Chapter 1:
What narrative point of view does Harper Lee use to begin the story?
What can the reader expect to learn from this narrative point of view?
What is the setting of the story? How does Harper Lee use this setting to set the tone?
Why does Jem tell Scout (the narrator) not to ask Dill about his father: What can the reader infer about Jem and Scout’s relationship from this exchange?
Scout puts a great emphasis on her family’s lineage and comments about other families in the town. What can we infer is quite important to Southerners from this narration?
Briefly describe how the Radleys are different from others in Maycomb.
Why does Jem take three days to accept Dill’s dare and go up to the Radley house?
What does Harper Lee mean by calling Miss stephanie Crawford, “ a neighborhood scold”? (pg. 11) …show more content…
From the beginning of the story, the narrator reflects on events of the past. How is this evident to the reader, and how may it affect suspense in the story?
Briefly describe Boo Radley. What purpose does Boo serve in the story?
What is the allusion that Lee makes in the following passage: “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. ...Maycomb had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Chapter 2:
Why does Miss Caroline hit Scout with a ruler?
Is Scout’s first day of school what she expected? Why or why not?
How does Lee use the school setting to give the reader important exposition about Southern Culture?
How does Lee show that Miss Caroline is not familiar with Maycomb customs?
Why would Lee make Miss Caroline come from another county rather than Maycomb?
How does Lee create sympathy for Miss Caroline at the end of the chaper?
Describe Lee’s use of humor as Jem tries to explain teaching theories to
What narrative point of view does Harper Lee use to begin the story?
What can the reader expect to learn from this narrative point of view?
What is the setting of the story? How does Harper Lee use this setting to set the tone?
Why does Jem tell Scout (the narrator) not to ask Dill about his father: What can the reader infer about Jem and Scout’s relationship from this exchange?
Scout puts a great emphasis on her family’s lineage and comments about other families in the town. What can we infer is quite important to Southerners from this narration?
Briefly describe how the Radleys are different from others in Maycomb.
Why does Jem take three days to accept Dill’s dare and go up to the Radley house?
What does Harper Lee mean by calling Miss stephanie Crawford, “ a neighborhood scold”? (pg. 11) …show more content…
From the beginning of the story, the narrator reflects on events of the past. How is this evident to the reader, and how may it affect suspense in the story?
Briefly describe Boo Radley. What purpose does Boo serve in the story?
What is the allusion that Lee makes in the following passage: “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. ...Maycomb had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Chapter 2:
Why does Miss Caroline hit Scout with a ruler?
Is Scout’s first day of school what she expected? Why or why not?
How does Lee use the school setting to give the reader important exposition about Southern Culture?
How does Lee show that Miss Caroline is not familiar with Maycomb customs?
Why would Lee make Miss Caroline come from another county rather than Maycomb?
How does Lee create sympathy for Miss Caroline at the end of the chaper?
Describe Lee’s use of humor as Jem tries to explain teaching theories to