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eNgLiSh YeAh-TKMB
midterm
Question | Answer |
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What is the setting for TKMB? | Maycomb, Alabama, early 1930's |
What advice does Atticus give scout at the beginning of the book? | dont judge someone until youve been in their skin |
what is scouts opiinion of school? | hates it |
what does scout find in the tree in front of the radley house? | gum without the wrapper |
what do scout AND jem find i the tree in fron of the radley house? | indian head pennies, box of gum wrappers, little statues of soap |
what is a hot steam? | someone who cant get to Heaven so they just roam about |
how does scout end up on the fron porch of the radley house? | rolled in a tire |
what new game do scout jem and dill come up with? | boo radley game |
why doesnt scout enjoy the new game as much as the boys? | shes scared |
what does scout hear coming from the radley house? | laughter |
what does miss maudie like to do instead of being in her house? | garden |
what does miss maudie tell scout about boo? | foot washing Baptist |
how do jem and dill insult scout to get her to go along with their plan? | call her a girl |
what happened when the kids tried to look inside the radley house? | saw a giant shadow and heard a gunshot |
what happens to jems pants? | get stuck on fence and rip |
what is dills explanation for jems not wearing pants? | lost them in strip poker |
what does jem do in the middle of the night? | go and get his pants |
after jem get his pants, explain his behavior. | moody and silent and grownup |
how did jem find his pants when he went back to the radley house for hie pants? | they were sewn and folded over fence |
what is unique about the weather at th beginning of ch 8? | its snowing |
who dies during winter and how do the children think this person died? | mrs. radley/ boo killed her |
why does atticus wake up scout in the middle of the night? | miss maudies house was on fire |
when atticus asks scout about the blanket on her shoulders, what does jem realize? | boo put the blanket on her |
why does scout almost fight cecil jacobs? | calls atticus a ****** lover |
what big case is atticus working on? | tom robinson |
describe aunt alexandra. | stuck up, mean, snobby, gossiper, good cook` |
what is scouts opinion of her father at the beginning of ch 9? | hes old |
who shoots tim johnson? | atticus |
what is jems punishment for destroying mrs duboses plants? | read to her for three months |
why does atticus say mrs dubose is a great lady? | shes has courage even though she knows shes gonna die soon |
what practice at First Purchase is unique to scout and jem | linen |
what is tom robinson accused of | raping a white girl |
why do dill and scout getr mad at jem? | jem told atticus that dill was hiding under the bed |
why do the men with heck tate come to see atticus | tell him that they moving robinson to county jail |
describe dolphus raymond | town drunk/whit a black woman and has mixed children |
who is mr gilmer | prosecutor |
what are the main points in sheriff tates testimony? | where mayella was beaten |
what does atticus show inhis cross examination of heck tate | both hands were around mayellas neck |
what does atticus prove by having mr ewell write his name | he is ambidextrous |
how does the chiffarobe play a role in mayellas story? | asked tom to bust it up |
why does atticus ask mayella if he chocked AND hit her? | toms left arm is completely immovable so there is no way he could have done both of those things at the same time |
why does toms statemen of feeling sorry foe miss mayella cause such a hostile reaction in the courtroom? | a BLACK man feeling sorry for a WHITE woman is very frowned upon |
why did tom visit ewell place | to fix door hinges |
why does dill start crying after the case? | make shim sick the way tom is being treated |
who understands dill | dolphus raymond |
what secret does dolphus raymond share with scout and dill | hot really an alcoholic |
why does calpurnia come to the courtroom | to find kids |
how long did it take to reach a verdict | 3 hours |
what is jems reaction to the verdict | cry |
why does atticus return home suddenly | tom been shot |
what is scout in the halloween play | ham |
what happens to scout and jem on their way home | get attcked by someone |
what dos heck tate find in his investigation | bob ewell dead, crunched up ham costume, scouts dress |
who rescued scout and jem | boo |
to avoid court what does tate say happened | bob fell on own knife |
what does scout do on radley porch | stand in boos shoes |