To Kill a Mockingbird Common Core Questions

To Kill a Mockingbird Part I Chapters 1-11

1. What moments strike you as most important in these chapters? Explain.

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2. Select a female character in Part 1. What do you learn about that character’s beliefs through her

actions?

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3. What themes does Lee develop through the female characters and the events in which they are

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To Kill a Mockingbird Part 2 chapters 12-21

4. Why do you think the jury found Tom guilty?

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5. Which sentences in Atticus’s closing argument do you find most persuasive?

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6. Choose a character from the court scene and explore what you learn about this character’s beliefs

through his or her actions.

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To Kill a Mockingbird Part 3 chapters 22-31

7. Which characters have changed over the course of the novel? How have they changed, and what

triggered the change?

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