TKMB Chapters 1 - 9

Question 1

How did Jem lose his pants?

Answer 1

Trying to jump the Radley fence

Question 2

Who refuses to take a quarter for lunch from Miss Caroline?

Answer 2

Walter Cunningham

Question 3

When does the story take place?

Answer 3

1930’s - during the depression

Question 4

Which best describes the genre of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Answer 4

Bildungsroman

Question 5

Who is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Answer 5

Harper Lee

Question 6

Did Scout and Jem met Boo Radley once when they were very young?

Answer 6

NO

Question 7

Is the town of Maycomb a real place?

Answer 7

NO

Question 8

Who is Calpurnia?

Answer 8

The Finches’ housekeeper
She is loved and respected by them
She is basically Scout and Jem’s mom

Question 9

Who is Atticus?

Answer 9

Scout and Jem’s father
A Lawyer
Man of good moral standing in the community

Question 10

Who is Jem?

Answer 10

Scout’s older brother
10 years old
He is half in the world of childhood and half in the adult world
Tells Scout frequently to stop acting like a girl

Question 11

Who is the Narrator - describe her?

Answer 11

Scout
6 years old
Very smart
Very Naïve
Idealistic
Does not act like a girl

Question 12

Who put the blanket around Scout while the kids were watching the fire?

Answer 12

Boo Radley

Question 13

What is Maycomb’s “usual disease?”

Answer 13

Racism

Question 14

Who is Arthur Boo Radley?

Answer 14

The Reclusive neighbor
They make up stories about him
They try to contact him

Question 15

What happens to Miss Maudie’s house in chapter 8 - how does she react?

Answer 15

It Burns down
She is happy - she always wanted a smaller home

Question 16

What reason did Mr. Nathan Radley give for firing his shotgun? What was the real reason he fired it?

Answer 16

He saw a black person in his collard path
Wanted to scare Jem - Scout and Dill

Question 17

Describe the incident with Scout, a tire, and the Radley house.
What does Scout reveal about the incident at the end of the chapter?

Answer 17

Jem rolled Scout down the hill in a tire and she bumped in the Radley’s front steps and fell out of the tire.
Scout then heard someone laughing in the house

Question 18

What does Scout find one day on her way home from school? Where does she find it? What doe she and Jem later find in the same spot?

Answer 18

She finds gum
She finds it in a know hole in a tree on the corner of the Radley house
They later find more gum, Indian head pennies, a medal

Question 19

Where do the Ewells stand in Maycomb’s social hierarchy? What has the current generation of Ewells done to secure that spot?

Answer 19

They are at the very bottom - of the white people
They are liars and cheats.
Mr. Ewell is an alcoholic - who can’t feed his kids without hunting illegibly

Question 20

How might the character of Boo Radley be symbolic?

Answer 20

White attitudes toward the blacks
Maycomb’s dark past

Question 21

Who is Tom Robinson? What do we know about him so far?

Answer 21

A black man who is accused of committing a crime against the Ewells. Because he is black he does not stand a chance.

Question 22

Why does Jem confess to Atticus about all the kids’
Boo Radley related activities?

Answer 22

He thinks that Boo might get in trouble for putting the blanket on Scout
He wanted to protect him

Question 23

Give an example of one of the novel’s themes - and explain it

Answer 23

Racism and oppression
Loss of Innocence
Gender Norms
Hierarchies vs Power structures
Courage vs compassion