To Kill a Mockingbird-Chs 6-8 Reading Questions
Directions: Read each of the following reading questions and respond to each using at least one quote from the book. Each of your responses should be at least 3 sentences in length.
Chapter 6
1. Why does Scout disapprove of Jem's and Dill's plan of looking in at one of the Radleys' windows?
2. What does Mr. Nathan Radley know about the intruders in his garden? Why does Miss Stephanie refer to a “negro” over whose head Mr. Nathan has fired?
3. Why does Dill's explanation of Jem's state of dress almost land him in trouble?
Chapter 7
4. When Jem tells Scout about getting his trousers back, he tells her of something strange. What is this?
5. Can you find any evidence that Jem is beginning to understand more than Scout about Boo Radley? What do you think this is?
6. Does Jem still fear the gifts in the tree? Give reasons for your answer.
7. When the children plan to send a letter to the person who leaves the gifts, they are prevented. How does this happen? Who does it, and why might he do so?
Chapter 8
8. Why does Scout quiz Atticus about his visit to the Radley house? How much does Atticus tell her?
9. What is the “near libel” which Jem puts in the front yard? How do Miss Maudie and Atticus react to it?
10. Why does Atticus save Miss Maudie's oak rocking chair?
11. When Atticus asks Scout about the blanket around her shoulders, what does Jem realize?
12. Explain what Atticus means by telling Jem not to let his discovery “inspire ” him to “further glory”? Is there any reason why Jem might now do as his father says?
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1. scout is afraid the radly will get mad and try to hert jem and dill.
2. Mr. Narthan gets mad and almost shoots a negro. She refers as an african american.
3.Diil tels that jem lost against dill in strip naked poker.
4. jem tells scout he found then on the fence as some one had set them on the fence waiting for him to come back.
5.Jem is knows more thing than scout.
6. jem is still afraid because he was not talking at all because that night before he went to Radly house
7. They wer e stop by radly covering the hole of the tree with cement.
8. How the inside of the house looks like.
Itis snowman. she gets mad because he put a sisors in the snowman hand.
10. because the house is burning down.
11. The blaket that cout got was from boo radly.
12.Not to go and bug boo radly.
D.Lettieri per 4
1. She thinks that he would get mad and tell atticus or try and hurt dil and jem.
2. HE almost shoots them with his shotgun. She thinks its a negro because sh thinks it was a african american.
3.
Dil tells them that he lost them in a game of strip poker.Jem got his pants ripped off.
chap 7
4. JEm said that he found them all sewed up and sitting there like someone knew he was coming back.
5. Jem begins to understand boo more and is better to boo now. He knows more about him then scout.
6. He is stil afraid a little because he does not know who is leaving them. Scout is scared to.
7. They stopped because Jem was mad and moody so he thought it was a ridiculous. They did not know who to send it to.
Reeker, D.
Per.1
Chp.6)
1.) Someone in the house might see them. Scout is told to "shut his trap and go home". They also might get killed if they are caught.
2.) He knows that it is a black trespasser. He shot in the air to scare him away. Miss. Stephanie is racist because she called the black person a "nigger."
3.) His "pants" were missing and still at the fence. Everyone was questioning about that. Why didn't he have his pants on, the question on everyboy's mind.
Chp. 7)
4.) Mr. Radley knew the intruder would come back for his pants. "They were folded on the fence." They were sewn as if he tried it himself.
5.) I don't think he is because he barly talks about him. Scout talk about "Boo Radley" more than Jem.
6.)He doesn't because they consider evrything in it their's. They're starting to get used to it now. It 's not anything new.
7.) The knot-hole was filled with "cement". Mr. Radley did so because the tree was getting too old. It was an eyesore to the public.
Chp. 8)
8.) Scout found out Mrs. Radley died of "natural cuases". Atticus did not see Mr. Radley. Thats pretty much it.
9.) They are surprised with the crftiness of Jem. He is told a lot of compliments.
10.)He wanted to save every bit of furniture as he can. He wanted to sit down.
11.) He wanted to keep warm. Itwas from Boo Radley.
