Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Chapter 5 Questions
Chapter 6 Vocabulary
Chapter 6 Questions
Other
100
Inquisitive "...he had to stay inside free from inquisitive children."
To be curious
100
Who does Scout spends the rest of the Summer with and why?
Scout spends the rest of the Summer with Maudie Atkinson because Jem and Dill grew closer, plotting schemes with each other and calling Scout a girl.
100
Malignant "...the china berry trees were malignant, hovering, alive."
Evil
100
Who asked Scout to marry him?
Dill asked Scout to marry him. They're "engaged".
100
Who is Jack Finch? How long has he and Miss Maudie known each other?
He is Atticus' brother and he've known Miss Maudie since they were children.
200
Placidly "Jem said placidly, 'We are going to give a note to Boo Radley.' "
Calmly
200
When Scout asks Miss Maudie if Boo Radley is alive, Miss Maudie says he is. What is Miss Maudie's reason for knowing Boo Radley is alive?
Miss Maudie says she hasn't seen him carried out yet.
200
Pilgramage
Journey
200
What were the children doing in the Radley yard and what did they see that made them run away?
They were trying to look through the window, and they saw a shadow on the porch that made them runaway.
200
What do foot-washing Baptists believe in?
They believe anything pleasure is a sin.
300
Benign
Harmless
300
Who is a foot-washing Baptist?
Boo Radley's father
300
Prowess "...the ensuing contest to determine relative distances and respective prowess only made me feel left out again"
Skill
300
Why is it important for Jem to find hims pants that he lost before morning?
He doesn't want Atticus to find out what they did after Dill covered for them
300
The children see Boo Radley as freighting. How does Miss Maudie and Atticus see him?
They see him as a shy man who wants to stay inside the house. Miss Maudie blames Arthur's (Boo Radley) father for this.
400
Asinine "...we were not to play an asinine game he had seen us playing"
Mindless
400
Miss Maudie says "but sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hands of-oh, your father." Who she is criticizing and why?
She's criticizing Boo Radley's father. Her point is that Mr. Radley's idea or right and wrong was rigid, leaving him to punish Boo very cruelly, resulting in causing Boo to become a recluse.
400
Waning
Dwindling
400
What line from the book shows the Jem thinks what they did was wrong?
"We shoudn'a done that tonight, Scout."
400
Jem keeps calling Scout a girl. How is this ironic?
Because Scout is a girl.
500
Edification
Illumination; Instruction
500
Jem, Dill, and Scout try to give Boo Radley a note by sticking it on a pole and attempting to hang the note through the window of Boo Radley's house, even though they used to never want to go near the house. What does this reveal?
This reveal that the kids are starting to view Boo Radley as human. They wanted him to come out to get to know him and get some ice cream.
500
Dismemberment "Atticus saved Dill from immediate dismemberment.
Mutliation
500
What is the cause of Jem's change of heart?
Jem is becoming more mature.
500
It was said Mr. Nathan Radley shot at a Negro in his collard patch, instead of Jem, Scout, and Dill. When the kids were trying to escape, Jem lost his pants. What was Dill's excuse/cover-up story?
The cover-up was that they were playing strip poker by the fish-pool.
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