CH.2
Many children in Maycomb cannot pass the first grade because they miss too much school from ___________.
They work in the fields to help their parents.
Scout makes fun of Walter at lunch because he __________.
He pours syrup on his food.
Scout keeps __________ a secret from Jem.
Hearing laughter from the Radley house after rolling into the yard
When Scout feels that Jem and Dill are excluding her, she spends time with _________.
Miss Maudie
Jem loses his pants when ________.
The pants get caught on the fence as the kids try to escape after Nathan Radley shoots into the yard.
Poor people in Maycomb pay back the doctors and lawyers by ___________.
They give them part of their crops or firewood.
The Ewell children don't go to school because _______.
Their parents don't make them and the laws are not enforced for them.
The children try to keep this game a secret from Atticus.
Their Radley skits
Give three pieces of information about Miss Maudie.
Possible answers:
She likes to bake. She always gives the kids treats.
She likes to garden. She knew Boo as a teenager.
She is a widow. She is friends with Uncle Jack.
Dill's lie about the missing pants is _________.
The pants were lost in a game of strip-poker.
Miss Caroline punishes Scout for ________ and ________.
Reading and writing
Calpurnia tells Scout that anyone who comes to their house is ________.
Their company and should be treated with respect.
Chewing gum.
The kids try to get Boo to come out of his house by _________.
Writing a note and attaching it to a fishing pole. The note says that if he comes out they'll give him ice-cream.
Jem sneaks back out of the house to ________.
Retrieve his pants from the Radley's yard.
Walter will not accept the quarter from Miss Caroline because _________.
He won't accept anything he can't pay back.
Scout's biggest fear about returning to school is that _______.
She and Atticus will not be able to read together any more.
A velvet ring box containing two old pennies
Atticus doesn't approve of trying to give Boo the note because ________.
if he wanted to come out of the house, he would. The kids need to leave him alone. The civilized way to communicate with someone is through the front door.
Scout warns Jem not to sneak back out because _______.
Miss Caroline is unusual in Maycomb county because she is from ______________.
North Alabama
Burris Ewell is sent home by Miss Caroline because he has ________.
Lice (or "cooties")
The tree containing the gifts for the children is located _______.
in the Radley's yard
Miss Maudie is told she's going to hell because _______.
She spends too much time gardening and not enough time inside reading the Bible.
Scouts knows that Jem is keeping a secret from her because when he returns from retrieving his pants, he _________
is shaking/trembling