12.)He wants Jem to achieve reachable goals. He wants to follow his footsteps.
RAlejandro Per.1
Chapter 6
1.) Scout disapproves of Jem’s plan to look in one of the window of the Radleys house because it is dangerous. The children think that if the get caught then they are in big trouble and they might get killed by “Boo.” “With that, I had no opinion but to join them.” At the end she thought it was better to join them.
2.) “ Mr. Radley shot at a Negro in his collard patch.” Mr. Nathan Radley know that the intruder in his garden is a Negro. Mr. Nathan Radley didn’t shoot the Negro he just shot the air to scare the Negro. Miss. Stephanie refers to a African American who she calls a Negro.
3.) Why does Dill's explanation of Jem's state of dress almost land him in trouble?
Dill almost got in trouble because he back up Jem because he had left his pants in Mr. Radley house. Dill tells them that he had won Jem’s pants in a strip poker game. “ Matches were dangerous, but cards were fatal.” They weren’t allowed to play with cards.
Chapter 7
4.) Jem tells Scout that when he went back to get his pants he found something weird. He told her that he didn’t find them in the fence all tangled up like he had left them. He had found them in the garden all folded up. “When I went back, they were folded across the fence….like they were expectin’ me”
5.) “When he went in the house I saw he had been crying.” Maybe Scout does know more about “boo” than Scout because before he had cried he was talking to Atticus about the tree over at the Radleys house. Maybe he had been thinking about “boo.” I think he know more than her because he is older and he might bee keeping some things from her.
6.) No Jem doesn’t fear the gift in the tree anymore because he had found a ball in the tree and they decided to leave the ball in the tree. They thought that it was someone’s secret hiding place. After a couple of days passes they realized that it wasn’t anyone’s hiding place. “From then on we considered everything we found in the knot-hole our property.”
7.) When they want to sent a letter to the person leaving them gifts they discover that the hole is filled with cement. “Someone had filled our knot-hole with cement” Mr. Radley had just finished putting cement to the hole. He does this because the tree was dying. He might have done this because maybe the tree looked bad with a hole in it.
Chapter 8
8.) Scout quizzes Atticus about his visit to the Radley house because hse wanted to know if he had seen “Boo.” “Jem and I decided that boo had got her at last, but when Atticus returned from the Radley house he said she had died of natural causes, to our disappointment.” of her Atticus just tells her that Mrs. Radley had died of naturl causes.
9.) “Jem Stepped back to view his creation (snowman).” Jem puts a snow man in the front yard. Atticus thinks that it wasn’t right to put the snow man in the front yard because it looks like one of the neighbors. Miss Maudie liked the snowman. “She’s really impressed with your-accomplishments.”
10.) “At the front door, we saw fire spewing from Miss Maudie's dinning room window.” Atticus saves Miss Maudie's oak rocking chair because her house is burning up. Also because Miss Maudie's valued a lot her oak rocking chair.
11.) “I looked down and found myself clutching a brown woolen blanket I was wearing around my shoulders, squaw-fashion.” Jem realizes that she didn’t know where she got it from. She didn’t even know she had it on until he dad mentions it.
12.) I think that he means that he should no be carried away from what he discovers. “I watched the spark of fresh adventure leave his eyes.” I think that he might follow his fathers advise. He might realize that what his father is saying is true.
Chapter6 1.scout dissaproves of this because its rude and they might get hurt by boo radley. 2.Mr.nathan radley knows that the intruder was a "negro". Mrs. Stephanie calls african americans "negroes" because everyone refers to them as negroes. 3. he almost gets in trouble because he said that they were playing strip poker. Chapter7 4.jem tells scout that when he went to get his trousers back, someone had sewen them and folded them right where he had left them,as if they knew he was coming back for them. 5.jem might understand boo radley more because of his experiences around the house. 6.jem doesn't fear the gifts in the tree anymore. every day afterschool he would look to see what else they had left for him and scout. 7.they plan to send a letter and they see that someone has filled the hole and they ask Mr.Nathan if he filled the whole and he said that he did it because the tree was "dying".he probably did this to prevent this nice person into giving them gifts. Chapter 8 8.scout wants to know if atticus saw boo radley.Atticus just tells her that he did see him. 10.atticus saves Mrs.Maudie's Oak rocking chair because she doesn't really have anything else she values. 11.jem realized that that they were standing in front of the radley's house and boo radley put that blanket over her shoulders. 12.jem might not do as his father says because of his curiosity.
