What Is To Kill A Mockingbird Questions Chapter 1

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CHAPTER QUESTIONS
Chapter 1
1. Atticus Finch is the father of Scout and Jem Finch and he is an unsuccessful lawyer who lives in an odd street.
2. The Boo Radley place is scary to Scout and Jem because there are many rumours.
3. The narrative point in this book is from Scout Finch, and she tells the story when she is much older.
Chapter 2
1. Because she was jealous of the other kids who went to school. And she was excited to learn new things.
2. Because Jem has a big reputation at school he doesn’t want his little sister following him around because it is embarrassing for him.
3. Miss Caroline wants to be an amazing teacher by introducing these new learning techniques to the kids but it kind of backfires because the kids aren’t used to it.
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When she's at church so she won't offend the blacks. She says that she doesn't want to seem uppity to the other blacks by talking better than they do.
Chapter 13
1. Aunt Alexandra feels like she has to move in because she knows how busy Atticus is because of the Tom Robinson. She also wants to influence scout so that she becomes more of a woman.
2. Aunt Alexandra thinks that families have certain traits that are passed down in their bloodlines. These make some families good and others bad. She believes that the Finches are one of the good families. Because
Chapter 14
1. Atticus explains that "rape was carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent" to Scout. It is an appropriate answer to give her given her age, yet it doesn't fully explain the violence of such an act.
2. She believes this because she thinks that now she is living in the house Calpurnia is no longer needed.
Chapter 15
1. A secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people.
2. Jem refuses to go home for several reasons. He wants to stand by his dad, he thinks doing so is right. Because he wants to show maturity by rebelling against

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