Chapter+1+-+5

=**Due, Tuesday, May 07, 2013.**=

__The Setting__
// Dill Harris: I wonder what he does in there? I wonder what he looks like? //


 * __Ms. Caroline's Class__**



Read the questions below and answer question one or two. You will be marked for knowledge and understanding - do a close reading of each chapter. Pay keen attention to characterization, setting, and conflict. Thinking and Inquiry - Your answer must provide a thorough reflection of the events with your own logical interpretation of these events.Communication - spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure. Use appropriate grammatical conventions. Application - relevancy of these events in our global community.
 * __QUESTIONS - CHAPTER 1-5__ **


 * Answer the following questions: **

1) As the novel begins, we are introduced to the town of Maycomb and its inhabitants through the recollections of the narrator, Jean Louise Finch (Scout).

a) What does Scout tell us about the history of the town? What is life like there when Scout is growing up?

b) What do we learn about the history of Scout’s family? How is this history linked with that of Maycomb?

c) Briefly relate the history of the Radleys. What do you find odd about them? In what ways do the Radleys differ from the Finches?

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2) Dill’s curiosity about Boo Radley sparks a series of attempted encounters with this mysterious, invisible neighbour. Examine each of the following “encounters” with Boo, and answer the questions below:


 * the dare
 * the runaway tire
 * the new game

a) What do the children find so fascinating about Boo Radley?

b) What is the children’s motive in each of these incidents?

c) What evidence is given to illustrate that their actions are not going unnoticed?

d) Miss Maudie tells the children about what happened to Boo Radley. What does she tell them ?

e) After hinting at what kind of person Boo's father is, she tells the children that "Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets" (46). What do you think she means? Explain

a) What does Scout tell us about the history of the town? What is life like there whe n Scout is growing up?

b) What do we learn about the history of Scout’s family? How is this history linked with that of Maycomb?

c) Briefly relate the history of the Radleys. What do you find odd about them? In what ways do the Radleys differ from the Finches?

Dill’s curiosity about Boo Radley sparks a series of attempted encounters with this mysterious, invisible neighbour. Examine each of the following “encounters” with Boo, and answer the questions below: dare

naway tire the new game

a) What do the children find so fascinating about Boo Radley?

b) What is the children’s motive in each of these incidents?

c) What evidence is given to illustrate that their actions are not going unnoticed?