To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 12 & 13

Why doesn't Atticus take Jem & Scout to church in Chapter 12?

• He thinks they are too old for it.
• He is away at a meeting with the State Legislature.
• He doesn't believe in God anymore.
• He never takes them to church. This is no different.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A

Where is Dill during the summer of Chapter 12?

• According to his letter, Dill is in Meridian with his new father.
• According to his letter, Dill is in Meridian because they are too poor for him to travel.
• He stays in Meridian because Aunt Rachel is sick.
• He is back in Maycomb and he kisses Scout.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

Why does Calpurnia decide to take the children to church with her?

• She doesn't trust them to behave on their own.
• She wants them to see what life is like for black people in Maycomb.
• She wants to show them off to the people in her church.
• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Why is Calpurnia's church called First Purchas African M.E. Church?

• The church is named after its founder, M.E. Purchase, who was African.
• The name is to remind people that the first thing they should spend money on (or purchase) is the church.
• The church was the first purchase of freed African slaves.
• The church is in Purchase, Alabama in the Maycomb East county.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the name of the larger than life woman who confronts Calpurnia and the children as they enter the church?

• Eunice Ann 
• Zeebo
• Mrs. Sykes
• Lula

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CCSS.RL.8.3

What do the children observe about Calpurnia's behavior in church?

• She is quiet and shy.
• She seems frightened of Reverend Sykes and of most of the people there.
• She speaks differently there than she does at home.
• She loud and laughs a lot.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Zeebo reads the words of hymns and then the people sing those words. What is this called?

• Hymning
• Wording
• Canting
• Lining

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

Why are there no hymn books in First Purchase?

• Most of the people cannot read.
• They are not allowed to sing in that church.
• Nobody knows.
• They are not allowed books because of Jim Crow laws.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is Tom Robinson's wife's name?

• Harriet
• Helen
• Lula
• Zeebo

Reverend Sykes locks the door of the church until...

• his sermon is over.
• people apologize to Scout and Jem.
• the hour is over.
• they collect ten dollars.

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CCSS.RL.8.3