To Kill a Mockingbird
Levels Questions for Chapters 14 and 15
Level 1:
1. What conversation do Atticus and Scout have at the start of chapter 14?
2. What do Aunt Alexandra and Scout disagree about at the start of chapter 14?
3. Who shows up at the Finch house in chapter 14?
4. Who comes to the Finch house in chapter 15?
5. Where does Atticus go in chapter 15?
6. Who was “protecting” Atticus while he was at the jail?
Level 2:
1. Why doesn’t Aunt A. want Scout to go to Cal’s house?
2. Why did Dill run away?
3. What is Jem scared of in chapter 15?
4. Why is Atticus sitting by the jail?
5. Why do the kids show up at the jail?
6. Who else shows up at the jail?
Level 3:
1. What assumptions can we make about Dill’s home life based on the events in chapter 14? What evidence supports your inferences?
2. Describe the events that take place in front of the jail in chapter 15?
Level 4:
1. Compare and contrast the ways in which Atticus and Aunt A. want to raise Scout and Jem. Use evidence from chapters 13 and 14.
2. Why do the men decide to leave Atticus and Tom Robinson alone?
3. What rhetorical device is Lee using when she says, “A nightmare was upon us.” Explain.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Levels Questions for Chapters 14 and 15
Level 1:
1. What conversation do Atticus and Scout have at the start of chapter 14?
2. What do Aunt Alexandra and Scout disagree about at the start of chapter 14?
3. Who shows up at the Finch house in chapter 14?
4. Who comes to the Finch house in chapter 15?
5. Where does Atticus go in chapter 15?
6. Who was “protecting” Atticus while he was at the jail?
Level 2:
1. Why doesn’t Aunt A. want Scout to go to Cal’s house?
2. Why did Dill run away?
3. What is Jem scared of in chapter 15?
4. Why is Atticus sitting by the jail?
5. Why do the kids show up at the jail?
6. Who else shows up at the jail?
Level 3:
1. What assumptions can we make about Dill’s home life based on the events in chapter 14? What evidence supports your inferences?
2. Describe the events that take place in front of the jail in chapter 15?
Level 4:
1. Compare and contrast the ways in which Atticus and Aunt A. want to raise Scout and Jem. Use evidence from chapters 13 and 14.
2. Why do the men decide to leave Atticus and Tom Robinson alone?
3. What rhetorical device is Lee using when she says, “A nightmare was upon us.” Explain.