D.letieri per 4
chapter 8
8. Scout found out that radly died of natural causes. Atticus did not see mr. Radly.
9. Atticus and Miss Muadie are astonished and suprised that jem put it there. They give jem compliments.
10. He was trying to save any funiture he can to help miss maudie. He grabed that chair.
11. HE realized it was from boo radly. They wanted to stay warm.
12. He wants Jem to follow in his footsteps. He wwants him to be nice and respectful. Atticus wants him to be succesful.
SVielma
period 1
1)Scout dissaproves of Jem and Dill going to the Radley house because she thinks it is too risky.She thinks someone might see them or that they could get hurt.
2)Mr.Nathan knows that the intruder was an african american person.
3)Dill's explanation almost got them in trouble bacuse they aren't allowed to play with cards and because jem's pants were still caught in the fence.
4)He tells her that when he went to get his pants back they were sitting on the fence waiting for him and they weren't ripped anymore.
5)I think that jem might possibly know more about "boo" than scout because he is older and has experienced more. Also because he seems to understand thing quicker than her.
6)I don't think Jem fears the gifts in the tree anymore because he is use to them and he noticed that nothing bad has happened.
7)They were prevented because Boo Radley covered the hole with cement because it was old already.
8)Scout gives Atticus a quiz about Boo Radley because she wants to know if he saw him.Atticus just tells her that Boo died of natural causes.
9)Jem put a Snowman in the front yard.Atticus does not think this was a good idea.Miss Maudie liked it and was surprised by what he had made.
10)He saves the oak rocking chair because it is meaningful to her and the house was burning down.
11)Jem realizes that scout does not know where it came from but he knows it came from Boo Radley.
12)I think it means that Jem should not get carried away with what he discovers.Jem might do what his father says and realize he is right.
kHamilton p4
Chapter 6
1. Scout is afraid for Jem and Dill. She believes that Arthur Radley would probably kill them if he found out they were looking in on him. Scout still fears Mr. Radley even though Miss Maudie had cleared the air about why he was always in his house.
2. Mr. Radley doesn’t really know the truth about the intruders in his garden. He thinks it was a Negro trying to steal vegetables. Miss Stephanie refers to a Negro because that seems the only reasonable explanation for someone sneaking around a yard at night.
3. Dill’s explanation almost gets all of the children in trouble because he said that he won them in a game of poker. Out of excitement he had forgotten that they had no cards and no idea how to actually play poker. But luckily Jem was quick thinking and told Atticus they have used matches instead of cards.
Chapter 7
4. When Jem goes back to the Radley yard, he starts rambling about how he doesn’t want to get a whipping from Atticus. This strikes Scout as strange because Atticus has never hit Jem before, even when he has gotten into trouble. Jem knows that, but he insists that he doesn’t want it to start happening.
5. When Jem finds that his pants were sewn and hung on the fence, he might be realizing that maybe Arthur Radley isn’t as insane as he once thought. Jem might also begin understanding more when he finds the watch in the knothole in the tree.
6. Jem obviously does not fear the gifts coming from the tree once he stops worrying about the gifts being poisonous. He probably also likes the chewing gum him and Scout find and since he's still a young child that might distract him from where its coming from.
7. \ Who does it, and why might he do so? When the children are about to slide the note into the knothole, they find it filled with cement. Jem asks Nathan Radley if he had done it, and he said yes. When Jem had asked him why, he told Jem that the tree was sick, and that’s what you do to help it. Mr. Radley had probably done it because he caught Arthur trying to put something in it and tried to put a stop to it.
Chapter 8
8. Scout tries to drill Atticus about what he saw at the Radley house, but he quickly cuts her off with a stern look. The only answer she gets from him is that he did no see Arthur while he was in the house.
