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1 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 19 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED. Tom is unable to lift his left hand to place it on the Bible. Instead, he must move it onto the book with his right hand. It is obvious that he cannot use his left hand at all. This indicates that it is very unlikely that Tom could have caused the bruises on Mayella's face. - -When Tom Robinson takes the oath, what is made clear about his left hand? How does this help Atticus's case? When Tom pas...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 6/ EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, VERIFIED. : "...every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley's insane fingers picking the wire to pieces...." Scout uses personification in the last phrase of her description: "the chinaberry trees were malignant, hovering, alive." - -How does she describe her sleep...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 14 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, VERIFIED. Aunt Alexandra is talking about not allowing Scout to visit Calpurnia at her home. This, combined with Aunt Alexandra's plans to make Scout into a proper young woman, causes Scout to feel like a prisoner. She uses the metaphor of a "pink cotton penitentiary" to describe what she views as an impending loss of freedom at the hands of her aunt. - -As Scout eavesdrops on Atticus and Aunt Alexandra, she says, "I...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 17 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ Mr. Heck Tate, the sheriff, is the first person to testify. On the night in question, Mr. Ewell called Tate to the house. When the sheriff got there, he found Ewell's daughter lying on the floor, badly beaten. She told the sheriff that Tom Robinson had raped and beaten her. He then got Tom Robinson, brought him to the Ewell house, and asked Mayella if he was the one. She said he was, so the sheriff arrested R...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 13 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ Atticus speaks sharply to her, and she becomes emotional. She is upset because Atticus is not acting like himself and is telling them things he does not believe in: "This was not my father. My father never thought these thoughts. My father never spoke so." Scout suddenly feels distant and isolated from Atticus, as if she does not know him. - -What makes Scout cry while Atticus is talking with her and Jem? A...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 26 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ Consequently, their childhood superstitions about Boo Radley have diminished. The real world, including the dramatic trial, Tom Robinson's death, and Bob Ewell's threats, has proven far more frightening than anything they could have imagined in their made-up stories about Boo. As Scout says later in the chapter, "So many things had happened to us, Boo Radley was the least of our fears." - -Scout says that ...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - CHAPTER 28 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+ Atticus many times over the past several chapters. However, instead of facing Atticus, he cowardly attacked the man's children. Additionally, when Scout goes over to the assailant after the scuffle, she smells stale whiskey emanating from him. Bob Ewell is well known for his excessive drinking. Answers may vary on the identity of the person who carries Jem home. Example: He may be Boo Radley. The scuffle took...

1 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: FULL-BOOK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+ A game pretending to be Boo Radley and making up his adventures - -What was the Boo Radley game? a man who pretended to be the town drunk to give people a reason why he was so strange by marrying a black women and hanging out with them - -Identify Mr. Dolphus Raymond Alexandra wants to fire Calpurnia and not let Scout run around, but Atticus said that Calpurnia helped raise Jem and Scout and he couldn't have done it ...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: PART 1 (CHAPTERS 1-11) REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ At the beginning of this chapter, Scout is ashamed of Atticus. List his faults as she sees them. - -He was "too old"; couldn't be admired for anything; he wore glasses (had bad vision) At the end of the chapter what happened to the tree? What reason was given for this? - - Mr Radley had sealed it up with cement; he stated that the tree was dying. Atticus - -Scout's father; a lawyer; he is described ...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, PART 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ Why does Aunt Alexandra move to Maycomb? - -To save the children from their upbringing Aunt Alexandra is preoccupied (obsessed) with what two things? - -manners and society How does Atticus react when Alexandra suggests that he should fire Calpurnia? - -He refuses because she is part of the family. Why does Jem insist on going downtown on Sunday night? - -Why does Jem insist on going downtown on Sunday night? Jem ...