To Kill a Mockingbird-Chs 9-12 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 9
1. How well does Atticus feel he should defend Tom Robinson? Is it usual for (white) lawyers to do their best for black clients in Alabama at this time?
2. Scout and Jem have “mixed feelings” about Christmas? What are these feelings and why?
3. Uncle Jack Finch tells Scout that she is growing out of her pants. What does this mean and why might he say it?
4. When Francis talks to Scout he reveals an unpleasant feature of Aunt Alexandra. What is this?
5. Does Scout learn anything from overhearing Atticus's conversation with Uncle Jack? What might this be?
6. Read the final sentence of this chapter. Explain in your own words what it means and why it might be important in the story.
Chapter 10
7. Scout says that “Atticus was feeble”. Do you think that this is her view as she tells the story or her view when she was younger? Does she still think this after the events recorded in this chapter?
8. In this chapter Atticus tells his children that “it's a sin to kill a mockingbird”. What reason does he give for saying this?9. Why does Heck Tate not want to shoot Tim Johnson?
10. Near the end of this chapter Atticus cuts off Heck Tate as he is speaking to Jem. What might Heck have been about to say, and why would Atticus want to stop him from saying it?
11. Jem and Scout have different views about telling people at school how well Atticus can shoot. Explain this difference. Which view is closer to your own?
Chapter 11
12. How does Atticus advise Jem to react to Mrs. Dubose's taunts?
13. What does Mrs. Dubose say about the children's mother? How does Jem feel about this?
14. What request does Mrs. Dubose make of Jem? Is this a fair punishment for his “crime”?
15. Explain in your own words what Atticus thinks of insults like “nigger-lover”. Do you agree with him (Explain your answer)?
16. Why, in Atticus's view, was Mrs. Dubose “a great lady”? Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose is a model of real courage rather than “a man with a gun in his hand”. What does he mean? Do you think he is right?
17. Chapters ten and eleven are the last two chapters in the first part of the book. Explain why Harper Lee chooses to end the first part here.
Chapter 12
18. What new things does Scout learn here about how the black people live?
19. What does Scout learn from Calpurnia's account of Zeebo's education?
20. Explain why Calpurnia speaks differently in the Finch household, and among her neighbours at church.
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Dlettieri per 4
1.It is unusual for white lawyers to do that well fo black clients at the time. Atticus just tries to do the best he can at what ever he does.
2. He liked christmas because of uncle jack. They met him and spent a week with him. then they dont like it when they met aunt alexandra.
3. It means that she is getting bigger and more grown up all the time. He would say that because he is talking to her.
4. Aunt alexandra is very mean and does not like kids alot. she is obsessed with scouts clothing.
5. She learns that there is a disease and that atticus wants them to come to him for answers.
6. Atticus wants scout to hear him because he wants his kids to come to him for answers and not listen to other peopl alot becasue they could exagerate the truth.
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Bvargas per.1
1.It was very unusual at this time to defend black people because of so much racism.
2.they both have different point of views on christmas. Scout gets excited when she gets her air rifle and gets to spend a week with uncle jack.
3.uncle jack means that scout is growing and following jem's example.All she needs is assistance sometimes.
4.she's a backpoch listener and is always talking about how scout should wear gils' clothing and act more girly.
5. Scout learns that her dad just hopes that they go to him for answers instead of listening to the town's rumors.she later realized that atticus wanted her to hear everything he said that night.
6.Atticus said this because he wanted Scout to know how he felt about them growing up and asking for his advice.
CHAPTER 10
7.she thinks her father is feeble beause she never really sees him doing things the other kids' parents do.She sees this when she was little now that she is growing up she begining to see her point of view change.later on in this chapter she finds out that her father was the "dead shot".
8."Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens,don't nest in corncribs,they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out to us. Thats why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
9.Heck Tate does not want to shoot tim johnson"the dog"because he is not really a good aim. He tells Atticus to shoot for him.Tate:"For god's sake,Mr. Finch,look where he is!Miss and you'll go straight into the Radley house!I can't shoot that well and you know it!"
10."didn't you know your daddy's-" he was abot to tell him that his dad was like the best at shooting/aiming.atticus didn't want jem to know this for some reason.
