the guy he hadn't done what they said he did and was nice
ch 31 why does lee have scout comment on the view from boo's porch? what threads
does it tie together? how does the point of view change during her fantasy description of
boos view? - Answers-
ch 31 why do you think scout never saw boo again? would it have been a better ending
if she had became his friend? - Answers-
"... it's sort of like making a turtle come out..." "How's that?" asked Dill. Dill said striking
a match under a turtle was hateful. "Aint't hateful, just persuades him-'s not like you'd
chuck him in the fire," Jem growled. "How do you know a match don't hurt him?" "Turtles
can't feel, stupid," said Jem. "Were you ever a turtle, huh?" - Answers- Theme of
empathy
Trying to get Boo Radley to come out
".... Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' com'ny, and don't
you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo' folks
might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin'
em..." - Answers- Treat everyone with respect-we have no right to pass judgement
Calpurnia fussing Scout for insulting Walter Cunningham
Miss Maudie: "The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in
houses behind closed doors..." - Answers- Don't judge other because you don't know
what they are going through or what they have been through
Miss Maudie explaining to Scout about Boo Radley
Dill: "It's my idea. I figure if he'd come out and sit a spell with us he might feel better."
Scout: "How do you know he don't feel good?" Dill: "Well how'd you feel if you'd been
shut up for a hundred years with nothin' but cats to eat?" - Answers-
Compassion,theme of empathy and putting yourself in someone else's shoes
Atticus: "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no
reason for us not to try to win" - Answers- Never give up; persevere and try even when
the odds are against you
Courage: doing the right thing because it's the right thing even if you can't win
Honor: standing up for what is right
Following your conscious despite other people
ch 28who scares the finch children on their way to the pageant? - Answers- cecil jacobs
ch 28 how does scout's performance go? - Answers- she's late on her cue and her
teacher tells her she ruined it
ch 28 what is the first clue the children have that they are not alone on their walk home?
- Answers- they hear someone following them
ch 28 who are the "four people under the tree"? - Answers- boo, mr. ewell, scout and
jem
ch 28 how does jem get home? - Answers- boo carries him
ch 28 what question does scout ask again and again? - Answers- is jem dead?
ch 28 who is the children's attacker? how did he die? - Answers- mr. ewell, he fell on
his own knife, in the ribs
ch 28 jem "gallantly" walks scout to the pageant, carrying her costume. as they walk
across the school yard, they discussed boo and comment that "haints, hot
steams...vanished with our years." above them a mockingbird sings. what is the effect of
all these details on the reader? - Answers- they are growing up, losing their innocence
and jem is becoming more of a gentlemen
ch 29 what unexpected advantage did the ham outfit supply? - Answers- it saved scout
because of how big it was and she didn't get stabbed
ch 29 what does boo really like? - Answers- skinny, pale, tall a normal person
ch 29 what character traits does aunt Alexandra show in reaction to the crisis? -
Answers-
ch 30 who killed bob ewell? - Answers- he killed himself because he landed on his own
knife is what the book said but it was really boo they didn't want him trough court
ch 30 what was the murder weapon? - Answers- a switchblade or kitchen knife
ch 30 what does the switchblade heck tate uses for demonstration have to do with all
this? - Answers- murder weapon
ch 30 what does atticus think happened out there in the dark? what does he think heck
tate is trying to do in claiming ewell fell on his knife? what is heck really trying to do with
this lie? - Answers- that jem stabbed bob to save scout, for self defense. to cover up
, the kids. he is trying to make mr ewell look like he killed himself and it was just karma
because he is a bad person
ch 31 describe the manner in which scout walks boo home. - Answers- like he is
escorting her
ch 31 what do you learn about the plot of the gray ghost? - Answers- when they finally
catch the guy he hadn't done what they said he did and was nice
ch 31 why does lee have scout comment on the view from boo's porch? what threads
does it tie together? how does the point of view change during her fantasy description of
boos view? - Answers-
ch 31 why do you think scout never saw boo again? would it have been a better ending
if she had became his friend? - Answers-
"... it's sort of like making a turtle come out..." "How's that?" asked Dill. Dill said striking
a match under a turtle was hateful. "Aint't hateful, just persuades him-'s not like you'd
chuck him in the fire," Jem growled. "How do you know a match don't hurt him?" "Turtles
can't feel, stupid," said Jem. "Were you ever a turtle, huh?" - Answers- Theme of
empathy
Trying to get Boo Radley to come out
".... Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' com'ny, and don't
you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo' folks
might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin'
em..." - Answers- Treat everyone with respect-we have no right to pass judgement
Calpurnia fussing Scout for insulting Walter Cunningham
Miss Maudie: "The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in
houses behind closed doors..." - Answers- Don't judge other because you don't know
what they are going through or what they have been through
Miss Maudie explaining to Scout about Boo Radley
Dill: "It's my idea. I figure if he'd come out and sit a spell with us he might feel better."
Scout: "How do you know he don't feel good?" Dill: "Well how'd you feel if you'd been
shut up for a hundred years with nothin' but cats to eat?" - Answers-
Compassion,theme of empathy and putting yourself in someone else's shoes
Atticus: "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no
reason for us not to try to win" - Answers- Never give up; persevere and try even when
the odds are against you
Courage: doing the right thing because it's the right thing even if you can't win
Honor: standing up for what is right
Following your conscious despite other people
