TKAM Chapters 23 - 27

Who threatens Atticus' life after the trial?

• Helen Robinson

• Mayella Ewell

• Reverend Sykes

• Bob Ewell

What will Tom's sentence be if he loses the appeal?

• Life in prison without parole

• 7 years of hard labor

• Death

• He'll be sent to a mental institution for the criminally insane

What do the women at Aunt Alexandra's tea complain about?

• How poorly behaved their black servants have been since Tom's death

• What a poor job Atticus is doing raising Jem and Scout

• Their plans to join in the women's suffragist movement

• Hitler and the persecution of the Jews

Why does Atticus interrupt Aunt Alexandra's tea?

• He promised to have dinner with Calpurnia and Helen Robinson

• He is tired and wants to be alone to sit and read the newspaper

• Tom has been shot dead trying to escape from prison

• Helen Robinson suddenly died

How does Tom's death affect Maycomb?

• They decide to have an annual day of remembrance in Tom’s honor

• It lingers and festers in the community’s consciousness

• It creates an irreconcilable division within the white community of Maycomb

• They stay interested in it for about two days and then forget all about it

What does Miss Gates say about Hitler's persecution of the Jews?

• It's a good thing

• It's similar to racism in Maycomb

• It's terrible

• It's to be expected

What does Scout think about Miss Gates?

• She's a hypocrite and a racist

• She's uncommonly wise

• She's a role model for the girls in her class

• She's an airhead

Why does Bob Ewell lose his WPA job?

• He gets in a fight with his supervisor

• Atticus gets him fired

• He's caught stealing

• He's fired for laziness

What happens to Judge Taylor?

• Bob Ewell threatens him

• Someone tries to burgle his house

• His wife divorces him

• He disappears

What does Scout get to dress as for the school pageant?

• a ham

• a chicken wing

• an avocado

• a hot dog