TKMB Chapters 1 - 9 Flashcards
How did Jem lose his pants?
Trying to jump the Radley fence
Who refuses to take a quarter for lunch from Miss Caroline?
Walter Cunningham
When does the story take place?
1930’s - during the depression
Which best describes the genre of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Bildungsroman
Who is the author of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
Did Scout and Jem met Boo Radley once when they were very young?
NO
Is the town of Maycomb a real place?
NO
Who is Calpurnia?
The Finches’ housekeeper
She is loved and respected by them
She is basically Scout and Jem’s mom
Who is Atticus?
Scout and Jem’s father
A Lawyer
Man of good moral standing in the community
Who is Jem?
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
Who is the Narrator - describe her?
Scout
6 years old
Very smart
Very Naïve
Idealistic
Does not act like a girl
Who put the blanket around Scout while the kids were watching the fire?
Boo Radley
What is Maycomb’s “usual disease?”
Racism
Who is Arthur Boo Radley?
The Reclusive neighbor
They make up stories about him
They try to contact him
What happens to Miss Maudie’s house in chapter 8 - how does she react?
It Burns down
She is happy - she always wanted a smaller home
What reason did Mr. Nathan Radley give for firing his shotgun? What was the real reason he fired it?
He saw a black person in his collard path
Wanted to scare Jem - Scout and Dill
Describe the incident with Scout, a tire, and the Radley house.
What does Scout reveal about the incident at the end of the chapter?
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
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?
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
Where do the Ewells stand in Maycomb’s social hierarchy? What has the current generation of Ewells done to secure that spot?
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
How might the character of Boo Radley be symbolic?
White attitudes toward the blacks
Maycomb’s dark past
Who is Tom Robinson? What do we know about him so far?
A black man who is accused of committing a crime against the Ewells. Because he is black he does not stand a chance.
Why does Jem confess to Atticus about all the kids’
Boo Radley related activities?
He thinks that Boo might get in trouble for putting the blanket on Scout
He wanted to protect him
Give an example of one of the novel’s themes - and explain it
Racism and oppression
Loss of Innocence
Gender Norms
Hierarchies vs Power structures
Courage vs compassion
