Ms. Crandell
English 9
Fall Semester, Unit 3
Name______________________
Period ____________
To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Guide and Questions, Part 3
Reading Response Directions: Read through the questions before reading each
chapter in the book. There are more questions listed than you are required to
answer. Choose one question from each chapter to answer. You must support
each answer with evidence from the text, citing page numbers in parentheses after
each quotation. You can write your answers (in your best handwriting, of course!) or
type them and print them out if that is easier for you.
Vocabulary Directions: Choose three words from each chapter to define; choose
words that are either unfamiliar to you (or, if you are familiar with all the words,
choose words to define that you think are interesting).
Chapter 25
A. How does Maycomb react to the news of Tom's death?
Your
answer:
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from the
text:
B. When Jem won’t allow Scout to kill the bug, in what ways do we see that Jem has
changed and grown up?
Your
answer:
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from the
text:
C. Explain the contrast Scout draws between the court where Tom was tried and
“the secret courts of men's hearts”. In what way are hearts like courts?
Your
answer:
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from the
text:
Chapter 25 Vocabulary Words
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Chapter 26
A. What can we infer from the fact that the town elects Atticus to the state legislature
even though they were so set against him defending Tom Robinson?
Your
answer:
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from the
text:
B.Why is Scout puzzled by Miss Gates' disapproval of Hitler?
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answer:
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from the
text:
Chapter 26 Vocabulary Words
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Chapter 27
A. What three things does Bob Ewell do that alarm Aunt Alexandra?
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answer:
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from the
text:
B. Which people does Ewell see as his enemies, and why?
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answer:
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from the
text:
Chapter 27 Vocabulary Words
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Chapter 28
A. Scout decides to keep her costume on while walking home. How does this affect
her understanding of what happens on the way?
Your
answer:
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from the
text:
B. In what ways does Bob Ewell lose his dignity?
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answer:
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from the
text:
Chapter 28 Vocabulary Words
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Chapter 29
A. What explanation does Atticus give for Bob Ewell's attack?
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answer:
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from the
text:
B. What does Heck Tate give as the reason for the attack?
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answer:
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from the
text:
C. What does Scout’s casual greeting of Boo tell us about the way she views Boo?
How has this changed over the course of the novel?
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answer:
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from the
text:
Chapter 29 Vocabulary Words
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Chapter 30
A. Why does Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell's death was self-inflicted? In what way
is this partly true?
Your
answer:
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from the
text:
B. How is Boo like a mockingbird?
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answer:
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from the
text:
Chapter 30 Vocabulary Words
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Chapter 31
A. When do we see Scout empathizing with Boo?
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answer:
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from the
text:
B. How does Scout make sense of an earlier remark of Atticus's as she stands on
the Radley porch?
Your
answer:
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from the
text:
C. How much of a surprise is it to find what Boo Radley is really like? Has the story
before this point prepared the reader for this discovery?
Your
answer:
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from the
text:
Chapter 31 Vocabulary Words
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