TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Homework: Please answer the questions below based on your level--remember continue to challenge yourself!
Level 1: Answer 1 out of 3 questions. Please answer in complete sentences (at least 2 sentences).
Level 2: Answer 2 out of 3 questions. Please answer in complete sentences (at least 3 sentences).
Level 3: Answer 3 out of 3 questions. Please answer in complete sentences (at least 2 sentences).
*ALL HOMEWORK MUST BE SIGNED BY A PARENT.**
DEAR PARENT/GUARDIAN,
PLEASE REVIEW AND SIGN YOUR CHILD'S HOMEWORK DAILY.
MS. YIP
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(DEC 18)CHAPTER 10
1. Scout says that “Atticus was feeble”. Do you think that this is her view as she tells the story or her view when she was younger? Does she still think this after the events recorded in this chapter?
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2. What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about Boo? How does this compare with what Scout already believes?
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3. What reasons does Atticus give for the children not to play the Boo Radley game? Do you think he is right? Why?
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(DEC 19)CHAPTER 11
4. What does Mrs. Dubose say about the children's mother? How does Jem feel about this?
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5. Explain in your own words what Atticus thinks of insults like “nigger-lover”. How far do you agree with him?
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6. Why, in Atticus's view, was Mrs. Dubose “a great lady”?
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(DEC 20)CHAPTER 12
7. Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose is a model of real courage rather than “a man with a gun in his hand”. What does he mean? Do you think he is right?
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8.Why must Atticus leave for two weeks? How is his absence related to the country’s economic troubles?
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9. Briefly describe Calpurnia’s church. How does it differ from the church Jem and Scout usually attend? How is it similar?
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(DEC 21)CHAPTER 12
10. What more does the reader learn about Tom Robinson’s arrest? Of what has he been accused? Who has accused him?
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11. What prompts Reverend Sykes to order the doors be closed and that no one be allowed to leave for a period of time?
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12. In this chapter, Scout and Jem seem to see Calpurnia in a new light. What do they learn about Calpurnia, and how does it change their views about her?
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(DEC 22)CHAPTER 13
13. What is Aunt Alexandra’s major theory concerning human behavior? How does Jem point out the irrationality of it?
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14. When Atticus comes into Jem’s room before bedtime to speak with the children, what information does the relay to them from Aunt Alexandra? Do you think he believes what Aunt Alexandra has made him say?
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15. What makes Scout cry while Atticus is talking with her and Jem?
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