11.jem thinks that they shouldn't say anything because his father wants to keep this from everybody else. Scout gets excited and wants everyone to know that her dad is great at shooting"the dead shot".they want to do the total opposite from each other in this situation.I would do what Scout is suggesting because everyone in her school sees her dad as a "nigger lover" and she wants them to know that he's not just a "nigger lover".
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12.atticus tells him to just raise his head up high and try not to let her taunts make him angry."She's an old lady and she's ill.You just hold your head high and be a gentleman.Whatever she says to you,it's your job not to let her make you mad."
13."a lovelier lady then our mother never lived,she said,it was heartbreaking the way that Atticus Finch let her children run wild."
14.She says that she is going to tell on him for "his crime."
"jeremy Finch,Maudie Atkinson told me you broke down her scuppernong arbor this morning. She's goin to tell your fatherand then you'll wish you never saw the light of day!if you aren't sent to reform school before next week,my name is not Dubose!"
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Chapter 9
1. He feels that if he doesn’t defend this man he wouldn’t be able to hold his head up in own. Or better yet represent this county in the legislature. He wouldn’t even be able to tell Jem or Scout to do anything. It’s very unusual for white lawyers to their their best for black clients in Alabama because in this time black people are bad and nobody takes them seriously.
2. These feelings are that Jem likes going to his aunt Alexandra’s house because he gets to be with the older people. Scout doesn’t like going to her aunt’s house because she has to play with her cousin Francis.
3. He means that she is getting older. He also says that Scout looks more like Atticus than her mother. He says this because she is using bad language.
4. That she doesn’t like the fact that Atticus is a lawyer for Negroes. Also because Atticus doesn’t know how to discipline his kids.
5. Scout learns that that there is going to be some hard times. Jem will be able to handle it but Scout wouldn’t be able to keep her head. So I think she’s going to try.
6.This means that she never thought Atticus was saying this because he actually wanted Scout to hear it and she didn’t understand until she got older. This is important in the story because we will read on and see what happens when Atticus defends the Negro.
Chapter 10
7. I think this is Scouts view as she tells the story because there growing up and Atticus is obviously getting older. She doesn’t think her dad is feeble after he shoots the dog.
8. He gives the fact that mockingbirds don’t do anything but make music for them to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s garden, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do anything but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
9. Because Heck has a better chance of missing then Atticus.
10. Heck might have said that Atticus use to be the best shooter in Maycomb city. Atticus might have not wanted him to say it because he doesn’t want Jem to do the same thing Atticus did.
11. The difference is that Jem can handle it and Scout cant at school Scout gets tormented more then Jem and Jem can ignore it but Scout cant. The view that is closer to mine is Jem’s because I would just ignore the kids too.
Chapter 11
12. He said she’s an old lady and you should keep your head up high and be a gentleman.
D.lettieri per 4
7. She thinks that he is feeble because she never sees him doing the things other parents do. Her view is changing because she is growing up.
8. Mocking birds just give us music to enjoy and dont do anything bad.
9. Hack tat does not have very good aim. He asks atticus to do it but he cant shot well either.
10. He stopped him because he did not want his son to see him as a real good shooter.
11. Jem wants to help atticus keep everything quiet about his shoting skills. Scout gets excited and wants to tell everyone.
12. Atticus tells him to keep his head high. He says not to let her bother him.
13. SHe said that she did not like the way atticus lets his kids run wild. She thinks he is not watchful of his kids.
14. She says that she wil tell on him for the crime he did.
R.ana per.1
Chapter9
1. It was very unusual to be defending a black person at this time.Atticus was trying to do his best he could do so his county could be represented at the legislature.
2.Scout and Jem have different feelings about Christmas,becausec they don't have the same feelings about spending time with the same person.Jem likes going to aunt Alexandra's house.
3.Uncle Jem was trying to say that Scout is growing up alot.He was saying it,because he was talking to her.
4.Aunt Alexandra doesn't like how Scout dresses. She's mean she wants her to be more girlishjust becuase she doesn't like it.
5.Scout learns that there are tough times they are going through.She heard that her dad hopes people come for answers instead of them hearing roomers.
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7.I think her view is changing,because she is growing up.She might even think he's feeble,because he doesn't do the same things as other fathers do.
8.Their father says that,because he was told that they don't hurt anyone.Also that all they do is sing for the people.
9.Heck Tete won't shoot at Tim,because he's a bad aim.He tells Atticus to shoot at him,"For god's sake,Mr. Finch,look where he is!Miss and you'll go straight into the Radley house!I can't shoot that well and you know it!"
