To Kill A Mockingbird chapters 12 - 15

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Aims

• You know what happens in chapters 12 - 15 of To Kill A Mockingbird
• You can explain important quotations from these chapters 

Why doesn't Dill return for the summer?

1. Because Scout writes him and breaks their "engagement"
2. His mom doesn't want him around Atticus since he's defending Tom.
3. Because he has "a new father"
4. Because of his falling out with Jem

Where does Calpurnia take the children?

1. To her home
2. To trial
3. To Uncle Jack's place
4. To her black church

For whom does Reverend Sykes take up a collection?

1. For Helen Robinson, Tom Robinson's wife
2. For Calpurnia's son and the town garbage collector
3. For Atticus for legal fees for defending Tom
4. For Mayella Ewell

Who comes to live with the Finches for a while to help take care of the kids?

1. Atticus's brother, Uncle Jack
2. Atticus's sister, Aunt Alexandra
3. Helen Robinson
4. Miss Maudie

What does Aunt Alexandra like to lecture the kids about?

1. Duty to country
2. Respect for their father
3. Their family heritage
4. Sin and the torments of Hell

Why does Dill run away from home?

1. Because his stepfather beat him
2. Because his mother and stepfather didn't pay attention to him
3. Because he didn't want his parents to find out he was expelled from school
4. Because he wanted to join the circus

Why do a group of men come to the Finch house in the evening?

1. To arrest Atticus
2. To tell Atticus that Tom has been killed
3. To offer their help in preparing for Tom's case
4. To warn Atticus that Tom could be in danger

What does Scout do when she sees the men surrounding her father outside the jail?

1. She screams.
2. She runs into the middle of the group.
3. She runs home
4. She starts hitting the man

Why does Walter Cunningham tell the group to leave?

1. Because Scout has shamed him by talking about his son
2. Because Jem won't stop kicking him
3. Because someone has a gun trained on them from a window above
4. Because Atticus threatens to stop giving him free legal advice

Who was guarding Atticus with a gun in his window the whole time?

1. Mr. Underwood, the newspaper owner
2. Sheriff Tate
3. Boo Radley
4. Reverend Sykes

Aunt Alexandra to Scout

‘It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not lady-like—in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em.’”

What does this quote show us about the norms and values held by Aunt Alexandra concerning gender?

Scout to Mr Cunningham

Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment getting along?

What does this quote show us about Scout?

Expectations: what do you think might happen next?

Aims

• You know what happens in chapters 12 - 15 of To Kill A Mockingbird
• You can explain important quotations from these chapters