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To Kill a Mockingbird (Chapter 9 Close Read)

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  • Q1
    "You can just take that back, boy!" This order, given by me to Cecil Jacobs, was the beginning of a rather thin time for Jem and me. What does Scout mean by "thin time"?
    a time of hunger
    a time of triumph
    a time of trouble
    a time of friendship
    120s
  • Q2
    Atticus tells Scout: "Scout, you aren't old enough to understand some things yet, but there's been some high talk around town to the effect that I shouldn't do much about defending this man." What do some of the townspeople want Atticus to do?
    They want him to quit his job.
    They want him to prosecute Tom Robinson instead of defend him.
    They want him to do a poor job defending Tom Robinson.
    They want him to do what he can to help Tom Robinson win.
    120s
  • Q3
    "Atticus, are we going to win it?" "No, honey." "Then why--" "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win," Atticus said. Why does Atticus believe that they will lose the case?
    Because the law Tom has broken is so old.
    Because of the racism that is so strong in Alabama.
    Because Tom Robinson is guilty.
    Because he isn't a very good lawyer.
    120s
  • Q4
    "It's different this time," he said. "This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home." Why does Atticus reference the Civil War to explain the situation with the trial to Scout?
    The Civil War was a war that pitted brothers against each other, it was horrible and hard, but in the end we were still one nation.
    The Civil War just ended, so it is on everyone's minds.
    The Civil War was predetermined by the issue of prejudice.
    The Civil War was a war against slavery.
    120s
  • Q5
    "Atticus so rarely asked Jem and me to something for him, I could take being called a coward for him. I felt extremely noble for having remembered, and remained noble for three weeks. Then Christmas came and disaster struck." What is Scout foreshadowing in this passage?
    That she would get into another fight about the trial.
    That a natural disaster would effect her family at Christmastime.
    That Christmas was not going to be a happy time this year.
    That Atticus was going to ask her and Jem for something much bigger at Christmas.
    120s

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