To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1 (Chapters 1-11) Verified A
Who is the narrator of the story? How old is she? ✔️✔️An older white female, Jean Louise "Scout"
Finch, looking back on her childhood when she was five years old; she's from the South and lived in
Maycomb, Alabama
Jem ✔️✔️He was Scout's brother; at the beginning of the novel, he is nine years old
Atticus ✔️✔️Scout's father; a lawyer; he is described by Scout as a "courteous detachment," as
although he loved Scout and Jem, he isn't overly caring about them.
What is Finch's Landing? ✔️✔️It is a plantation that Simon Finch, an ancestor of Scout, established;
Aunt Alexandra, Atticus' sister, currently lives there
Describe the town of Maycomb. ✔️✔️Organized, run-down, old, and boring; Located in Alabama
What happened to the Scout's mom? ✔️✔️She died when Scout was two years old of a heart attack
Who is Dill? ✔️✔️Charles Baker Harris; A seven-year-old kid from Meridian, Mississippi who goes to
Maycomb every summer to see his aunt, Miss Rachel; he is very short and seems to make many stories
up
Describe the Radley house and the rumors that go along with it. ✔️✔️It's old and worn down; no one
lives there; it's very creepy; Arthur "Boo" Radley, Mrs. and Mr. Radley's younger son, stays inside the
house all the time due to his "insanity"
What is everything bad that occurs in Maycomb, Alabama blamed on? ✔️✔️The Radley's
Describe the narrator's first day of school? ✔️✔️Her teacher, Ms. Caroline, realizes she was literate
and told Scout to tell her father to stop teaching her "incorrectly," which annoyed Scout because she
loves reading
, Explain how her classroom is like a tiny version of the real world outside of school. ✔️✔️The social
dynamics, such as poverty, faced in Macomb were presented in the school, especially with Miss Caroline
not understanding why Walter Cunningham had no lunch to bring
Why was Miss Caroline so annoyed with the narrator? ✔️✔️She thought that she could teach better
than Atticus; Scout talks back about Walter; Scout talks back about Walter Cunningham; she wacks
Scout's hand with a ruler
Describe the Cunninghams ✔️✔️Although they were very poor, they were proud and never borrowed
anything from anybody, including money; the payback favors with produce
What does the narrator understand that the teacher (a newcomer to the town) does not? ✔️✔️She
doesn't understandthe social dynamics of Maycomb; most people are extremely poor and don't have
enough money
Describe Walter Cunningham. ✔️✔️He's a very poor boy that wasn't able to pack a lunch to bring to
school; he is taking care of by his family, no matter what social status
What happened at the lunch table when Scout and Jem went home to eat with Walter Cunningham?
✔️✔️Walter talked about farming with Atticus and he poured syrup all over his dinner because it was
a luxury in his eyes; Scout yelled at him, and he felt ashamed
Explain how Calpurnia is much more than just a housekeeper and cook to Scout. ✔️✔️She disciplines
them, said that she missed Scout, and calls Scout and Jem in for dinner; she is a mother figure to Scout
and Jem
What happened when Scout returned to school after lunch? ✔️✔️Miss Caroline was frightened of a
bug ("cootie") found in Burris Ewell's hair
Describe Burris Ewell. ✔️✔️Scott describes him as one of the filthiest kids she has ever seen; not
taking care of by his parents because he is so poor; comes in on the first day of school every year and
never comes back; much older than Scout and the others
Who is the narrator of the story? How old is she? ✔️✔️An older white female, Jean Louise "Scout"
Finch, looking back on her childhood when she was five years old; she's from the South and lived in
Maycomb, Alabama
Jem ✔️✔️He was Scout's brother; at the beginning of the novel, he is nine years old
Atticus ✔️✔️Scout's father; a lawyer; he is described by Scout as a "courteous detachment," as
although he loved Scout and Jem, he isn't overly caring about them.
What is Finch's Landing? ✔️✔️It is a plantation that Simon Finch, an ancestor of Scout, established;
Aunt Alexandra, Atticus' sister, currently lives there
Describe the town of Maycomb. ✔️✔️Organized, run-down, old, and boring; Located in Alabama
What happened to the Scout's mom? ✔️✔️She died when Scout was two years old of a heart attack
Who is Dill? ✔️✔️Charles Baker Harris; A seven-year-old kid from Meridian, Mississippi who goes to
Maycomb every summer to see his aunt, Miss Rachel; he is very short and seems to make many stories
up
Describe the Radley house and the rumors that go along with it. ✔️✔️It's old and worn down; no one
lives there; it's very creepy; Arthur "Boo" Radley, Mrs. and Mr. Radley's younger son, stays inside the
house all the time due to his "insanity"
What is everything bad that occurs in Maycomb, Alabama blamed on? ✔️✔️The Radley's
Describe the narrator's first day of school? ✔️✔️Her teacher, Ms. Caroline, realizes she was literate
and told Scout to tell her father to stop teaching her "incorrectly," which annoyed Scout because she
loves reading
, Explain how her classroom is like a tiny version of the real world outside of school. ✔️✔️The social
dynamics, such as poverty, faced in Macomb were presented in the school, especially with Miss Caroline
not understanding why Walter Cunningham had no lunch to bring
Why was Miss Caroline so annoyed with the narrator? ✔️✔️She thought that she could teach better
than Atticus; Scout talks back about Walter; Scout talks back about Walter Cunningham; she wacks
Scout's hand with a ruler
Describe the Cunninghams ✔️✔️Although they were very poor, they were proud and never borrowed
anything from anybody, including money; the payback favors with produce
What does the narrator understand that the teacher (a newcomer to the town) does not? ✔️✔️She
doesn't understandthe social dynamics of Maycomb; most people are extremely poor and don't have
enough money
Describe Walter Cunningham. ✔️✔️He's a very poor boy that wasn't able to pack a lunch to bring to
school; he is taking care of by his family, no matter what social status
What happened at the lunch table when Scout and Jem went home to eat with Walter Cunningham?
✔️✔️Walter talked about farming with Atticus and he poured syrup all over his dinner because it was
a luxury in his eyes; Scout yelled at him, and he felt ashamed
Explain how Calpurnia is much more than just a housekeeper and cook to Scout. ✔️✔️She disciplines
them, said that she missed Scout, and calls Scout and Jem in for dinner; she is a mother figure to Scout
and Jem
What happened when Scout returned to school after lunch? ✔️✔️Miss Caroline was frightened of a
bug ("cootie") found in Burris Ewell's hair
Describe Burris Ewell. ✔️✔️Scott describes him as one of the filthiest kids she has ever seen; not
taking care of by his parents because he is so poor; comes in on the first day of school every year and
never comes back; much older than Scout and the others