10.Probably Heck wanted to say that Atticus was one of the best shooters.Atticus probably didn't want Jem to know this.
11.Scout wants to tell everyone about it,because she's excited.Jem doesn't want to say anything,because Atticus didn't want anyone to know.I would do the same thing as Jem,because it is what Atticus wants.
Chapter11
12.Atticus advices Jem to keep his head up high. Also to be a gentlemen,because she's an elder lady.
13.Ms.Dubose says that she doesn't like how Atticus Finch lets his kids run wild.She seid that he is not watching his kids well.
14.Mrs.Dubose says that she is going to tell on him for his crime.I think it isn't fair.
"jeremy Finch,Maudie Atkinson told me you broke down her scuppernong arbor this morning. She's goin to tell your fatherand then you'll wish you never saw the light of day!if you aren't sent to reform school before next week,my name is not Dubose!"
D.lettieri per 4
15. He does not think its nice to be called it but he doesnt take it serious. I think its mean to be called that.
16. Because she has lived a long good life and has done alot. She has done so much more.
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T.Cosner p.4
Chapter 9
1. How well does Atticus feel he should defend Tom Robinson? Is it usual for (white) lawyers to do their best for black clients in Alabama at this time?
He feels ok having to defend Tom Robinson because he feels everyone is equal. And if he didn't defend him then he would feel badly because then he wouldn't be able to feel like he does now. No it si not normal for white lawyers to do the best because they are not the same race so if someone defened him then all of the whit folk would hink that they like the black better.
2. Scout and Jem have “mixed feelings” about Christmas? What are these feelings and why?
Scout and jem have mixed feelings about Christmas because they have to go up to the Finches Landing and see there family, Aunt Alexandria, Uncle Jack, and Francis. Also because they treat them different and say that their father doesn't raise them well and let yhem run wild.
3. Uncle Jack Finch tells Scout that she is growing out of her pants. What does this mean and why might he say it?
Uncle Jack says Scout is growing out of her pants it means that she is growing up and she needs to learn to act her age and not cat like a little kid and be mature.
4. When Francis talks to Scout he reveals an unpleasant feature of Aunt Alexandra. What is this?
How she always listens to Francis no matter what he says. She will believe him over anyone.
5. Does Scout learn anything from overhearing Atticus's conversation with Uncle Jack? What might this be?
She learns that Uncle Jack does keep his promise and does't tell Atticus. When she is listening to the conversation she waits to hear if he says it but he doesn't. So she learns to trust her Uncle Jack.
6. Read the final sentence of this chapter. Explain in your own words what it means and why it might be important in the story.
I think it means that he wants her to hear what he is saying because there is going to be a lot of hard ship to come along. Even though some has already came it will get worse.
Chapter 10
7. Scout says that “Atticus was feeble”. Do you think that this is her view as she tells the story or her view when she was younger? Does she still think this after the events recorded in this chapter?
I think she means he is feeble when she was still young because she didn't know what he could do until later on in the chapter. No she still doesn't think that because she wants to go to school and tell everybody what he does. But Jem says no because he says if Atticus wanted to tell us then they would have already known.
8. In this chapter Atticus tells his children that “it's a sin to kill a mockingbird”. What reason does he give for saying this?
Well they ask Miss Maudie and she says it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because all they do is give us music to enjoy and. They don't do anything but sing there hearts out for us.
9. Why does Heck Tate not want to shoot Tim Johnson?
Mr. Tate doesn't want to shoot Tim Jonhson because if he misses the bullet will go right into the Radleys House. So he tells Atticus to shoot him because he is a better shoot then him anyways.
10. Near the end of this chapter Atticus cuts off Heck Tate as he is speaking to Jem. What might Heck have been about to say, and why would Atticus want to stop him from saying it?
I think he was about to say that he didn't know that his daddy is the best shot in Maycomb County. He probably doesn't want him to know because he doesn't want them to go around bragging to other children and tell them that he is the best shot because it will just make conflicts.
11. Jem and Scout have different views about telling people at school how well Atticus can shoot. Explain this difference. Which view is closer to your own?
Scout wants to go tell everyone at school because she thinks it is cool and wants everyone to know. But jem doesn't want to tell because he says if he would have wanted us to know he would have told us and not just let us find out on our own. Mine is closer to Scouts because if my dad does something kool i want to bragg to my friends about it and tell them how cool it is.
