To Kill a Mockingbird Questions Set 4

Answer the following questions about TKM, Chapters 17 through 24 . Be sure you can give a page number for each answer. 

  1. During the trial, what does Mr. Ewell say happened to his daughter Mayella?

  2. Why does Scout think Mayella Ewell is the lonliest person in the world?

  3. How does Tom's version of what happened differ from what Mayella said happened?
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  4. Why does Atticus make a point of emphasizing that Bob Ewell is left-handed?
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  5. What is the primary evidence Atticus presents to prove that Tom Robinson did not rape Mayella?
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  6. Who is Dolphus Raymond?  Why does Lee include him in the story?
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  7. When Scout and Dill go back into the trial after speaking to Mr. Raymond, what did Atticus do that Scout had never seen him do before?  Trial
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  8. In his closing statment, Atticus tells us the year in which     the trial took place. What is the year?
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  9. What does Calpurnia give to Atticus in the courtroom? Give specific details in your answer.
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  10. After the jury gives its verdict, Reverend Sykes tells     Scout to do something. What does he tell her to do and why?
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  11. Who leaves food at the Finch house to thank Atticus? 
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  12. When Jem asks Miss Maudie who in Maycomb other than Atticus helped Tom Robinson, she names some people? Who does she name? Explain, in your own words, how these people helped Tom Robinson.
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  13. At the end of Chapter 22, what happens to Atticus near the post office?
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  14. Who was the one man on the jury that kept the debate going?
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  15. How many kinds of people (folks) does Jem think there are in Maycomb? Who are they and why does he put them in these groups?
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  16. How many kinds of people does Scout think there are and why does she put them in these groups?
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  17. What kind of meeting does Aunt Alexandra have in Chapter 24?
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  18. Why does Scout prefer the company of men to that of women?
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  19. Miss Maudie tells Aunt Alexandra that the people of Maycomb are paying Atticus the highest tribute people can pay a man. What is it and what does Miss Maudie mean? Why is this the highest tribute?
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  20. Atticus comes to the house during Aunt Alexandra'a meeting. He has news to tell. What is his news?

Laurie Miller
Email:llmiller@gmu.edu
Last Update: October 2009


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