Chapters 1-2

  1. Identify Finch's Landing.
  2. What had Boo done which got him intro trouble with the law and would have sent him to a state industrial school?
  3. What caused Mrs. Radley to run screaming into the street?
  4. Who was Calpurnia referring to when she said, "There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into…"?
  5. Identify Miss Caroline Fisher.
  6. What is the Dewey Decimal System according to Jem? What is it really?
  7. How does Miss Caroline insult Walter Cunningham?
  8. How do the Cunninghams pay their debts?

Chapters 3-4

  1. What lesson does Calpurnia try to teach Scout about Walter?
  2. Why does Miss Caroline scream and point a finger at Burris Ewell?
  3. What strategy does the Ewell family have regarding the children's education?
  4. Why, according to Atticus, do people allow Bob Ewell to hunt out of season?
  5. Where does Scout end up when Jem rolls her in the tire?
  6. What new game do the children play? What stops the game?
  7. What did Scout hear on the day she was rolled in the tire?

Chapters 5-6

  1. What does Maudie like to do instead of being in her house?
  2. How does Uncle Jack tease Miss Maudie?
  3. How would you describe Miss Stephanie?
  4. What does Mr. Avery do which Jem and Dill try to imitate, but Scout decides she can't do?
  5. What do the boys plan on doing the last night Dill is in town?
  6. What happens to Jem's pants?
  7. What lie does Dill tell about how Jem lost his pants?

Chapters 7-8

  1. According to Scout, what was the only good thing about second grade?
  2. What secret does Jem share regarding his pants?
  3. What stops the gifts in the knothole?
  4. Why does Atticus send the children in front of the Radley house to watch the fire?
  5. What makes Atticus think the children didn't "stay put"?
  6. What disappointment does Scout have regarding Boo?
  7. Why does Jem suddenly reveal all that has happened to them?

Chapters 9-10

  1. Why does Scout fight with Cecil Jacobs?
  2. From what he tells Scout, does Atticus believe he will win the case he is trying?
  3. How does Uncle Jack protect Scout?
  4. Why, according to Miss Maudie, does Atticus believe it's a sin to kill a mockingbird?
  5. Identify Tim Johnson.
  6. What does Atticus do which amazes the kids?
  7. What was Atticus' nickname at the Landing?

Chapters 11-12

  1. What does Jem use to destroy Mrs. Dubose's flowers? What is his punishment?
  2. What do the children listen for that means they are free to go?
  3. What are Mrs. Dubose's fits?
  4. Why does Atticus say Mrs. Dubose was a courageous woman?
  5. What does Mrs. Dubose leave Jem and what is his reaction to it?
  6. Why is Calpurnia babysitting the kids?
  7. How much money is Rev. Sykes attempting to raise, and why?

Chapters 13-14

  1. What story about Calpurnia does Scout tell which creates an argument between Atticus and Alexandra?
  2. Why do Scout and Jem fight?
  3. What do they think is under Scout's bed? What is actually there?
  4. How does Jem "break the remaining code of childhood"?
  5. How does Atticus show he has sympathy for Dill?
  6. Why does Dill say he ran away?
  7. Where does Dill think that he and Scout can get a baby? Where does Scout think they can get a baby?

Chapters 15-16

  1. Why does Heck Tate come to see Atticus?
  2. What was Atticus's "dangerous question"?
  3. Where does Atticus go with the book and the lamp, and why?
  4. What does Mr. Underwood show?
  5. According to Jem, how does one judge being "colored"?
  6. Identify Dolphus Raymond.
  7. Where and with whom do the children sit during the trial?

Chapters 17-18

  1. What do we learn from both Mr. Tate and Mr. Ewell about how Mayella had to have been struck?
  2. What question is asked by Atticus that shows both Mr. Tate and Mr. Ewell had no real concern about Mayella's condition?
  3. What does Atticus prove by having Mr. Ewell write his name on the envelope?
  4. How does the chiffarobe figure into Mayella's story?
  5. What contradiction to the story Mr. Ewell told is revealed in the following quote from Mayella? "…next thing I knew Papa was in the room a'standin' over me hollerin' who done it, who done it?"
  6. Why does Atticus ask Mayella if Tom choked AND hit her?
  7. What is Mayella's response to whether her father had ever beaten her?
  8. Where is Mayella's mother?
  9. What does Mayella do after her last speech to the courtroom?

Chapters 19-20

  1. How had Tom ever been in trouble with the law before?
  2. Why does Scout think Mayella must have been lonely?
  3. According to Tom, whom did Mr. Ewell direct his anger toward?
  4. Why is Tom's left arm important to his defense?

  1. What does Tom say to Mr. Gilmer that makes the crowd angry?
  2. Why does Dolphus Raymond pretend to drink?
  3. Why, according to Atticus, does Mayella want Tom to be found guilty?
  4. What one way are all men created equal, according to Atticus?

Chapters 21-22

  1. What agreement does Atticus make with the children regarding the trial?
  2. How, according to Scout, do you know whether a jury has found the defendant guilty or not before the verdict?
  3. How do you know the black people think highly of Atticus at the end of the trial?
  4. Who, according to Atticus, are the only ones to cry when Maycomb does terrible things like the jury did?
  5. What was Miss Rachel's reaction to the previous night?
  6. What does Miss Maudie do for the children, which shows whose side she's on?
  7. What had happened to Atticus that prompts Miss Rachel to tell Dill to stay at home and say, "There's danger a'comin'"?

Chapters 23-24

  1. What was the only thing Atticus said about his encounter with Mr. Ewell?
  2. What kind of person does Atticus call trash?
  3. Who does Aunt Alexandra talk about which causes Scout to cry?

  1. What news does Atticus bring?
  2. How do Aunt Alexandra and Miss Maudie show courage?
  3. What is Jean Louise's reaction to Aunt Alexandra at the end of the chapter?

Chapters 25-26

  1. What is Scout about to do which upsets Jem?
  2. What was Helen Robinson's reaction at seeing Atticus?
  3. To what does Mr. Underwood compare Tom's death?
  4. What comment does Mr. Ewell make, which is reported by Miss Stephanie?

Chapters 27-28

  1. What three things does Bob Ewell do that alarm Aunt Alexandra?
  2. Why, according to Atticus, does Bob Ewell bear a grudge? Which people does Ewell see as his enemies, and why?
  3. Why does Jem say that Boo Radley must not be at home? What is ironic about this?
  4. Scout decides to keep her costume on while walking home. How does this affect her understanding of what happens on the way?


Chapters 29-31

  1. Describe the two knives that Mr. Tate had.
  2. What assumption does Mr. Tate make about Scout's costume and the shiny line on the back of her costume?
  3. At first, who did Atticus believe killed Mr. Ewell?
  4. What does Mr. Tate say happened?
  5. How did Mr. Ewell actually get killed?
  6. What does Scout realize standing on the Radley porch?
  7. What realization does Scout have about other people at the end of the book?