Chapter 11
12. How does Atticus advise Jem to react to Mrs. Dubose's taunts?
Just keep your head up and act like a gentlemen.
13. What does Mrs. Dubose say about the children's mother? How does Jem feel about this?
Mrs. Dubose say that she was wonderful and that it is a shame that her children run aound wild because Atticus Doesn't know how to keep a handle on them. jem feels mad because he tinks Atticus does a good job at raising us and Calpurnia is there to help to.
14. What request does Mrs. Dubose make of Jem? Is this a fair punishment for his “crime”?
To go and read to Mrs. Dubose everday after school and on Saturdays for two hours for a month. Yes because he killed all of her flowers that she has worked so hard on.
15. Explain in your own words what Atticus thinks of insults like “nigger-lover”. Do you agree with him (Explain your answer)?
16. Why, in Atticus's view, was Mrs. Dubose “a great lady”?
Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose is a model of real courage rather than “a man with a gun in his hand”. What does he mean? Do you think he is right?
She was a great aldy because she had courage and spoke her mind and tried to stay off the morphine before she died. He means that she is trying to stay away from the morphine because she is a morphine addict and that is ahrder than having a man standing around with a gun in his hand. yes he is right because he she has to go through it everday of her life.
17. Chapters ten and eleven are the last two chapters in the first part of the book. Explain why Harper Lee chooses to end the first part here.
I think she choose to end it there because Mrs. Dubose had died and Jem was changing ages. So it meant that it should be a new part of the book.
Chapter 12
18. What new things does Scout learn here about how the black people live?
They go to church but it is very different from the white folk church. Also that when Cal is around the Finches she talks like them but when she is around black folks she talks like black peolpe. Cal says that is would be rude to talk like white folk around balsck folks because it makes them feel dumb.
19. What does Scout learn from Calpurnia's account of Zeebo's education?
That Calpurnia tought him how to read from the same book she learned how to read from. That Scouts Granddaddy had given it to her. Miss Buford had thought her how to read.
20. Explain why Calpurnia speaks differently in the Finch household, and among her neighbours at church.
She talks differnt because if she talked like the white folk did around her neighbors that it would be rude because not a lot of them could talk that way so it would make them sound uneducated.
KMolter Per-1
1-Atticus tries to do the best job he can do with defending Tom Robinson. Most white lawyers it is unusual for them to be defending black clients.
2-Scout and Jem have mixed feelings about christmas because of Uncle Jack. They met Uncle Jack and spent a week with him.
3-This means that she is getting bigger and more grown up. The reason he may say this is because she is growing everyday and he hasn't seen her for awhile.
4-Francis tells Scout thatAunt Alexandra is very mean and does not like kids a lot. She is very obsessed with Scout and her clothing.
5- Scout learns that there is a disease and that Atticus wants them to come to him for all of the answers to there questions.
6-Atticus wants Scout to hear him because he wants his kids to come to him for answers and not listein to what other people say because most people start rumors.
7-She thinks her father is feeble beause she never really see's him doing things the other kids parents do.She see's this when she was little now that she is growing up she is begining to see her point of view change.Later on in this chapter she finds out that her father was the "dead shot".
8-."Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens,they don't nest in corncribs,they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out to us. Thats why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird".
9-Heck Tate does not want to shoot tim johnson"the dog"because he is not really a good aim. He tells Atticus to shoot for him.Tate:"For god's sake,Mr. Finch,look where he is!Miss and you'll go straight into the Radley house!I can't shoot that well and you know it!"
10-."didn't you know your daddy's-" he was abot to tell him that his dad was like the best at shooting/aiming.atticus didn't want jem to know this for some reason.
11-Jem thinks that they shouldn't say anything because his father wants to keep this from everybody else. Scout gets excited and wants everyone to know that her dad is great at shooting"the dead shot".They want to do the total opposite from each other in this situation.I would do what Scout is suggesting because everyone in her school sees her dad as a "nigger lover" and she wants them to know that he's not just a "nigger lover".
12-Atticus tells him to just raise his head up high and try not to let her taunts make him angry."She's an old lady and she's ill.You just hold your head high and be a gentleman.Whatever she says to you,it's your job not to let her make you mad."
13-"a lovelier lady then our mother never lived,she said,it was heartbreaking the way that Atticus Finch let her children run wild."
