TKM Chapters 10 - 17

 

 

Chpt. 10

 

  1.   Why is it a “sin” to kill a mockingbird?

 

  1.   How old are Atticus and Miss Maudie?

 

  1.   Atticus had a knick name when he was a kid.  What was it?  What is the reason Scout and Jem find this out?

 

 

 

Chapter 11

 

  1.   What does Mrs. Dubose do that angers Jem?  What is his response?

 

  1.   What does Mrs. Dubose want Jem to do?

 

  1.  What does she send Jem when it is all over and why?

 

  1. Atticus tell Scout and Jem that he wanted them “to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.  It’s when you know you’re licked before you even begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”  Who is this story about?  What did that person win against?  What was the cost?

 

 

 

PART 2

 

Chpt. 12

  1. Jem turns 12 and tells Scout to start acting like ______________

 

  1. He’s moody all the time.  What’s he starting to go through?

 

  1. Why does Dill say he’s not coming this summer?

 

  1. Atticus goes to the legislature for 2 weeks.  What does Calpurnia do with the kids?

 

  1. Who is Atticus defending?  What is the charge?

 

 

Chapter 13

 

  1. Who comes to live with the Finches and why?

 

  1.  What is something this person said Atticus should lecture his children about? Why?

 

 

Chapter14

 

  1. Where does Scout want to visit?  What is the outcome? 

 

  1. Scout steps on something alive in the dark.  What is it and why is it there?

 

 

Chapter 15

 

  1. Atticus does something he never does in Maycomb.  What is it and why?

 

  1. Who really “disarms” the band of men at the jail?  How?

 

  1. What does Mr. Underwood tell Atticus about the incident?

 

 

Chapters 16 & 17

 

  1. What is Jem’s take on mixed race children?

 

  1. Who is the prosecutor?  What’s odd about him?

 

  1. The prosecutor sets the scene of the crime.  How was she found and by whom?

 

  1. Where does this family live?

 

  1. What does the witness say they saw?

 

  1. What 3 pieces of evidence/questions does Atticus bring up that go in Tom’s favor?