To Kill a Mockingbird ~by Harper Lee

Characters: Complete the chart for each of the characters listed.

Full Name, Age, Physical Description, Relationships, Job

Personal Qualities & Character TraitsProblems He/She Faces

Important Quotes

Atticus

Scout

Jem

BooRadley

Robert Ewell

Mayella Ewell

Calpurnia

Tom Robinson

Dill

Mrs. Dubose

Aunt Alexandra

Miss Maudie

Heck Tate

Mr. Underwood

Walter Cunningham Sr.

Walter Cunningham Jr.

Link Deas

Nathan Radley

Dolphus Raymond

Judge Taylor

Complete each sentence correctly to create a plot summary of the novel.

Part I

1. Jem and Scout meet ______________________________________________________________________

2. Jem raids _______________________________________________________________________________

3. Scout starts _____________________________________________________________________________

4. Jem and Scout find _______________________________________________________________________

5. Nathan Radley shoots _____________________________________________________________________

6. Nathan Radley seals ______________________________________________________________________

7. Fire destroys ____________________________________________________________________________

8. The community criticizes __________________________________________________________________

9. Atticus shoots ___________________________________________________________________________

10. Mrs. Dubose teaches _____________________________________________________________________

Part II 1. Aunt Alexandra comes ____________________________________________________________________

2. Scout’s innocence prevents ________________________________________________________________

3. Jem, Scout, and Dill attend _________________________________________________________________

4. Atticus cross-examines ____________________________________________________________________

5. Tom Robinson reveals ____________________________________________________________________

6. The jury decides _________________________________________________________________________

7. Bob Ewell threatens ______________________________________________________________________

8. Bob Ewell harasses _______________________________________________________________________

9. Bob Ewell attacks ________________________________________________________________________

10. Boo Radley kills __________________________________________________________________________

11. Scout meets ____________________________________________________________________________

12. Heck, Atticus, and Scout decide _____________________________________________________________

13. Scout views _____________________________________________________________________________

Reading questions:

Chapter 1 1. When the routine of Jem, Scout, and Dill’s summer becomes tiresome, what idea does Dill have?

2. How had Mr. Radley seen to it that his younger son Arthur (Boo) caused “no further trouble” in Maycomb?

Chapters 2 & 33. When Scout tries to spare Walter Cunningham any further humiliation, what does Miss Caroline do to her?

4. At the Finch’s for lunch, what reason does Walter give Atticus for not being able to pass the first grade?

5. After Calpurnia makes Scout leave the table, what “lecture” does she give Scout? What social role is Calpurnia serving in for Scout?

6. After Scout begs Atticus not to make her return to school, what advice does he give her for getting along with people?

Chapter 4 7. What is the neighborhood’s opinion of Mrs. Dubose?

8. What does Jem say about the “Indianheads” they find in the knothole of the tree?

Chapters 6 & 79. How does Dill explain Jem’s missing pants?

10. What does Jem finally tell Scout about his pants that he retrieved?

11. What do Jem and Scout realize about the carved soap figures they find in the knothole of the tree?

Chapter 812. Describe how Jem constructs his “snowman.” What compliment does Atticus pay Jem?

13. Why does Atticus wake the children in the middle of the night?

14. What is Scout wearing? How does Atticus explain the presence of what Scout is wearing?

15. What is Miss Maudie’s reaction to the loss of her house?

Chapter 916. What does Atticus tell Scout to do when she hears “ugly talk” at school?

17. Why does Scout fight Francis?

18. What does Atticus tell Jack he hopes Jem and Scout will do instead of listening to the town?

Chapter 1119. What does Jem to do Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes? Explain why he does this.

20. What does Mrs. Dubose want from Jem as payment for his “crime?”

21. How does Atticus explain the term “nigger-lover” to Scout?

22. How does Atticus explain “courage” to Jem?

Chapters 2223. What had Bob Ewell done to Atticus?

Chapter 23-2424. How does Atticus explain the fact that women can’t serve on juries in Alabama?

25. How does Atticus explain his decision to have allowed Mr. Cunningham to sit on the jury?

26. What conclusion does Jem come to about Boo Radley?

Chapters 25-26 27. What does Mr. Underwood say in his editorial?

28. What conclusion does Scout come to about Tom after reading Mr. Underwood’s article?

29. What historical figure does Miss Gates condemn? Why does her condemnation confuse Scout?