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“...his head turning as if its pages contained a live tennis match.” is an example of what literary device?
Simile
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Where does Dill think babies come from?
Either from people or from a man that had a magical island where you could order one
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How does Aunt Alexandra feel about Cal?
She believes she is unnecessary, “we don’t need her now”
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Who doesn’t tell Scout what rape is?
Calpurnia and Uncle Jack
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What are Scout and Dills real names?
Jean Louise Finch and Charles Baker Harris
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What is the underlying theme for chapter 14?
Family can be chosen
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Who is under Scout’s bed?
Dill
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How do Jem and Aunt Alexandra conflict with Scout??
Talking down to them and acting superior
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What does Jem threaten Scout With?
A spanking
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Why doesn’t Boo Radley run away?
He doesn’t have anywhere to go to
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“He could add and subtract faster than lightning, but he preferred his own twilight world, a world where babies slept, waiting to be gathered like morning flies.” What two literary devices are used in this?
metaphor and simile
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How does Atticus describe Calpurnia?
A Faithful member of this family
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What does Jem do to break the ‘Code of our Childhood?’
He told Atticus that Dill was there, snitching on him
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What is the first thing Atticus tells Scout to do after she talks back to Aunt Alexandra?
To apologize
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What does Scout think is under her bed?
A Snake
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“They buy me everything I want, but it's now-you’ve-got-it-go-play-with-it. You’ve got a roomful of things. I-got-you-that-book-so-go-read-it.” This quote is an example of what theme?
Differences between blood family and true family
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How does Atticus respond to the fight that breaks out between Scout and Jem? And later, how does he respond to Dills appearance?
He sends them both to bed, and takes care of Dill
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What is the town gossiping about in the first page of the chapter?
Atticus taking the Tom Robinson case
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Morphodite
How does Scout wrongly insult Jem?
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What is Jem short for?
Jeremy
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Define home, family, and explain Scouts, Dills, and Boo Radleys relationship with both terms.
home is a place where you won’t get kicked out, family is the supporting people who care for each other, Scout has both, Dill only has either when he escapes from is blood home, Boo Radley has nowhere to go.
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How does Scout feel about her family? What lesson does Dill teach her in response?
Scout believes her family is too strict, Dill says they need her and love her unlike his own family who’d do just fine without him
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Why did Dill run away from home?
His parents don’t care for him and his new father locked him in the basement
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What does Atticus pin Scout to the wall with?
“His good eye”
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*Double Jeapardy!*
What weird catchphrase does Miss Ratchel use at DIll?
Do-oo Je-sus
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