To Kill a Mockingbird

1. To Kill a Mockingbird • Important Characters • Scout (narrator) • Jem • Dill • Atticus • Calpurnia • Radley’s • Important Events • Finch Family history • Description of Maycomb County • Introduction to Dill • Arthur “Boo” Radley Chapter 1 “There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people. Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.”

2. To Kill a MockingbirdChpt. 2 • Major Events • Dill leaves for the summer • Scout prepares for first year of school • Miss. Caroline Fisher upset that Scout could read • Walter Cunnigham incident • Important Characters • Scout • Miss Caroline Fisher * • Walter Cunnigham *

3. To Kill a MockingbirdChpt. 3 • Important Characters • Scout • Walter Cunningham • Calpurnia • Atticus • Miss Caroline Fisher • Burris Ewell • Important Events • Scout is beating up Walter for embarassing her in class • Jem invites Walter to dinner • Scout criticizes Walter for his table manner, Calpurnia scolds her • At school- Caroline Fisher freaks out about the “cootie” coming out of Buris Ewell’s hair

4. To Kill a MockingbirdChpt. 4 • Important Events • School year passes, Scout is bored • Scout finds gum in the tree (Radley Place) • Scout and Jem find Indian coins • Summer comes, Dill returns • Jem, Scout, Dill continue “Boo Radley” games • Important Characters • Scout • Jem • Dill • Boo Radley • Atticus

5. To Kill a MockingbirdChpt. 5 • Important Characters • Jem • Dill • Scout • Miss Maudie Atkinson • Boo Radley • Atticus • Important Events • Jem and Dill grow closer, Scout spends time with Maudie Atkinson • Miss Maudie tells Scout Boo was “friendly and polite” as a child and rumors are mostly false • Jem and Dill plan to leave a note inviting Boo for ice cream • Atticus catches them and orders them to “stop tormenting that man”

6. To Kill a MockingbirdChpt. 6 • Major Characters • Jem • Dill • Scout • Mr. Radley • Miss. Stephanie • Miss. Maudie • Major Events • Last day of summer, Jem and Dill sneak over to Radley Place to peak through the window • They hear a shotgun, Jem’s pants get caught in the fence • Neighbors reveal Mr. Radley shot at a “negro” in his yard • Atticus questions Jem about pants; he returns later that night to retrieve them from the Radley Place

7. Chapter 7 • Main Characters • Jem • Scout • Atticus • Mr. Nathan Radley • Main Events • Scout starts the second grade. • Jem tells scout about his pants. • They find the gray twine, soap kids, chewing gum, and a pocket watch. • Mr. Radley cemented the knothole

8. To Kill a MockingbirdChapter 8 • Major Events • Rare snowstorm- Jem and Scout make a snowman that looks like Mr. Avery • Miss Maudie’s house burns to the ground • Someone drapes a blanket over Scout • Jem realizes it was Boo and tells Atticus everything about the knothole and presents • Miss Maudie cheerful and says she will build a smaller house/larger garden • Major Characters • Jem • Scout • Atticus • Ms. Maudie • Boo Radley

9. To Kill a MockingbirdChapter 9 • Scout starts fight with Cecil Jacobs • Atticus has been asked to defend Tom Robinson • Uncle Jack arrives, Scout begins cursing • Atticus, Scout and Jem visit Finch Landing • Scout beats up Francis for calling Dill a “runt” and Atticus a “nigger lover” • Scout overhears Atticus telling Jack that Tom Robinson is innocent but is doomed because of an all white jury

10. To Kill a MockingbirdChapter 10 • Chapter begins with Scout discussing Atticus’ old age (not like other fathers) • Atticus has glasses and reads instead of hunting and fishing • Mad dog appears, Atticus returns home with Heck Tate • With one shot, Atticus hits the dog even though he is very far away • Scout wants to brag but Jem tells her if Atticus wanted them to know he had the best shot in Maycomb, he would have told them

11. To Kill a MockingbirdChapter 11 • Write something from the chapter that was meaningful to you Or • Use your Active reading bookmark and answer at least two of the questions on it.

12. To Kill a MockingbirdChapters 12 & 13 • Takes place at the beginning of 3rd and final summer • Jem feels too old to be bothered by Scout • Calpurnia takes children to church • Aunt Alexandra comes to live with Finch’s • Aunt Alexandra forces Atticus to make a speech which he later recants

13. 1) Although Atticus did not want his children in court, he defends Jem's right to know what has happened. Explain, in your own words, Atticus's reasons for this. (Look at the speech beginning, “This is their home, sister”. • 2) Miss Maudie tells Jem that “things are never as bad as they seem.” What reasons does she give for this view? • 3) Why does Dill say that he will be a clown when he grows up? Do you think he would keep this ambition for long?

14. 4) What do you think of Atticus's reaction to Bob Ewell's challenge? Should he have ignored Bob, retaliated or done something else? • 5) What is “circumstantial evidence”? What has it got to do with Tom's conviction? • 6) What does Atticus tell Scout about why the jury took so long to convict Tom?