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ENGL 51: Eleventh Grade English 1 Portfolio Assignment 11.3 Chapter Questions from the Novel To Kill a Mockingbird As you read the novel, you will be answering discussion questions in a minimum of two to three complete sentences. Answer the questions in the organizer below, which you will submit with your portfolio. Make sure you label everything clearly and include the chapter number and question before you type your answer. Save the document as YourLastName_PortfolioAssignment11.3.pdf (for example, if my last name was Johnson, my portfolio assignment file name would be Johnson_PortfolioAssignment11.3.pdf). You will be submitting your questions and answers with your final portfolio. ENGL 51: Eleventh Grade English 1 Portfolio Assignment 14.3 Chapter Questions To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 17–24 Name: ____________________________________________________ Date: _____________________________________________________ Confirmation Number: ________________________________________ Chapter 17: Summary Atticus cross-examines Bob Ewell on the stand. Ewell’s testimony is discredited before the jury. First, Atticus draws attention to his failing to summon a doctor to tend to his daughter’s injuries, and second, Atticus shows the jury Bob Ewell’s left-handedness. Chapter 17: Questions 1. What are the main points in Heck Tate’s evidence? What does Atticus show in his crossexamination of Sheriff Tate? 2. What do we learn indirectly about the home life of the Ewell family in this chapter? 3. What do you learn from Bob Ewell’s evidence? Chapter 18: Summary Mayella testifies about the assault and is cross-examined by Atticus. Atticus has Tom stand in order to display his disability. Scout is afraid that Mr. Underwood will tell Atticus that she, Scout, and Dill are attending the trial. Chapter 18: Questions 1. How is Mayella like her father? How is she different from him? 2. Why do you think Mayella begins to cry in the court? 3. How does Mayella react to Atticus’s politeness? Why does she react this way? Chapter 19: Summary Tom Robinson testifies in his own defense. During his cross-examination, Dill begins to cry and Scout takes him out of court with Jem. They take him to sit out by a shade tree and observe other court watchers where they meet the fascinating Mr. Dolphous Raymond. Chapter19: Questions 1. What made Tom visit the Ewells’ house in the first place? 2. Why do you think Scout observes Mayella Ewell as being “the loneliest person in the world”? 3. Why do you think Dill reacts to Tom Robinson’s cross-examination in such a way? Chapter 20: Summary Dolphus Raymond helps Dill feel better by offering him Coca-Cola and praising Atticus. He also gives the children some general observations about life. Upon returning to the courtroom, the children find Atticus in the middle of his closing arguments to the jury. Feeling quite pleased with themselves for having seen the trial when they were not supposed to, the children notice Calpurnia enter the courtroom as Atticus finishes they and see that she has a note for Atticus. Chapter 20: Questions 1. Ironically, Scout had been told that “Mr. Dolphus Raymond was an evil man.” Was that information accurate? 2. Why does Dolphus Raymond hide Coca-Cola in a bag? 3. In your own words, explain Atticus’s views on the equality of people. Chapter 21: Summary The children are caught in the balcony, and Atticus sends them home. An hour after dinner, they return and wait until after 11:00 that evening, when the jury returns with a verdict. As Atticus departs the courtroom, black members of the balcony audience respectfully stand. Chapter 21: Questions 1. What does Jem expect the verdict to be? Does Atticus think the same thing? 2. What is unusual about how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict? Is the verdict predictable or not? 3. As Scout waits for the verdict, she thinks of earlier events. What are these events, and how do they remind us of the novel’s central themes? Lesson 22: Summary Atticus defends the children’s right to observe the tensions in the community and courtroom. The next morning, Calpurnia discovers that grateful members of the black community have placed gifts of food on the Finch’s porch. Miss Maudie champions Atticus’s Christian deed when Jem feels despondent. Neighbors warn the children that Bob Ewell spat in their father’s face earlier that morning at the post office and threatened him. Chapter 22: Questions 1. Although Atticus did not want his children in court, he defends Jem’s right to know what has happened. In your own words, explain Atticus’s reasons for this. 2. Miss Maudie tells Jem that “things are never as bad as they seem.” What reasons does she give for this view? 3. Why does Dill say that he will be a clown when he grows up? Why is this statement both sad and true about human nature? Chapter 23: Summary Jem worries about the threat; Aunt Alexandra fears a sneaky retribution. Late in the summer, Tom goes to Enfield Prison Farm. Atticus is encouraged by how long the jury stayed out for deliberation and is glad he accepted Cunningham on the panel. Lesson 23: Questions 1. What is your opinion of Atticus’s reaction to Bob Ewell’s challenge? Should he have ignored Bob, retaliated, or done something else? 2. What is “circumstantial evidence”? How does it pertain to Tom’s conviction? 3. What does Atticus tell Scout about why the jury took so long to convict Tom? 4. At the end of this chapter, Jem forms a new theory about why Boo Radley has never left his house in years. What is this? In your opinion, how likely is it to be true? Lesson 24: Summary Late in August at Alexandra’s missionary circle, Scout helps Calpurnia serve charlotte and tarts. Atticus arrives home to tell Calpurnia that Tom (discouraged by the trial) attempted to escape from the prison farm and was shot to death by the white guards. Alexandra admires Atticus for his character and regrets his sufferings. Lesson24: Questions 1. Compare the reaction of Miss Maudie with the other ladies’ reactions when Scout says she is wearing her “britches” under her dress. 2. What is Atticus’s explanation for Tom’s attempted escape? Do you agree with Atticus? 3. In this chapter, how do we see Aunt Alexandra in a new light? How does Miss Maudie support her?
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