9. The “near libel” Jem puts in the front yard is the snowman that looks like Mr. Avery. Atticus tells Jem that his snowman might offend Mr. Avery, but Miss Maudie thinks its funny.
10. Atticus saved Miss Maudie’s old oak rocking chair because that was what Miss Mausie valued most.
11. When Atticus asks Scout about the blanket around her shoulders, what does Jem realize? Jem realized that the blanket Scout has out of nowhere was “Boo” Radley’s. He must have snuck up on them during the fire and put it around Scout to keep her warm. After Jem tells Atticus about everything that has been going on lately, they all decide to keep the blanket and not tell other people.
Gerardo Ney
Per.1
Ch.6
1.Scout is scared that Radly might get mad and smack Jem and Dill.
2.Mr.Narthan gets mad and almost shots a blaack pesron.
3.Dill lies and says that they were just playing strip poker.
5.Jem feels like shes older than scout so she thinks that she is smarter.
6.Jem is afraid because he wasn't talking about the night before.
7.Mr.Radly was covering the hole that the giftsa were bieng left in.
8.Scout wanted to know if Atticus has actually been to the house.He didn't tell her much.
9.She puts a snowman.They were surprised by the snowman.
10.The house was burning down and it ment alot to her.
11.That boo put it on top of her.
12.He wants jem to have reachable goals in her life.He wants to follow his foot steps.
KMolter Per 1
1) Scout is afraid that radly will see them looking through the window and get mad.
2)Mr. Nathan Radley gets mad and he tries to shoot the intruder. The reason why Miss Stephanie refers the intruder as a "negro" is because its dark outside and you can hardly see him.
3)Dill tells them that he lost his pants because they were playing strip poker. The true reason was because he got it snagged on the fence at Boo Radley's house.
4)Jem tells Scout he found them sitting on the fence as if someone set them there and they were sewn.
5)I personally think the reason Jem knows more then Scout about Boo Radley is because Boo Radley is giving Jem hints.
6)I think Jem is still scared about the whole thing with the present's in the tree. Because he still doesn't know who is leaving them.
7)The reason the children can't leave a letter is because the knot it covered with cemente. The person who did this was Mr Radley.
8)8.) Scout quizzes Atticus about his visit to the Radley house because he wanted to know if he had seen “Boo.” “Jem and I decided that boo had got her at last, but when Atticus returned from the Radley house he said she had died of natural causes, to our disappointment.” of her Atticus just tells her that Mrs. Radley had died of naturl causes.
9)Jem puts a snowman infront of the yard that looks like Mr very.Atticus thinks that it wasn’t right to put the snow man in the front yard.Miss Maudie didn't like the snowman because it made fun of Mr Avery and it wasn't right to do.
10)The reason why Atticus saved Miss Maudies oak rocking chair was because the house was on fire. Also that was her most prised item that she had to be as close as home as they could save.
11)When Atticus asked Scout about the blanket she didn't even realize that it was on her. Jem realized the blanket was from Boo it was another hint given.
12)Atticus means that you shoundn't let your mind take you places that don't exist. Jem think's about what he says and understands that maybe he has taking the situation a little too serious.
Chapter 6
1.
Scout is worried that Mr. Nathan Radley withh get upset at them.
2. It WAS an african american, and Mr. Nathan thought it was a "negro", he tries to shoot them down.
3.The reason is because Jem lost his pants and Dill told them that they lose in a game of strip poker.
Chapter 7
4. The strange thing that happend was that Jems pants were found on the floor all folded nicely and sewed.
5.Yes, because he is older and more mature about the situation. Also, the hints that Boo leaves him.
6. Give reasons for your answer. Yes, because he has no idea who leaves them. He is very confused, whatsoever, and thats what scares scout.
7. When the children plan to send a letter to the person who leaves the gifts, they are prevented. The reason is Mr. Radley. He put cement into the hole.
