Questions: What is the point of view? What type of conflicts do you see? Do you see any ironies? What is the meaning of the following names:
Boo Radley
Scout
Dill
Atticus
Calpurnia
- What does Scout think of current fashions in education?
- What superstitions do the children have in connection with the Radley house?
- Why do the children make Boo's story into a game?
- What do they do in this game? Do you think the game is an accurate version of what happens in the Radleys' home?
- What might be the cause of the laughter from inside the house?
THINGS TO KNOW FOR TEST:
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
1)
Give three examples of the following themes and discuss how your example
backs up the theme:
--The Meaning of Duty
--Prejudice and its effects on people
--Appearance vs. Reality
--Moral Education
2) List and explain three lessons that Scout
learns
3) .Discuss
the following symbols and what they represent:
Mockingbirds
The knot-hole in the oak tree
The mad dog
4) Make
a list of all the people Scout fights and why?
5) Outline
the plot (give at least three scenes in the exposition, rising action and
falling action
6) Be
able to discuss the mystery of the following characters:
Mr. Raymond
Mrs. Dubose
Calpurnia
Boo Radley
7) How
is Atticus wrong at the end of the book?
Why is this important for both his character and the reader’s perception
of the law?
8) Why
doesn’t Heck Tate want Bob Ewell’s death to go to court?
9) Be
able to list at least 3 pairs of dramatic foils and why they are dramatic
foils.
10) Be able to
discuss what is important about the following characters (what is their role in
the book):
Miss Maudie,
Jack Finch
Tom Robinson
Dill
To Kill A Mockingbird vocabulary
1)
Subpoena
2)
Fey
3)
Venerable
4)
Uncouth
5)
Sundry
6)
Begrudge
7)
Elucidate
8)
Acquiescence
9)
Succinct
10)
Façade
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