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[dasco]

chapter 14:
1)what do atticus and alexandra learn of?
2)how do they respond?
3)what advice does jem give scout about aunt alexandra?
4)how does scout respond to Jem's advice?
5)who is dill?
6)why had he run away?

chapter 15
1)what is the lemon-drop plan?
2)where did mr. heck tate want to move tom robinson to avoid trouble from ''old sarum bunch''?
3)who were the group of men that visited atticus's house on Saturday?
4)to where was tom moved?
5)what did atticus do after supper that jem and scout thought peculiar?
6)why did atticus need the extension cord?
7)who hid tom from scout's view?
8)from amongst the semi-circle, whom did scout recognize?
9)how did scout help disperse the crowed?
10)who would have fired from above had the gang of men not shuffled off?

chapter 16
1)what major event takes place in this chapter?
2)what does atticus tell jem and scout not to do?
3)what do they do?
4)where do the white and black people sit in the courthouse ?
5)where do jem, scout and dill sit?
6)who is presiding over the trip?

chapter 17
1)what two major points did atticus score in his favor during heck tate's testimony?
2)where did the ewells live?
3)what was mr. gilmer's trademark?

what do the words tyrannical (tyrant) , eccentrical, maleovlent, conceded and condescended, sojourn mean in the book ?

other questions;
why is the oak tree inportant to jem and scout as well as arthur ''boo'' radley?
what do we learnabout boo radley and the children's attitude towards him ? give details and examples to support your points?

[curney13]

Here you go.
chapter 14:
1)what do atticus and alexandra learn of? The subject of the children’s trip to Calpurnia’s church comes up. Aunt Alexandra tells Scout she cannot go back the next Sunday.
2)how do they respond? They are upset.
3)what advice does jem give scout about aunt alexandra? Not to antagonize her.
4)how does scout respond to Jem's advice? Scout gets angry at being lectured and attacks Jem.
5)who is dill? Jem and Scout’s summer neighbor and friend.
6)why had he run away? because his mother and new father did not pay enough attention to him.

chapter 15
1)what is the lemon-drop plan? The children are trying to lure out Boo Radley. Their idea is to make a trail of lemon drops from his back door to their front yard and he would follow them like an ant
2)where did mr. heck tate want to move tom robinson to avoid trouble from ''old sarum bunch''? They feared a lynch mob.
3)who were the group of men that visited atticus's house on Saturday? The men named are: Heck Tate, Link Deas, Dr. Reynolds, Mr. Avery, and "people we saw everyday: merchants, in-town farmers
4)to where was tom moved? to the Maycomb jail
5)what did atticus do after supper that jem and scout thought peculiar? takes the car into town, sits in front of the jail reading a newspaper
6)why did atticus need the extension cord? to plug in the light bulb so he could see the newspaper
7)who hid tom from scout's view? the men from the four dusty cars
8)from amongst the semi-circle, whom did scout recognize? Mr. Cunningham
9)how did scout help disperse the crowed? tells everyone to 'clear out'.
10)who would have fired from above had the gang of men not shuffled off? Mr. Underwood

chapter 16
1)what major event takes place in this chapter? The Trial
2)what does atticus tell jem and scout not to do? Not to come to the trial, to stay home.
3)what do they do? Go to the trial.
4)where do the white and black people sit in the courthouse ? Whites downstairs blacks upstairs
5)where do jem, scout and dill sit? In the balcony seats with the African-Americans.
6)who is presiding over the trip? Judge Taylor

chapter 17
1)what two major points did atticus score in his favor during heck tate's testimony? Atticus cross-examines the witness, who admits that no doctor was summoned, and tells Atticus that Mayella’s bruises were concentrated on the right side of her face.
2)where did the ewells live? behind the town garbage dump in a tin-roofed cabin with a yard full of trash
3)what was mr. gilmer's trademark? He always said "In your own words" to witnesses.

tyrannical--ruling with an 'iron fist', with force, allowing no dissension, no disagreement allowed.
Eccentric--acting in a strange way or manner
Malevolent--wishing to do evil or harm to others
Conceded--gave up
Condescended--talked in a patronizing way; Do something in a haughty way, as though it is below one's dignity or level of importance.
Sojurn--stay somewhere temporarily

Why is the oak tree important to jem and scout as well as arthur ''boo'' radley? The tree brings them onto the Radley property for the first time, and sets in motion a series of events which allow them to get to know him. .


what do we learnabout boo radley and the children's attitude towards him ? give details and examples to support your points? We learn about his life, his hardships, what made him like he is.

After the Tom Robinson trial, Jem and Scout start to have a different understanding of Boo Radley.

“Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time... it's because he wants to stay inside." (23.117)

Having seen a sample of the horrible things their fellow townspeople can do, choosing to stay out of the mess of humanity doesn’t seem like such a strange choice.

Scout literally “finally sees” Boo, but perhaps there’s more to “seeing” than that. The Tom Robinson case suggests that it’s all too possible for people to look at someone and still not see that he’s a human being just like them.

Boo starts out a monster and ends up a man, but he never rejoins the Maycomb community. Or perhaps, in taking an active interest in the Finch children, he already has: perhaps his character suggests that the bonds that hold a community together can be more than just social ones.