Chapter 8
8.Scout quizzes Atticus about his visit to the Radley house because hse wanted to know if he had seen “Boo.” “Jem and I decided that boo had got her at last, but when Atticus returned from the Radley house he said she had died of natural causes, to our disappointment.” of her Atticus just tells her that Mrs. Radley had died of natural causes.
9. The snowman was "near libel". Atticus got mad because he doesnt like when his children make fun of people. They made fun of Mr. Avery and Miss Maudie told them to take it down before he comes out and complains.
10. The old rocking chair was one of Miss Maudies furniture. If her house was going down, they should at least try to save some of her belongings.
11.Jem realizies that the blanket came from Boo. It was another one of those hints he's given.
12.
Atticus means that dont let your mind take you to places that dont exist. Jem thinks about what he says and understands that maybe hes taking this situation a little too seriously.
Period 1
Chapter 6
1. Because she's afraid Atticus is going to find out.
2. That they were black. Over the childrens.
3. BEcause he said they were playing strip poker.
chapter 7
4. He told her that it seemed like the pants were waiting for him because they were all nice and folded on the fence and they were sewed back on.
5. Jems knows more things then Scout because he understands better because he's older.
6. No Jem is excited and wants to know more things.
7. THey were stopeed by?
8. Because she is scared that he already knows.
9. THe snow man they think that Jem shouldnt do that.
10.BEcause her house is on fire and he thought it would be nice to save something that meant alot to her.
11. THat boo radley put it there.
12 To not get to excited over Bo radley.
Madie Santoyo per. 1
Chap.6
1. Scout does not like the idea of sneaking over to the Radleys house because she doesn't want to get introuble. She also is afraid of the house and doesn't want to be hurt by Aurthur Radley.“With that, I had no opinion but to join them.” Even though scout feels this way, she knows it is better to join them at the risk of being called a "girl"
2. Back then if anything wrong or "fishy" was going on, you would automatically assume it was an african american. This was just the steryo type of this era. Mr.Nathan didn't really KNOW it was a african american in his garden, he just assumed one was in there stealing vegetables. Miss stephanie refers to them that way because thats how she has always known them as. Not entirely rasict but thats just what she calls them, just like everyone else in Maycomb County.
3.Dill’s explanation almost gets them in trouble because he admited he won them in a game of poker. Jem quickly responded, and said the used matches instead of cards.
Chap.7
4. When Jem goes back to the fence to retrieve his pants that got stuck on the gate, he found the hold sown up, and them neatly folded "almost waiting for [him]" The children think it was Boo Radley who did this.
5. I think Jem is realizing that maybe Boo Radley isnt such a bad man. Sure I bet he thinks he is still kind of scary, but maybe he is nice and has a heart after all.
6. I don't think he does, because is clear they weren't left for anyone else but him and Scout.
7. When the kids go to slip the note in the knot hole they find it is filled with cement. They ask Nathan Radley if he knew who did this, and he said he did because the tree was sick. But Jem knows he is lying.
Chap.8
8. Scout tries to drill Atticus about what he saw at the Radley house, but he quickly cuts her off with a stern look. All Atticus says is he did not see anyone enter the house.
9.The “near libel” is the snowman that they made that looks like Mr. Avery. Atticus think the snowman is rude, but Miss Maudie thinks it is funny.
10. He saved the old rocking chair because Miss Maudie charished it the most.
11.Jem realizes that it was Boo Radley who came out and put the blanket on Scouts shoulders.
12. He shouldn't get so carried away with everything he discovers, he does listen to what his father says, but who knows for how long.
chapter 6
1.Scout didn’t want Jim and Dill to look inside Radley’s window because she doesn’t Radley to hurt Jim and Dill.
2.Mr. Nathan Radley doesn’t really know much about his intruders granden. Miss Stephaine refer to a negro because she said it was an African American and Mr. Nathan got his gun and shot it in the air so he could scary it away.
3.Dill’s explanation and almost gets everyone in trouble because he said that he was playing strip poker.
Chapter 7
4.Jem tells Scout something strange. He told her that he found his pants nicely folded and also that they were sewed.
5.I think Jem understands more things better than Scout because Jem is older than Scout.
