Miss Maudie

Question 1

Description of Miss Maudie - being “a lady” in a different way.

Answer 1

“She… worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men’s coveralls, but after her five o’clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the street in magisterial beauty.”

Question 2

Miss Maudie on religious prejudice

Answer 2

“Foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin. Did you know some of ‘em… told me me and my flowers were going to hell?”

Question 3

Miss Maudie mockingbird quote

Answer 3

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Question 4

Miss Maudie’s reaction to the case verdict. (step)

Answer 4

“And I thought to myself, well we’re making a step - it’s just a baby step, but it’s a step.”

Question 5

Miss Maudie + Scout + Jem relationship

Answer 5

“She [Miss Maudie] had never told on us, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives”

Question 6

Miss Maudie on Tom’s trial and people’s reactions to it.

Answer 6

“It’s morbid, watching a poor devil on trial for his life. Look at all those folks, it’s like a Roman Carnival.”