TKAM Chapter 1-9

Question 0

How many years older is Jem than Scout?

Answer 0

He’s 4 years her senior.

Question 1

How old is Jem when his arm was badly broken?

Answer 1

Almost 13

Question 2

How old was Scout when her mother died?

Answer 2

2 years

Question 3

Who is the first of the Finch ancestors to settle in Alabama? What was his profession?

Answer 3

Simon Finch was the first of the Finch ancestors to settle in Alabama. His profession was a Methodist.

Question 4

What was the Haverford name synonymous with in Maycomb?

Answer 4

Jackass

Question 5

What is the name of Atticus’ younger brother?

Answer 5

John Hale Finch

Question 6

What was Jem and Scout’s mother’s maiden name?

Answer 6

Graham

Question 7

How many years older is Atticus than his wife?

Answer 7

15 years

Question 8

Who is Boo Radley?

Answer 8

A boy who was locked up in his basement for 15 years. Rumours are he looks into people’s windows at night and he stabbed his father with scissors.

Question 9

Describe Charles Baker Harris.

Answer 9

He is called “Dill.” He was a curiosity. His hair was snow white and stuck to his head like duckfluff, his eyes lighten and darken as he speaks, and he said that he was 1 year older than Scout.

Question 10

How does Jem describe Boo Radley?

Answer 10

Boo was 6 and a half feet tall. He dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch. His hands were blood stained from animal blood. He had a long, jagged scar across his face. He has yellow, rotten teeth. His eyes popped and he drooled most of the time.

Question 11

Who is Calpurnia and what is her role with the Finch family?

Answer 11

She is a negro who is a housemaid who is like a mother to Jem and Scout.

Question 12

What is the name of Scout’s first grade teacher?

Answer 12

Miss Caroline Fisher

Question 13

How old is Scout’s teacher estimated to be?

Answer 13

No older than 21

Question 14

When did Alabama secede from the USA

Answer 14

January 11, 1861

Question 15

What rules did Jem give Scout regarding her conduct towards him during school hours?

Answer 15

He told her not to bother him, approach him with requests, to embarrass him with references to his private life, or tag along behind him at recess and noon.

Question 16

What does Mrs. Fisher do when she catches Scout writing a letter to Dill?

Answer 16

She tells Scout to tell her father to stop teaching her because he “doesn’t know how to teach.”

Question 17

According to Atticus, who has been hit hardest by the crash?

Answer 17

The Cunninghams

Question 18

Where is Mr. Cunningham from?

Answer 18

A set breed of men.

Question 19

What are the Ewell children notorious for doing?

Answer 19

They always come to the first day of school, then remain absent for the rest of the year.

Question 20

How long has Burris been coming to the first grade?

Answer 20

3 years

Question 21

What mutual concession does Atticus reach with Scout?

Answer 21

Every night, he and Scout would read together, but only if Scout doesn’t tell anyone.

Question 22

What does Scout first find in a hole in the oak tree at the edge of the Radley lot?

Answer 22

Wriggley’s Double Mint Gum

Question 23

Why does Cecil Jacobs walk a total of 1 mile per day?

Answer 23

To avoid the Radley place and Mrs. Dubose.

Question 24

What news does Dill reveal about his father?

Answer 24

He is taller than Atticus, he has a black pointed beard, and he is the president of the L&n Railroad

Question 25

What lies were spread by Dill?

Answer 25

Dill said his father was sending him a mountain police uniform, he had been in a plane seventeen times, he had been to Nova Scotia, seen an elephant, and his grandfather was Brigadier General Joe Wheeler who had died and left him his sword.

Question 26

What is Mrs. Dubose’s full name?

Answer 26

Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose

Question 27

Who is Mr. Avery and what does he do every Sunday?

Answer 27

Every Sunday, Mr. Avery sat on the porch every night until 9:00 and sneezed.

Question 28

What is Jem and Dill’s plan, why do they do it at night?

Answer 28

They plan to see inside the Radley House while Atticus is inside reading a book, so they know he is unable to catch them in the act.

Question 29

How do Jem and Dill eventually convince Scout to join them?

Answer 29

They called her “Angel May”

Question 30

According to Scout, what was the only good thing about second grade?

Answer 30

She had to stay as late as Jem.

Question 31

What else did Scout find in the knot-hole?

Answer 31

She found a ball of twine.

Question 32

What does Scout later find hidden in the knot-hole of the old oak? What is her reaction?

Answer 32

She found two small images of a boy and a girl who looked similar to her and Jem. She shrieked and threw them down.

Question 33

What other trophies do the children find secreted away inside the knot-hole?

Answer 33

They found a tarnished medal. Atticus said it was a spelling bee medal and claims that someone might’ve lost it.

Question 34

How does Scout react to seeing snow for the first time?

Answer 34

She screams and says “The world is ending!”

Question 35

Who is Maycomb’s telephone operator?

Answer 35

Eula May

Question 36

What does Scout say in her campaign to avoid school?

Answer 36

Scout starts to use bad manners in order to get Atticus thinking she’s learning it in school