To Kill A Mockingbird Ch. 1-4 Flashcards
Who is the narrator of the novel?
Scout (Ch. 1)
What type of narration is used?
1st person (Ch. 1)
What does Scout reveal about her family history in the first few pages?
- dad’s a lawyer
- wealthy
- uncle is a doctor
- been there for a while (Ch. 1)
How does Scout describe the way she and her brother feel about their father?
He’s like a friend, they call him by his first name (Ch. 1)
What happened to Scout and Jim’s mother?
Heart Attack (Ch. 1)
Who is Calpurnia?
Servant/Babysitter (Ch. 1)
How does Scout describe Calpurnia?
mean; like a mom (Ch. 1)
What’s a simile Scout uses in her description of Calpurnia?
Hand as wide as a bed slat (Ch. 1)
How do Jem and Scout meet Dill?
Saw him in the neighbor’s garden (Ch. 1)
How does Scout describe Dill?
Short, puny (Ch. 1)
What is frightening to the children about the Radley house?
Dark and Gloomy, Boo lives there (Ch. 1)
What lives in the house according to Scout?
A Malevolent Phantom (Ch. 1)
What is a rumor concerning the Radleys?
Terrorization of the townsfolk nightly. (Ch. 1)
What shows the Radleys were falsely accused of the terrorization?
Crazy Eddie actually did it. (Ch. 1)
What happened to the Radley family?
Arthur (more commonly known as Boo) hung out with the wrong crowd, and one night it got too wild. Instead of Boo going to jail, Mr. Radley kept him inside his whole life. One day Boo stabbed his dad in the leg with scissors and everything went downhill since. (Ch. 1)
How do the townsfolk feel about the Radley family?
Scared (Ch. 1)
How do the townsfolk feel about Mr. Radley in particular?
They think he’s stuck up, snooty, uptight. “… was so upright, he took the word of God as his only law.” (Ch. 1)
How does Jem describe Boo Radley?
-6 1/2 ft
-bloodstained hand (from eating raw squirrels)
-drooled
-caught animals (squirrels, cats) and ate them raw
-popped eyes
-long jagged scar
-rotten teeth
SOunds like a ZOMBIE! (Ch. 1)
On what dramatic note does the chapter end? And then what happens?
Jem touches the house on a dare from Dill; the blinds rustle… (Ch. 1)
Who is Miss Caroline Fisher?
Scout’s Teacher (Ch. 2)
What is irrational about the teaching methods of Scout’s teacher?
She doesn’t want Scout to learn at home. (Ch. 2)
How did Scout learn to read and write?
Scout thinks she always knew how, but she learned by looking over her father’s shoulder while his hands moved across the words. (Ch. 2)
Who are the Cunninghams?
They are a proud farming family, so poor, but so proud they won’t take anything they can’t pay back (Ch. 2)
When Scout asks her father if they are as poor as the Cunninghams, how does he respond?
Not Exactly (No) (Ch. 2)
Through Atticus, what does the reader learn about the great depression and how it affected different classes of people in different ways?
Everyone is poor because those with real jobs cannot be payed because everyone else is a poor farmer. (Ch. 2)
Why does Miss Caroline punish Scout?
She thinks Scout is being smart with her and making her feel dumb. (Ch. 2)
