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TKAM ?'s Latest Exam @ 2024 Our narrator is Scout, a girl who will grow from age 6 to almost 9 during the story. What do you suppose we, as the readers, should be aware of as we listen to Scout tell her story? Is a child a reliable or unreliable narrator? Defend your answer. - Answer She i s a child. Kids often exaggerate things or don't seem them the same as grownups. She i s young and doesn't have experience in the world. Jem and Scout call their father by his first name, Atticus, instead of calling him "Dad" or "Daddy." What does this tell you about their relationship? - Answer The y don't have a typical relationship with their dad. They call him by his first name which shows that he has higher expectations for them and they have a more mature relationship with him. We know that the setting of this story will be Maycomb, Alabama, a sleepy Southe rn town that's a little rough around the edges. What is the time period of this story? Gi ve evidence to support your conclusion about the time period of this novel. - Answer The story takes place in the 1930s during the great depression and while racism is still presen t. Dill, the children's neighbor during the summer, is described as "a pocket Mer lin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies." What does this mean? - Answer He is imaginative and has all kinds of stories. Who are the Radley's? Describe their house and yard. - Answer The Radley's are a family that live on the same street at the Finch's. They keep to themselves. Their house w as white with a deep front porch and green shutters. The shingles were rotting and the trees kept the sun away from it so it was always dark. The yard wasn't take care of they didn't open their doors on Sunday's, which wasn't normal in their town. Who were the Cunningham boys and what happened to them? What's the irony here? - Answer The Cunningham boys were a group Boo Radley ran around with and they all got in trouble together. The irony is that the Cunningham boys were forced to go t o industrial school but Boo's dad wouldn't let him go. The Cunningham boys got a good education and were reformed. Boo didn't and never became anything except a recluse. According to Jem, how do you get a turtle to come out of its shell? In what way might this idea be an apt parallel to get people to do what they don't want to do? Give an real -world example to support your answer. - Answer Jim says that lighting a match under a tu rtle will get it to come out of it's shell. This gives people motivation to somethi ng they wouldn't do on their own. Like the idea of failing this class. I don't want to take it over, even for a semester, so that idea is my match. Find a simile from this chapter and write down the sentence in which it appears. Yes, I want you to write down the full sentence. - Answer Ladies bathed before noo n after their three o clock naps and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of swea t and sweet talcum. Why does Scout's ability to read and write annoy her teacher, Miss Caroline? - Answer Scout's ability to read and write frustrate her teacher because she doesn't know what to do with her. Miss. Caroline expected to be teaching her class as a whole. She never thought about the individuality of the students she'd be educating. She is a new tea cher and wants to do things her way. Atticus says that country people, like the Cunningham's, were hit the hardest by " the crash." To what is he referring? Why would country people be the ones to suffer the most? - Answer People like the Cunningham's were already poor to start with and didn't have anything to lose. When the stock market crashed and the great depression started, they couldn't even afford to grow their own stuff and that meant they couldn't feed t heir own families. Why are professional people also suffering? - Answer Because many of them lost thei r jobs. Why does Jem not want Scout to acknowledge him at school? Is his behavior ty pical of an older brother? - Answer He doesn't want the other kids to make fun of him for hav ing his little sister hanging around. I would say this is pretty typical for all olde r brothers. An entailment is an unusual legality that prohibits a piece of land from being so ld. It was designed to protect a family's interest in a piece of land because it could only be passed down to a member of the same family, never sold for profit. Jem describes an entail ment as "a condition of having your tail in a crack," and Atticus later says tha t Jem's description is surprisingly accurate. How is this an apt description for the Cunningham family? - Answer The Cunningham's were very poor and could have used the money from selling their house to have a better life but they were stuck and couldn't sel l it because it was an entailment. What do you think of Miss Caroline Fisher as a teacher? - Answer Miss Caroline sounds like a new teacher who wants things to only be done her way and doesn't believe in other people's ways. She doesn't sound like she knows much about the way of country people or the people in the town she's in. Why does Walter Cunningham drench his lunch in molasses/syrup? - Answer He nev er gets to eat it because of how poor he is so he drenches it so he can appreciate it When Scout criticizes Walter Cunningham's eating habits, Calpurnia scolds Scout, smacks her on the bottom as she sends the girl out of the room, and then lectures her on proper manners, saying, "Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em." What does Calpurnia mean here? Is she right? - Answer Calpurnia is admonishing Scout for not using the manners she's been taught. Calpurnia is completely in the right. Scout has been taught better, and Walter hasn't . She needs to hold her tongue and be polite to their guest. In the tiff between Scout and Calpurnia, Atticus takes Calpurnia's side. What does this show us? - Answer This shows adult support within the home. Calpurnia is the re to guide and care for his children, Atticus will not second guess or contradict her, particularly when she's right. Describe the way that Atticus treats Walter. What do you think of this? - Answer A tticus is able to talk to Walter about farming. He also treats him like a grown man, as Sco ut notes. When Walter asks for molasses to pour on his dinner, Atticus doesn't skip a beat, although it upsets Scout. Walter is company, and Atticus treats him that way. At ticus is the epitome of a gentleman, and he treats Walter like an honored guest. Walter is t reated as one of the family, and he enjoys his time with Atticus....... they "tal k like two men." Atticus makes sure he speaks with Walter about topics Walter knows like f arming. Atticus tells Scout that you never really understand a person "until you climb in to his skin and walk around in it." What does this mean? Give an example from your world toThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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