To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

• Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. No more than 2-3 sentences.

• Be prepared to discuss your answers on Monday.

Comprehension Questions Ch. 1

1. What do you learn about Maycomb in this chapter?

2. What do you learn about Atticus and his family in this chapter?

3. Why does the Radley place fascinate Scout, Jem, and Dill?

4. What do you notice about the narrative voice and viewpoint of this novel?

Comprehension Questions Ch. 2-4

5. What opinions does Scout have of school and is she justified in her feelings? Why?

6. Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household?

7. Who is Walter Cunningham? What happens at the dinner table?

8. What do you learn about the Ewells?

9. What do the children do in their Boo Radley game?

Comprehension Questions Ch. 5-6

10.Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson. What do the children think of her, especially Scout?

11.What does Miss Maudie tell scout about Boo? How does this compare with what Scout already believes?

12.What reasons does Atticus give for the children not to play the Boo Radley game?

Reading Comp Questions 7-8

13.When Jem tells Scout about getting his trousers back, he tells her of something strage. What is it?

14.Does Jem still fear the gifts in the tree? Give reasons for your answer.

15.When Atticus asks scout about the blanket around her shoulders, what does Jem realize?

Comprehension Questions Ch 9-1116.What promise does Scout break that she made

to Atticus? How was it broken?17.What are the reasons that Atticus gives Scout

for defending Tom Robinson?18.Why is Jem ashamed of Atticus? How does

Atticus redeem himself (think of the incident with the dog)?

19.Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?20.Who is Mrs. Dubose? What happens between

her and Jem?21.Why does Atticus make Jem read to Mrs.

Dubose?

Comprehension Questions Part 2 Ch.12-14

1. What do the children learn from going to church with Calpurnia? Name at least two things they never realized about Calpurnia and the negroes of Maycomb.

2. Why does Aunt Alexandra come and live with the Finch’s?

3. Why does Alexandra think Atticus should dismiss Calpurnia? How does Atticus respond?

4. Who is under Scout’s bed? Why is he in Maycomb?

Comprehension Questions Part 2Chapters 15-17

5. Describe the nightmare that descends on the children?

6. Describe the lynching party that comes for Tom Robinson’s life? How are they different from the men that came to the Finch’s house the night before?

7. Who persuades them to leave? Why do you think Mr. Cunningham decides to leave?

Ch. 15-17 Continued• What kind of person is Mr. Dolphus

Raymond? Describe his private life.

• What are the main points in Heck Tate’s evidence? What does Atticus show in his cross examination of Tate?

• Describe Atticus’s cross examination of Bob Ewell. What evidence come to light? DESCRIBE IN DETAIL!

• What does the reader learn about the home life of the Ewell’s? Be specific with examples from the novel.