Periods 3 & 5 - For Your Midterm Cheat Sheet

Remember, you have the write the questions and the answers THREE separate times to use your cheet sheat!

1. Describe the physical setting of the story?
2. When the “routine” of Jem, Scout, and Dill’s summer becomes tiresome, what idea does Dill have?
3. What dare of Dill’s does Jem finally accept?
4. After Scout begs Atticus not to make her return to school, what advice does he give her for getting along with people?
5. How does Dill explain Jem’s missing pants?
6. What does Jem finally tell Scout about his pants that he retrieved?
7. What is Scout wearing? How does Atticus explain the presence of what Scout is wearing?
8. What does Atticus tell Scout to do when she hears “ugly talk” at school?
9. Why does Scout fight Francis?
10. Atticus tells the children they’re not to kill mockingbirds because doing so is a sin. How does Miss Maudie explain Atticus’ reasoning to Scout?
11. What explanation does Miss Maudie offer for “Ol’ One-Shot” (Atticus) putting his gun down thirty years ago?
12. How does Atticus explain “courage” to Jem?
13. Why does Reverend Sykes order the doors of the church shut?
14. After Scout talks to Mr. Cunningham about Walter and the entailment of his farm, what does he do?
15. With whom do the children sit in the courtroom?
16. Why does Mayella think Atticus is mocking her?
17. Explain why Atticus has Tom Robinson stand up?
18. What according to Atticus, is the one thing in the country that truly makes everyone equal?
19. What causes Atticus’ eyes to fill with tears?
20. When Jem suggests that juries should be done away with, what does Atticus suggest should be done instead?
21. What conclusion does Jem come to about Boo?
22. What is Scout’s response when Atticus asks her if she can understand that “ Mr. Ewell fell on his knife”?

ALSO KNOW THE THEMES AND THE CHARACTERS IN TKAM!