Harry

**//__ Chapter 6 __//** ** a) **** Why does Scout disapprove of Jem’s and Dill’s plan of looking in at one of the Radley’s windows? **
 * //__ English Q’s Chapter 6, 7, 8 __//**

- ** Scout thinks it would be harder to see inside a house at night. **

** b) **** What does Nathan Radley know about the intruders in his garden? **

- ** He knows that the intruders are children because Jem left his pants behind. “...kicking his pants off to get loose. He ran to the oak tree in his shorts.” **

** c) **** Why does Miss Stephanie refer to a ‘negro’ over whose head Nathan has fired? **

- ** Back in those days if anything went wrong, it was blamed on a person who is black because only criminals could be black people **

** d) **** Why does Dill’s explanation of Jem’s state of dress almost land him in trouble? **

- ** Poker is seen as not appropriate for children. “I don’t want to hear of poker in any form again” ** - ** “Matches were dangerous, but cards were fatal” **

**//__ Chapter 7 __//** ** a) When Jem tells Scout about getting his trousers back, he tells her of something strange. What is this? ** ** -Jem tells Scout they had been mended **  ** “When I went back they were folded across the fence…like they were expecting me” **  ** “They’d been sewed up.” **  ** b) Can you find evidence that Jem is beginning to understand more than Scout about Boo Radley? ** ** - **  ** c) Does Jem still fear the gifts in the tree? Give reasons for your answer **  ** - **  ** d) When the children plan to send a letter to the person who leaves the gifts, they are prevented. How does this happen? Who does it, and why? ** ** - The hole in the tree was filled with cement by Mr Radley because he claimed that the “Tree’s dying. You plug ‘em with cement when they’re sick.” ** **//__ Chapter 8 __//** ** a) Why does Scout quiz Atticus about his visit to the Radley house? How much does he tell her? ** ** - She is curious to know how Mrs Radley died. Atticus tells her that she died of natural causes. **  ** b) What is the ‘near libel’ which Jem puts in the front yard? How does Miss Maudie and Atticus react to it? ** ** - **  ** c) Why does Atticus save Miss Maudie’s oak rocking chair? **  ** - It was what Miss Maudie valued most. **  ** d) When Atticus asks Scout about the blanket around her shoulders, what does Jem realise? ** ** -Jem realises that Boo was the one who had given Scout the blanket. ** ** e) Explain what Atticus means by telling Jem not to let his discovery inspire him to further glory? Is there any reason why Jem might now do as his father says? **  ** -  **  Homework warning: 1