Overview of Part One – ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Complete all of the following questions in your exercise
books; remember to use quotations within your answers
when it is appropriate.

Write a paragraph to say which principles or code of behaviour
Atticus tries to teach Jem and Scout.

Give three occasions when Atticus tries to convey these expectations
to the children through example (either through his own example or by
using someone else as an example to them).

What attitude does Harper Lee present towards education within
chapters 2 –4? How is this presented?
THE THEME OF COURAGE

During chapter 6 how does Jem display courage?

In which way do both of the children show courage in part one of the
text once their father has agreed to take on the trial of Tom
Robinson?

Explain two occasions or situations when Atticus shows courage.

How does Mrs Dubose show courage? In which ways is this both
physical and moral courage?

What similarities can you identify between Mrs Dubose’s courage and
the courage displayed by Atticus?

How does Miss Maudie Atkinson display courage?

Why is Atticus so concerned about Jem and Scout once he has taken
on the trial of Tom Robinson?

How does Atticus want his children to feel towards those who are
prejudiced?
©KLCampbell (Nov 03)