TKAM (Part 1: Chapters 7-11) – Flashcards
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What had Jem not told Scout about the night he retrieved his pants?
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That they were folded up and stitched like they were waiting for him
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What did they find in the tree after school this time?
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Soap dolls of Jem & Scout
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When did they realize that someone was leaving presents for them?
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After they waited for someone to come back for the items
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Why couldn't the children leave the person a note?
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Put cement in the hole
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What was Mr. Nathan Radley's excuse for cementing the hole in the tree?
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The tree was dying
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Why did Scout think the world was dying?
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It was snowing
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What did Jem want to make?
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a snowman
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How did he accomplish this task?
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He borrowed snow from Miss Maudie's yard and mixed mud with the snow
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Who did the snowman look like?
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Mr. Avery
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How did they disguise it?
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They put Miss Maudie's hat on it and her hedge clippers in its hand
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What does Miss Maudie call the snowman? Why?
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A morphodite--- Because it was a mixture of mud and snow and it was ugly
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Why does Atticus wake up Scout in the middle of the night?
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The fire
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Where are the children ordered to stand?
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By the Radley House
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Why does Atticus think the children disobeyed him?
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Scout had a blanket around her that wasn't theirs
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Where did this item come from?
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Boo Radley
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Why does Scout forget what Atticus told her about fighting?
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Because Cecil Jacobs called Atticus a bad name
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What does Atticus tell Scout to do when she hears "ugly talk" at school?
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Ignore it
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Why is Scout using cuss words?
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She is going through a "phase". She is pretending that she heard them at school so she doesn't have to go back
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Why does Scout fight Francis?
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Because he kept calling Atticus a bad name
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What does Scout make Uncle Jack promise not to tell Atticus?
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What Francis called him
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What does Atticus tell Jack he hopes Jem & Scout will do instead of listening to the town?
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He hopes that the kids will come to him for answers to their questions
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Atticus tells the children it is a sin to kill a mockingbird; how does Miss Maudie explain why?
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Mockingbirds are innocent creatures that don't harm anyone/anything
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Why does the sheriff ask Atticus to shoot Tim Johnson?
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He knew that Atticus was a better shot
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How does Miss Maudie explain Atticus' decision to put his gun down thirty years ago?
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He's so good that he felt he would have an unfair advantage
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What does Jem tell Scout to do about their father's shooting of the dog?
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Not to tell anyone because Atticus wants his privacy
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What does Atticus do that makes Scout say she felt like he was "the bravest man who ever lived"?
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That he was kind to a mean woman like Ms. Dubose
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What does Jem do to Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes? Explain why he does this.
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He cut the tops off the bushes with Scout's baton because he was mad about Ms. Dubose's racist comments at Atticus
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What does Mrs. Dubose want as "payment" for what he has done?
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He has to read to her for a month
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How does Atticus explain the term "ni**er lover"?
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"Ignorant trashy people use this when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves"
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What change had occurred in Mrs. Dubose by the last week Scout & Jem went to her home?
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She had them read longer and the alarm clock went off later
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Why did Atticus make Jem and Scout read to Mrs. Dubose?
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He wanted him to view real human courage.
