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50 Cards in this Set
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Where and when does this story take place?
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Maycomb, Alabama
1920's-1930's |
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What is Maycomb like?
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Run down and scary looking
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How old are Jem and Scout?
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Jem: 10 (5th gr)
Scout: 6 (1st gr) |
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Why does Dill come to visit?
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Spend summer w/ his aunt
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Why are the children interested in Boo?
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They're curious about him
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Did scout fell that Miss Caroline should have offered Walter Cummingham money? Why?
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No because he cant pay it back and she knows that but Miss Caroline doesn't
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How did Jem and Atticus treat Walter?
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Like an adult
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What is Atticus' advice to Scout so that she will be able to get along a lot better with all kinds of folks?
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Put herself in their shoes to get their perspective
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Hoe does the town as a whole treat the Ewells?
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They tolerate them and accept that it's who they are/what they do
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How does Atticus appear to be as a father?
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Wise
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What is the purpose of the first chapter?
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Introduce characters/setting
(Exposition) |
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What does Scout first find in the Radley tree? Why does Jem insist that she spit it out?
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2 pieces of chewing gum
It could be poisonous |
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What else do they find? Where do they come from?
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2 polished pennies in a box
A kids hiding spot |
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How does Jem describe what a Hot Steam is?
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Somebody who cant get to heaven, and if you walk through them then you will become one too
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How does Scouts tire ride end? What does she hear?
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It ends at the Radleys
She hears laughing from inside the house |
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What is the worst thing Jem can call Scout? Why?
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A girl. Because she acts like a tomboy
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Explain what they played for most of the summer
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"Boo Randley" reinacting the Radley family
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To whom does Scout turn for friendship when the boys begin to exclude?
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Miss Maudie Atkinson
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What two things do Miss Maudie and Scout discuss
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Footwashers & Boo Radley
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Whats a Footwasher?
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Really religious people who believe anythings thats pleasur is a sin
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Why was Miss Maudie supposedly going to hell?
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Because she spent too much time outdoors and not enough time inside reading her Bible
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What does Miss Maudie say about some religious people/how religion effects people
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That they could become worse than alcoholics
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How are Jim and Dill planning to get a message to Boo?
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Put a note @ the end of a fishing pile & stick it through the shutters
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What is Atticus' attitude toward Boo?
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Treated Boo w/ respect and didnt want people to bother them
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What happens when the kids attemp to peek in the Radleys window?
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They see a man w/ a hat in the window
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What does Jem loose in his escape? How?
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Pants.
They get tangled |
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What excuse do they give for the missing clothing? Why's it so terrible?
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That Dill won the pants when hey were playing strip poker.
Because kids shouldn't play strip poker |
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Why must he go back for his pants? In what condition does he find them? Who did it?
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Mr. Radley might find them.
They were folded across the fence and resewed. Boo Radley |
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Why can't Jem and Scout place a thank you note on the tree?
Explain why this happened |
There was cement in it because Nathan Radley believed it was dying and thats what you do when its sick
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Why does Scout think the worlds ending? Why did Jem and Scout think it was partly their fault?
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She sees snow falling.
Because Mr. Avery told them if children did things to get into trouble the seasons would change |
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What is a morphodite? Who built one? What was it made of? Who did it look like? How did they disguise it?
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Something that changes its form.
Jem and Scout. Made of earth (mud) and snow. Looked like Mr, Avery because it was fat. Put Ms. Maudies hat/clippers on it |
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Whose house burned down? Why do we feel Boo might have been there?
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Miss Maudies.
They think he put the blanket on Scouts shoulder when she was distracted by the fire and numb from the cold |
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Why doesn't Atticus want Scout to say Nigger?
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Because its common
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Why must Atticus defend Top Robinson?
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If he didn't hold his head up in the town then he couldnt rep. his county in the legislature
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Does Atticus think he will win his case?
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No
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How does Uncle Jack respond to Scouts swearing? How does Scout respond?
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Uncle Jack doesn't like it and tells her to stop if she wants to grow up to be a lady. She says she doesn't want to grow up to be a lady
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What does Francis call Scout? How did she respond?
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Nigger-lover
Got mad and told him to take it back. |
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What was Atticus' advice to Uncle Jack about talking to children?
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When they ask you something--answer them, but dont make a production of it
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What was Uncle Jacks promise to Scout? Did he break his promise?
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That he wouldn't tell Atticus what Francis called him. No
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Did Atticus know Scout was listening to his conversation with Uncle Jack? Did he want her to hear it? Why?
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Yes. Yes
Because he wanted her to know he lover her and to come to him first, not listen to town gossip |
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What is Maycombs "usual disease"
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Prejudice against black people
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Where did Jem and Scout get air riffles?
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Atticus
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Why is it a sin to kill a Mockingbird?
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They dont do things like: eating peoples gardens/nesting in corncrops--they just make music for people to hear
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Who was Tim Johnson? What was wrong with him?
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Liver collard Bird Dog, the pet of Maycomb. He was a "mad dog"
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Why doesn't Atticus shoot anymore?
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He decided he wouldn't shoot till he had too
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What does Mrs. Dubose say to upset Jem? What does he do for revenge?
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That it's heartbreaking the way Atticus let scout & Jem run wild.
He cut the tops off of every camellia bush she owned until the ground was covered in green buds/leaves |
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What does Atticus think about name calling?
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He says its never an insult to be called what people think is a bad name--just shows how poor that person is
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What was Mrs. Dubose addicted to? Why does she want to kick her addiction?
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Morphine.
She didn't want to be beholden to anyone/anything when she died |
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How do Jem and Scout help Mrs. Dubose to kick her addiction?
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When theyr ead to her it was distracting her from her morphine addiction
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What does Jem get from Mrs. Dubose? Why does he react the way he does once he recieves the gift?
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A candy box with a snow on the mountain camellia.
He freaks out and starts yelling |