6.I think that Jem does fear the gifts that get left off the tree because he doesn’t know who leaves them.
7.The children can not leave the letter in the knot hole because its covered with cement. They think the person that leaves the gifts was “Boo” Radley.
Chapter 8
8.Scout gave a little quiz to Atticus because she wanted to know if he saw “Boo” Radley.
9.The near libel is a sown man that Jem put in front of his yard.
10.Atticus saves miss Maudie’s oak rocking chair because that chair means a lot ot her.
11.Scout doesn’t remember who put the blanket on but Jem thinks that “Boo” Radley put it on her.
12.I think what Atticus is trying to mean is that Jem should never give up. Jem does what his father says because he understands what his father is trying to say or also he wants to become like his father.
H.Golden Per 4
Chapter 6
1. I think Scout is more afraid to do it then her disaproving of it, she worrys that Boo might come out and try to harm them.
2. Mr. Radley as well as the rest of the town because they are all racist and would want a black person to be put in jail or killed.
3.It almost lands them in trouble because Atticus does not aprove of gambaling.
Chapter 7
4. When Jem gets his pants back he tells Scout how that the pants were fixed and hung on the fence neatly.
5. After Jem gets his pants back he realises that Boo fixed them and dosen't mean them harm
6. Jem is a little scared because it is misterious about who is leaving them and why.
7. When they go to leave a note Mr. Radley fills it with cement, he might do this because he knows of Boo leaving the gifts there.
Chapter 8
8. Scout asks Atticus if he saw Boo, he dosen't tell her much exept about how Mrs. Radley died
9. Jem makes a snowman in the front lawn, Ms. Maudie liked there creativity bu tells them they should change it before Mr. Avery sees it.
10. He goes in to save the chair becasue she won't have anything left unless eveybody helps save her stuff.
11. Jem realizes thay Boo had acctualy put the blanket on Scout.
12. I think Atticus is to say that Jem shouldn't get carried away with Boo, I think that he might not listen to Atticus because he his to curious.
n ensastegui p1
ch 6
1. Scout disagrees because she is afraid they will get caught. She is also afraid that if they get caught Mr. Radley will hurt them both.
2.Mr. Radley knows there were intruders because he heard them. What Mr. Radley doesnt know is that it was Jem and Dill no a "negro" that went into his yard.
3.Dill says that Jem lost a game of strip poker .
ch.7
4.m tells Scout that his pants were nicely folded and sewed back together. He also tells her that the pants were on his side of the fence.
Chapter 6
1.) Scout is afraid of even goin next to the porch of the Radley house so obviously she would definatley not approve Jem and Dill going to look in the window. She thinks Boo will pop out the bushes and get them.
2.) Mr. Radley does know there was an intruder in his garden but does not know who it was. He said it was a negro who did it. They said when he shot the gun the air it scared them off. Little did they know that the real tresspassers were Jem, Dill, and Scout.
3.) Dill had probably got Jem into even more trouble by telling Atticus that Jem lost in a game of strip poker.
Chapter 7
4.) He tells her that the trousers were neatly folded and stiched up laying there as if they were waiting for him to come back. Jem honestly thinks Boo-Radley was the one who did it.
5.) Jem is starting to realize that what he heard about Boo might not be entirely true. He thinks that Boo might be a good person in the heart. Scout has yet to understand this.
6.) No, He actually thinks Boo is tring to be nice and wants Jem and Scout to enjoy them.
7.) They tried to send a letter , but are stopped because Mr. Nathen Radley feels the tree hole with cement so nothing can be taken or put into the hole ever again.
Chapter 8
8.) She quizzed Atticus to see if he had seen Boo-Radley on his visit to the Radley home.
9.) Jem made a snowman on the front lawn. Attticus and Ms.Maudie thought it was nice and creative.
10.) He saves he chair because he wants to save her antique from the ernraging fire. Everyone wants to help save her furniture.
11.) He realizes that while they were so focused on the fire Someone slipped the blanket onto Scout. Jem thinks that someone might be Boo Radley.
12.) He means Just because something incredible happened, he should not become Sherlock Holmes and investigate the story.
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