TKMB Chapter 12 - 17

Question 1

What does Calpurnia call Jem that surprises Scout?

Answer 1

Mister Jem

Question 2

What is the purpose of Aunt Alexandra’s visit?

Answer 2

To provide a feminine influence for Scout

Question 3

What is code-switching?

Answer 3

Alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language

Question 4

Why does Calpurnia use code-switching?

Answer 4

So that she does not come off haughty or superior to the colored community of Maycomb - she wants to fit in - so that she does not make anyone feel inferior.

Question 5

Who is a collection taken for at church?

Answer 5

Tom and Helen Robinson

Question 6

Describe Scout and Jem’s experience at First Purchase African M.E. Church (Calpurnia’s church)

Answer 6

• Calpurnia is confronted by Lula for brining white people to a black church.
• Then others welcome Scout and Jem.
• They are given a seat in the front pew.
• They notice that there are no hymnals
• They take up a collect for Tom and Helen Robinson
• Reverend Sykes “sweats out” the congregation to collect the necessary $10

Question 7

What does Scot ask Atticus about?

Answer 7

What is Rape?

Question 8

How does Atticus respond to Scout about rape?

Answer 8

Carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent

Question 9

How has the tone of the novel changed from Part 1?

Answer 9

It is darker - we left the child world of summer and games and Boo Radley and have entered the dark work of rape - legislature and racism

Question 10

What happened which prevents the mob from getting what they want?

Answer 10

Atticus stands up to them the first time.
Scout interrupts the “meeting” to ask Mr. Cunningham about Walter and his entailment.
The question breaks Mr. Cunningham’s focus and reminds him that he is an individual who can make his won decisions

Question 11

What is one thing Aunt Alexandra has tried to convince Atticus do do?

Answer 11

Get rid of Calpurnia
Instill some - “Finch Pride” in Scout and Jem

Question 12

How does Atticus respond to Aunt Alexandra’s requests?

Answer 12

Calpurnia is part of the family
Atticus tries to instill Finch Pride - but tells the kids to forget that

Question 13

What does Jem ask Scout to do in Chapter 14?

Answer 13

Tries not to antagonize Aunt Alexandra

Question 14

What does the mob want first at the Finches’ house?

Answer 14

They want Atticus to reconsider taking the Tom Robinson case - by saying he will lose everything

Question 15

What does the mob want at the jail the next night?

Answer 15

They want Tom Robinson - so they can lynch him

Question 16

What is “mob mentality?”

Answer 16

When individuals forget their own beliefs in favor of the group’s beliefs

Question 17

Who is Dolphus Raymond?

Answer 17

A wealthy drunk - lives on the outskirts of town.
He is married to a black woman and has many children

Question 18

What is his position in Maycomb’s social hierarchy?

Answer 18

He is at the bottom of the social hierarchy - he is tolerated only because he has money and is thought to be out of his mind due to his alcoholism.

Question 19

How has the author portrayed Jem’s growing older and maturing into an adult?

Answer 19

Very slowly - - Jem is turning into an adult and trying to leave the kid world

Example: He tells Atticus when Dill arrives / Asks Scout to NOT antagonize Aunt Alexandra / Loses interest in Boo Radley / Eats a lot more / Reads the newspaper / pretends to understand the law

Question 20

How does Jem feel about Tom’s chances at the end of Chapter 17?

Answer 20

he thinks the case is as good as won after Atticus has proven Bob Ewell could have beat up Mayella

Question 21

Who do Jem, Scout and Dill sit with during the trial?

Answer 21

Reverend Sykes