5H GSAW Chapter 5

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GSAW Chapter 5

Summary

Getting in the car as she leaves dinner with Hank, Jean Louise hits her head on the top of the car and complains that cars aren’t as tall as they used to be. They stop to buy “set-ups,” the socially sanctioned form of alcohol, and then Hank drives them to Finch’s Landing, a riverside house once owned by Jean Louise’s extended family. As they drive, Hank mentions Jean Louise’s childhood friend Dill, which prompts Jean Louise to become lost in a childhood memory.

Jean Louise remembers the time that she, Jem, and Dill held a mock revival service. Jem “baptized” a naked Jean Louise in the fishpool of Dill’s great-aunt, Miss Rachel. Miss Rachel caught them and sent Jem and Jean Louise home, where they discovered that Reverend Moorehead, the visiting revival preacher, and his wife had come to their house for dinner. Jean Louise worried that she had disgraced Atticus by appearing naked in front of a preacher, but Atticus found the entire situation funny. 

In the present day, Jean Louise and Hank arrive at Finch’s Landing. They flirt in the moonlight and push each other, fully clothed, into the water. As they drive home wet, Hank says that they can’t continue swimming at midnight once he’s in the state legislature. They drive past a car travelling dangerously fast, a “carload of Negroes” according to Hank.

Short questions

What is the incident of the car and Jem?

1. Jem once stole his father's car.
2. Jem didn't want to ride in his father's car.
3. Jem once fell out of his father's car.
4. Jem was almost killed when his father ran over him.

What has happened to Dill Harris?

1. In Spain.
2. In France.
3. In America.
4. In Italy.

What is a revival?

What is Atticus' reaction to the revival the children enact?

1. He laughs about it.
2. He gets really upset.
3. He punsihes them.
4. He leaves his house to visit his wife's grave.

What is Henry's reaction when Jean Louise states: "I just don't like my world disturbed without some warning"

Questions to discuss

How do the passages about Jean Louise's childhood help develop her character and her relationship with Jem, Dill and Henry?

What do Jean Louise's memories aboit revivals in Maycomb reveal about the role religion played in town?

What does Jean Louise's think of Henry's political beliefs?

How does Henry respond to the carload of African Americans that passes them on the road? And how does Jean Louise?