To Kill A Mockingbird Study Guide Questions Chapters 15-17 – Flashcards
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What did Heck Tate's mob want?
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They wanted to warn Atticus that he might be in danger for defending Tom Robinson.
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What was the purpose of Walter Cunningham's mob?
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Their purpose was to try and lynch Tom Robinson for "raping" Mayella Ewell.
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Identify and describe Mr. Dolphus Raymond:
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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.
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Why did Mr. Cunningham's mob leave?
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Because Scout diffused the mob mentality by standing between them and the jail talking to them.
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Mr. Gilmer
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Bob Ewell's racist attorney in the case against Tom Robinson
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Bob Ewell
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A drunken, mostly unemployed member of Maycomb's poorest family. In his knowingly wrongful accusation that Tom Robinson raped his daughter, Ewell represents the dark side of the South: ignorance, poverty, squalor, and hate-filled racial prejudice.
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Mayella Ewell
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Bob Ewell's abused, lonely, unhappy daughter. Though one can pity her because of her overbearing father, one cannot pardon her for her shameful indictment of Tom Robinson.
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Judge Taylor
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The judge on the Tom Robinson Rape case (Not Prejudice)
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What was the importance of Mayella's bruises being primarily on the right-hand side of her face?
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They showed that her attacker was left-handed, like Bob Ewell
