5H GSAW Chapter 15

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GSAW Chapter 15

Summary

Jean Louise returns to the ice cream shop standing on the site of her old house, and Mr. Cunningham gives her a free pint of ice cream for guessing his name. As she sits, she recalls attending her first dance. Jem and Hank were both seniors, and Hank asked her to be his date. Self-conscious about her body shape, she wore a pair of false breasts (falsies) underneath her dress. A few hours before the dance, Jean Louise realized that she didn’t know how to dance, and Uncle Jack came over to give her a quick lesson.

Jean Louise enjoyed the dance, dancing with a number of other boys besides Hank and Jem. After a while, Hank clutched her tightly to him and suggested they go outside, where he pointed out to her that her falsies had shifted while she was dancing. She burst into tears and asked to be taken home, but he insisted that she simply take them out and continue dancing. He took the offending falsies and threw them as far as he could into the dark. They returned to the dance, and no one seemed to notice her change in appearance.

The next morning, Mr. Tuffett, the high school principal, was infuriated to find Jean Louise’s falsies hanging on top of a large billboard outside the school. He demanded a signed letter from the guilty party admitting responsibility for the act. Instead of confessing, Hank convinced more than a hundred girls to write a letter to the principal saying the falsies look like theirs, making it possible for Jean Louise to also confess without being punished. When Jean Louise asked where Hank got the idea, he explained that he “consulted [his] lawyer” (Atticus) for advice.

Short questions

Why does Jean Louise go the icecream parlor after her visit to uncle Jack?

What did Jean Louise particularly like about Maycomb people?

Who took Jean Louise to her first high school dance?

1. Atticus
2. Uncle Jack
3. Henry
4. Jem

Who teaches Jean Louise how to dance?

1. Uncle Jack
2. Atticus
3. Calpurnia
4. Jem

What did Henry buy for Jean Louise before they went to the dance?

1. A rose
2. two pink camelia's
3. a proper bra
4. a book

Questions to discuss

What did Henry do to keep Jean Louise from confessing the falsies were hers?

At the end of Chapter 15, what has Jean Louise realized about her family and her home?