Literature - To Kill A Mockingbird Flashcards
Page 12: Calpurnia’s “hand was wide as a ___ and twice as hard.”
bed slat
Calpurnia disciplined the children.
Page 11: “Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, ___, and treated us with courteous detachment.”
read to us
Atticus was a typical father.
Page 12: Calpurnia’s “hand was wide as a bed slat and ___.”
twice as hard
Calpurnia disciplined the children.
Page 11: “Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he ___, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment.”
played with us
Atticus was a typical father.
Page 12: “[Calpurnia] was always ordering [Scout] out of the ___”
kitchen
Page 12: “[Calpurnia] was always ___ Scout out of the kitchen”
ordering
Page 12: “she was always ordering [Scout] out of the kitchen” and “___ when [she] wasn’t ready to come.”
calling [her] home
Page 12: Arthur Radley was an “___ the mere description of whom it was enough to make [the children] behave for days on end”.
unknown entity
Page 11: “Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with ___.”
courteous detachment
Atticus was a typical father.
Page 11: “Jem and I found our father ____: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment.”
satisfactory
Atticus was a typical father.
“Our mother died when I was ___”
two
Calpurnia could be said to have filled in the role of mother to the children.
Page 12: Arthur Radley was an “unknown entity the mere description of whom it was enough to ___”.
make [the children] behave if days on end
The children were afraid of Arthur.
Page 16: Stephanie Crawford was a “neighbourhood scold, who said ___” regarding Boo Radley’s alleged stabbing of his father.
she knew the whole thing
Page 12: “she was always ordering [Scout] out of the kitchen” and “calling [her] home when [she] ___.”
wasn’t ready to come
When Scout comes home from her first day at school, Cal says, “I missed you today. The house got so ___”
lonesome
Calpurnia is affectionate.
