To Kill A Mockingbird chapters 7 - 11

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What does Boo Radley carve for Jem and Scout out of soap?

1. A dolphin figurine
2. A miniature scultpure of himself
3. Two figures that look like Scout and Jem
4. A snowman

What reason does Boo's brother, Nathan Radley, give Jem for filling in the knothole with cement?

1. He says that's what you do when a tree is dying
2. He says that's what you do when a tree is growing too fast
3. He says Boo did it because he's crazy
4. He says he didn't do it and will give Jem a reward if he figures out who did.

What unexpected natural phenomenon happens in Alabama for the first time in years?

1. Flooding
2. Snow
3. Killer bees
4. An earthquake

What does Boo Radley do during the night of the fire?

1. Steal a pair of Jem's pants
2. Puts cement in the knothole of the tree
3. Puts a blanket over Scout's shoulder
4. Makes a snowman for Scout and Jem

How does Miss Maudie react the day after the fire?

1. She's sad that her house burnt down
2. She's happy because she hated the house anyway
3. She leaves town
4. She sues the fire department for damages

Why do Cecil Jacobs, Francis, and other kids start taunting Scout about her father?

1. Because he is defending a black man
2. Because he's older than the other fathers
3. Because Jem and Scout call him "Atticus" instead of "Dad"
4. Because he doesn't go to church regularly

What does Uncle Jack say about Tom Robinson?

1. That he's guilty like all black men
2. That he is innocent and will be set free
3. That he's innocent but doomed
4. That the case is complicated and it's hard to tell if Tom is guilty or not

Why does it surprise Scout and Jem when Atticus shoots a mad dog?

1. Because he usually kills dogs with his bare hands
2. Because it was an utterly unjustified, violent act
3. Because they thought Jem would get a chance to shoot it first
4. Because they think of him as old and lacking real-life skills

What does Jem have to do as punishment for ruining Mrs. Dubose's flowers?

1. Read to Mrs. Dubose every afternoon for hours
2. Help Miss Maudie with her garden
3. Help feed and bathe Mrs. Dubose
4. Write Mrs. Dubose a letter of apology

What does Mrs Dubose do before she dies

1. Gather the community by her bedside and say goodbye
2. Make amends with people for all the mean things she's said
3. Rewrite her will and leave all her money and property to Jem
4. Kick her morphine addiction

“When we went in the house I saw he had been crying; his face was dirty in the right places, but I thought it odd that I had not heard him.”
- Who is "he" and why has he been crying?

“‘Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win,’ Atticus said.”
Licked = screwed / f'ed, etc. What is Atticus referring to?

Most important quote of the week

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”

What does courage mean to you?