14.She says that she is going to tell on him for "his crime."
"jeremy Finch,Maudie Atkinson told me you broke down her scuppernong arbor this morning. She's goin to tell your fatherand then you'll wish you never saw the light of day!if you aren't sent to reform school before next week,my name is not Dubose!"
chapter 9
1. Atticus feels really good defending Tom Robinson. It's not usual for a white lawyer to defend a black client in Alabama because back there was a lot of racism.
2. Scout and Jem have different feelings about Christmas,because Jem likes to go to aunt alexandra house on Christmas but Scout doesn't.
3. Uncle Jack Finch told that to Scout because she is getting bigger. I think he told her that so she can act like a girl and grow up.
4. Aunt Alexandra doesn't like how Scout dresses. She thinks that Scout should dress like a girl and also act like one.
5. Scout learns from overhearing that her dad and her uncle Jack are going through hard times.
6. Atticus wanted Scout to hear him. Maybe Scout doesn't get it right now but maybe when she gets older.
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7. Scout thinks her father is feeble because he doesn't really do what the other parents do. Now that she is getting older she thinks a different thing.
8. Atticus tells that to the children because the only thing that mockingbirds do is music for them to enjoy thats why its a sin to kill a mockingbird.
9. Heck Tate didn't want to shoot Tim Johnson because he thought that he had a better chance of missing then Atticus.
10. Heck was going to say that Atticus is one of the best shooters but Atticus stoped him because he wouldn't want Jem to know because Jem would want a gun really bad and tell Atticus to show him how to shoot.
11. Jem and Scout have different
The difference is that Jem thinks that they shouldn't say anything but Scout wants to tell everyone at school how well her daddy can shoot and doesn't understand why they should say anything if its nothing bad its good.
chapter 11
12. Atticus advise Jem that Mrs. Dubose's taunts is an old lady and he should always keep his head up high never down.
13. Mrs. Dubose said that because she doesn't like how Atticus lets his kids be always in the streets. she thinks that the kids needed a mother so they wont always in the streets. I think Jem feels bad that Mrs. Dubose is saying that.
14. The request that Mrs. Dubose does is that Jem has to go read to her everyday for two hours for a month. I don't think what Jem was right. He killed all of her flowers that she has worked so hard on but also i don't think what Mrs. Dubose said to Jem was right.
15. Atticus thinks that its rude for people calling him like that but he doesn't really take that as a big deal.
16. I think that Atticus says that because he is a genltman and really like Mrs. Dubose even if Mrs. Dubose says all thoes rude things about him.
17. I think that Harper Lee chooses to end the two chapters here beacuse Mrs. Dubose dead and Jem and Scout were getting older so he made it seemed that years pass by and Jem and Scout were a little older.
chapter 12
18. Scout learned about how the black people live was very different from the white people.
19. Scout found out that Calpurnia tought Zeebo how to read from the same book she learned how to read from.
20. Calpurnia speaks differently in the Finch houeshold becaues if she talked like the white people talked she would get in trouble.
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ch.9
1. Atticus doesn't feel so sure he can prove that Tom Robinson is innocent, but he is going to do everything he can. It is also not usual for white lawyers to defend black people at the time.
2. Jem and Scout have different opinions about Christmas. Jem likes it because he gets to spend time with older people. Scout likes it because she gets to spend time with all her cousins.
3. Uncle Finch means she is getting older and more wiser as the days pass. He might be telling her this because he is now having a well spoken conversation with her.
4. She is mean and doesnt like how scout dresses. She keeps telling her how Scout should be wearing girls clothing.
5. What Scout overhears turns out to be that Atticus wants Jem and her to go to him for ansers and not to pay attention to town rumors.
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7. She says he is feeble because he doesn't spend time with his own kids like the other parents spend time with theirs.
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9.Heck Tate doesn't want to shoot the dog because he doesn't have a good aim. He tells Atticus to shoot him because he use to be the best shooter in town.
10. Heck said that Atticus was the best shooter in town. Probably Atiicus didnt want jem to know that because he might want to learn too.
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12. Atticus tells him to not take her taunts to his head. He also says that she is an old lady who is ill.
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Chapter 9
1. Atticus does not feel very well about his trial because he knows it will be hard to get the jury to say he is innocent but he does it because he knows it is the right thing to do, yes it is rare for a white lawyer to defened a black client.
