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To Kill a Mockingbird
Part I, Chapters 1-6
Guided Reading Questions
Chapter 1
Short Answer. Be sure you respond to the questions using complete sentences for full credit.
1. Describe the town of Maycomb. Include at least one direct quote.
2. What details from the text give clues about the time period? List at least 3.
3. What is the neighborhood legend about why Boo Radley never leaves the house? Be specific.
4. What does Dill dare Jem to do at the end of the chapter? What does this suggest about Dill’s
character?
Chapters 2 & 3
Short Answer. Be sure you respond to the questions using complete sentences for full credit.
1. Name two things that Scout does on her first day of school that get her into trouble.
2. Describe are the Cunninghams. What are their family values, according to Walter and others?
3. How does Scout react to getting in trouble at school? How does Jem respond?
4. Why does Calpurnia become so infuriated by Scout? What does this illustrate about Southern
culture?
5. Describe are the Ewells. What does Burris Ewell do on the first day of school every year?
6. Atticus tells Scout, “…if you can learn a simple trick…you’ll get along better with all kinds of folks.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you
climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
Who else in the novel might this advice relate to, and why?
Chapter 4
Short Answer. Be sure you respond to the questions using complete sentences for full credit.
1. What two things did Scout and Jem find inside the Radley’s tree?
2. Besides the Radley house, name one other place where Jem is afraid to pass.
3. Describe the “game” that Scout, Jem, and Dill invent. What role does each of the children play?
4. Give two reasons why Scout wants to stop playing the “game.”
Chapter 5
Short Answer. Be sure you respond to the questions using complete sentences for full credit.
Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson? How typical is she of Maycomb's women? What do the children
think of her?
1.
What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about Boo? How does this compare with what Scout already
believes?
2.
What reasons does Atticus give for the children not to play the Boo Radley game? Do you think he is
right? Why?
3.
Chapter 6
Short Answer. Be sure you respond to the questions using complete sentences for full credit.
1.
Why does Scout disapprove of Jem's and Dill's plan of looking in at one of the Radleys' windows?
2.
What does Mr. Nathan Radley know about the intruders in his garden?
3.
Why does Dill's explanation of Jem's state of dress almost land him in trouble?