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TKaMB Chap 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Who is the Narrator of the novel? What type of narration is used?

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  • Scout

- first person narration

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The narrator begins her story by giving the reader some background information. What does the narrator reveal about her family history in the first several pages?

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  • dad lawyer
  • uncle doctor
  • wealthy
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The novel is set in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. How does the narrator describe the town? What indicates that most of the townspeople are poor?

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  • hot
  • streets become muddy when it rains (can’t afford paved roads)
  • people are poor
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How does Scout describe the way she and her brother feel about their father?

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  • likes him because he played with Jem and her, and he read to them at night
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What happened to Scout and Jem’s mother?

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  • died of a heart attack
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Who is Calpurnia? How does Scout describe her? Identify a simile that she uses in her description.

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  • family’s cook
    * bossy
    * strict
    “Her hand was as wide as a bed slat and twice as hard.”
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How do Jem and Scout meet Dill? How does Scout describe the boy?

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  • Scout and Jem go to Mrs. Rachaels fence and saw him over in the backyard by the fence
    * blue shorts
    * snow white hair
    * short
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What is frightening to the children about the Radley house? What lives in the house, according to Scout?

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  • the phantom
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Describe some of the rumors surrounding the Radley house and its inhabitant. How does the reader know that some of the rumors are untrue and that fears concerning the house may be unfounded?

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  • flowers die because of the phantom, not because of a cold snap
  • you will die if you eat the walnuts from the tree in the Radley house’s yard
  • you lose a ball forever if it is thrown into the house’s yard
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Beginning with the line, “The misery of that house began many years before Jem and I were born,” Scout tells the reader the sad history of the Radley family. Briefly summarize what happened to the family.

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  • son disappeared
  • came back for 15 years
  • was kept in courtroom basement after stabbing his father
  • Boo stayed inside because he was insane (because of being in basement?)
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How did the townspeople feel about the Radley family? How did they view Mr. Radley in particular? Provide quotes from the text to support your answer.

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  • uneasy
    * “Nobody knew what form of intimidation Mr. Radley employed to keep Boo out of sight, but Jem figured that Mr. Radley kept him chained to the bed most of the time.”
    * “He was a thin leathery man with colorless eyes, so colorless they did not reflect life.”
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After Dill wonders aloud what Boo Radley looks like, Jem gives a description from his imagination. How does he describe Boo? What image does his description evoke?

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  • image invokes fear, uneasiness
  • 6.5 feet tall
  • big scar on his face
  • drools
  • yellow, rotting teeth
  • popping eyes
  • eats squirrels and cats raw
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On what dramatic note does the chapter end? What do the kids do, and what is the result of their action?

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  • Boo (Arthur) sees them
  • Jem went up and touched the house as a dare
  • one of the shutters moved as a result
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Describe Scout’s teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher. What is irrational about her teaching methods?

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  • auburn hair
  • pink cheeks
  • smells like peppermint
  • red and white striped dress
    * discourages early teaching
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How did Scout learn to read and write?

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  • by listening to her father read
  • by watching him point to the words he’s saying
    * Calpurnia taught her to write by having her
    rewrite bible passages
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16
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Describe the Cunningham clan.

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  • poor
  • farmers
  • country people
  • doesn’t take anything they can’t repay
17
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When Scout asks her father if they are as poor as the Cunninghams how does he respond? Through Atticus’s response, what does the reader learn about the Great Depression and how it affected different classes of people in different ways?

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  • he said they’re not as poor, but the Cunninghams were especially poor because they were farmers, and the Great Depression hit them the hardest
18
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Why does Miss Caroline punish Scout?

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  • Scout is punished because she interrupts her, and she cannot communicate with the teacher because Miss Caroline won’t listen
19
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What does Scout do to make Calpurnia furious? What lesson does Calpurnia teach her?

A
  • Scout makes rude remarks about how Walter Cunningham eats

- anybody that comes in their house is company, everybody matters

20
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Who are the Ewells, and why are they treated differently than others? Identify the “certain privileges” they get.

A
  • rude
  • mean
  • no pride
  • manipulative
21
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Compare the education levels of Scout, Walter Cunningham, and Burris Ewell. How do these comparisons emphasize the relationship between class and education?

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  • Scout can read and write
  • Walter has common sense
  • Burris has “street smarts”
22
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What important lesson does Atticus teach Scout about understanding people? How might this lesson help her?

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  • Atticus told her to try and look from the other person’s perspective
  • try to imagine what they’re going through
23
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What compromise does Atticus make with Scout at the end of the chapter?

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  • If Scout goes to school, she can continue to read with Atticus
24
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What does Scout find in one of the trees at the edge of the Radley lot? Several days later, she and Jem find something else in the tree. What do they find? What do they decide to do with these items?

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  • chewing gum and its wrappers
  • later on finds gum wrappers, and a package with 2 Indian head pennies
  • they decide to keep the pennies and gum until school starts
25
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In the paragraph beginning, “Summer was on the way…,” Scout describes summer by comparing it to a series of other things that remind her of the season. What literary term best fits her description?

A

Summer is:

  • “Everything good to eat.”
26
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Aside from Radley place, what other house do the kids avoid, and why?

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  • Mrs. Dubose’s house

- “Mrs. Dubose was plain hell.”

27
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Belief in various superstitions has emerged as a motif in the novel. What is a “Hot Steam”?

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  • someone who can’t go to Heaven
28
Q

What game do the children make up in this chapter?

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  • Boo Radley
29
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Summarize the tire incident. Who do you suppose was inside the Radley house, and what did Scout hear?

A
  • Scout ran into the house in the tire
  • she heard deep laughing coming from the house
  • Boo Radley laughing

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