2. Jem likes Christmas because he gets to go and hang out with his older cousins and be at the landing while Scout does not like her family there.
3. What he means by this is that she is too old to be a tom-boy and needs to start to actlike a lady.
4. She dose not like how SCout dresses and think she should start to act more like a girl.
5. Scout learns that her dad wants her to see people for who they are and not the color of their skin.
6. It is important to the story to show that Atticus is trying to teach his kids to be tolerant.
Chapter 10
7. I think this was her point form when she was younger because he wouldn't play tackle football with Jem but it changes after she learns that her dad was the best shoot in town.
8. Atticus says "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy...That's why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird."
9. Heck Tate does not want to take the shot because he says he isn't very accurate, and he knows that Atticus is a better shot then him.
10. Heck Tate was about to tell Jem that Atticus was the best shoot in town, I don't know why Atticus didn't want Jem to hear.
11. Scout wanted to brag to everyone that her dad was a good shoot because she alwasy thought he was lame, where as Jem didn't tell any one because his dad didn't want anyone else to know.
12. Atticus just tells him to keep walking and to not pay any attention to her.
13. She said that there was never a nicer person who ever lived, Jem wishes she was still alive.
14. Jem has to read to Mrs. Dubose as his punishment for ruining her flowers, I think it is a little harsh since she is so mean.
15. He thinks it is rude but he won't let it bother him because he is above it.
16. Atticus calls her a great lady because she would rather die in horred pain then go out unpure.
17. He chooses to end part one there because it's right before the trial gets serious.
Chapter 8
18. Scout learns how poor they are and can only afford one hymnal.
19.Scout learns that Calpurnia taught Zeebo to read from the same book Scout learned to read from.
20. Calpurnia talks differently arround the Finches because she knows it is disrespectful to talk to white people that way and could get in trouble for it.
Chapter 9
1.) Atticus feels he should defend his client to the fullest extent. It is very unusual for a white lawyer to do his best for his client.
2.) Jem likes Christmas because he has time to spend with his older family members. Scout dislikes it because she has to spend time all her younger siblings.
3.) He suggest that Scout is now become older and more mature since probably the last time they met with each other.
4.) She dislikes the fact that Scout is a tom-boy and hates the way she dresses. She feels that she should start wearing girl clothing and become more lady-like.
5.) She overhears Atticus talking to uncle jack about how Jem and Scout should come to Atticus more and not rely only on what they here.
6.) It is showing how Atticus wants to explain to his kids the meaning of tolerance and how it would be helpful if they tried to show more tolerance to others.
Chapter 10
7.) She feels like this when she is younger, but when she became more mature and a little bit older she realizes that Atticus is a hard working man that provides for their needs and that he really loves and and cares about them very much.
8.) "All Mockingbirds do is make music for our enjoyment", said Atticus.
9.) He feels that Atticus has a more accurate shot since Atticus happens to be the counties best shooter.
10.) He was going to tell Jem how Atticus was the best shooter in town when he was cut off by Atticus. He probably cut him off because he did not want Jem to get more motivation to get a gun.
11.)Scout wanted to tell everyone about how great of a shooter Atticus was, while Jem swore to Atticus that he will not tell a soul about what happened.
Chapter 11
12.) He tells them to just walk past her and ignore everything she says. She supposely has a confederate pistol under her blanket.
13.) Mrs.Dubose actually praises the childrens mother and said there was no other woman like her. She disapproves of how Atticus let's them run wild in the streets and how they need a mother figure in their lives. Jem becomes sad and misses his mother.
14.) She makes Jem read to her every night for two whole hours. THe crime is a little extreme for the crime, but it will good for him to read every night and practice his reading skills.
15.) He thinks it is very rude and very mean. Atticus though being temped acts as the bigger man and ignores it all.
16.) He respects her because instead of taking medicines that will take away the pain as she is dying she descides to ride it out with no medicine or any pain killers and would rather die purely.
17.) He splits it their so in the next half he can show a growth in the two kids.
Chapter 12
18.) Scout had learned that the African-Americans did not have as much as they did and were forced to live a life of hardship and cruelty.
19.) Calpurnia had taught Zeebo to read from the very same book that Scout used to learn how to read from as well.
20.) Calpurnia is forced to talk a certain way other than how white people were talking because it would be considered disrespectful to talk like white people.
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