TKAM Patel

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

 

1.    Who are the two characters involved in the quote above?

• Jem and Scout

• Scout and Atticus

• Jem and Atticus

• Scout and Calpurnia

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“When I went back, they were folded across the fence…like they were expectin’ me…” And something else—“Jem’s voice was flat…” They’d been sewed up. Not like a lady sewed ‘em like something I’d try to do. All crooked.”

 

1.    What is the context of the quote (what happened that these characters are speaking)?

• Jem is explaining how he lost his pants to Dill playing strip poker.

• Jem is explaining why Boo is a person that should be feared.

• Jem is recalling what happened when he returned to retrieve his pants from the Radley fence.

• Jem is trying to explain how to play The Boo Radley game.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“People moved slowly then. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores around it, took their time about everything. A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people:  Maycomb County had just recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.”

  What does this passage demonstrate to the reader about the Maycomb County?

• The people who live there are mostly old and feeble.

• The town square is the best place to find your neighbors on any given day.

• The people are optimistic and friendly, so it is a great place to live.

• The people in the town are poor because of the Great Depression.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

 “There’s some folks who don’t eat like us,” she whispered fiercely, “but you ain’t called on to contradict ‘em at the table when they don’t. That boy’s yo’ comp’ny and if he wants to eat up the tablecloth you let him, you hear?”

From this quote, the reader can infer the following:

• That the Finches treat Calpurnia as a member of their family

• That Aunt Alexandra reflects Maycomb’s ways

• That Atticus treats Calpurnia unfairly

• That Miss Caroline is an authority figure to Scout

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

She was vicious. Once she heard Jem refer to our father as “Atticus” and her reaction was apoplectic. Besides being the sassiest, most disrespectful mutts who ever passed her way, we were told that it was quite a pity our father had not remarried after our mother’s death.

What does the word “mutts” (in context with the rest of the quote) suggest about the speaker’s attitude towards Jem and Scout?

Answer explanation

She dislikes the children because they are from a home without a mother.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“So you brought that dirty little sister of yours, did you?” was her greeting.

Jem said quietly, “My sister ain’t dirty and I ain’t scared of you,” although I noticed his knees shaking.

In the following passage, which best describe Ms. Dubose’ and Jem’s tones?

Answer explanation

Dubose: mocking      

Jem: defensive

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In a fog, Jem and I watched our father take the gun and walk out in the middle of the street. He walked quickly, but I thought he moved like an underwater swimmer: time had slowed to a nauseating crawl.

• In a fog

• He walked quickly

• he moved like an underwater swimmer

• time had slowed to a nauseating crawl

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.

“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

What claim could be made about the symbol “the mockingbird” in the following passage?

Answer explanation

Mockingbirds are symbols of innocence because they don’t do anything bad.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2