<p> TKAM Reading Guide Chapters 9-15</p><p>Name Period </p><p>Score /10 Chapter Questions Due </p><p>Score /10 Extended Response</p><p>Directions: Answer all questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper. Be sure to label the chapter in which the questions are from. Attach this sheet to your questions.</p><p>Chapter Nine:</p><p>Who are the following people and how are they related to Atticus and to the children? a. Alexandra b. Francis c. Jack d. Jimmy</p><p>Chapter Ten:</p><p>1. At the beginning of this chapter, Scout is ashamed of Atticus. List his faults as she sees them.</p><p>2. Explain why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, according to Miss Maudie.</p><p>Chapter Eleven:</p><p>1. Why do you think the author gives such a detailed and ugly description of Mrs. Dubose? How does it make you feel?</p><p>2. Atticus explains to the children why he considered Mrs. Dubose to be a “great lady” and a brave person. How does this “fit in” with his explanation of why he is defending Tom Robinson?</p><p>Chapter Twelve:</p><p>Why does Cal speak one way around colored people and another way around white people? Is she being honest or hypocritical in what she does? Explain. Chapter Thirteen:</p><p>Scout and Aunt Alexandria communicate very poorly with each other. Is the fault more with one than the other, or are they equally at fault? Explain.</p><p>Chapter Fourteen:</p><p>Explain how Jem “broke the remaining code of our childhood.”</p><p>Chapter Fifteen:</p><p>1. Describe events prior to the scene at the Maycomb jail that show the tension and unrest of the town. Be specific.</p><p>2. What does Scout’s childish attempt at conversation accomplish? Explain.</p><p>Extended Response Question</p><p>Directions Select one of the two questions below and write an extended response. Be sure to use information from the novel to support your answer. This will be a graded assignment worth 10 points and due the same time the Reading Guide questions are due! Be sure to check the calendar for due dates!</p><p>Literary Analysis: When the narrator uses irony, she means something different from what she says. </p><p> Francis tells Scout that he got just what he asked for, for Christmas. What does Scout really mean when she says, ”Francis had requested a pair of knee-pants, a red leather booksack, five shirts, and an untied bow tie”? </p><p> Discuss the irony of the following statement and the situation, which it describes. “…there followed what I later realized was sickeningly comic aspect of an unfunny situation: the men talked in near- whispers.” </p>