This document contains questions and answers about key events and characters in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". Some of the main points covered include: Calpurnia speaking differently at church than at home; Tom Robinson being found guilty despite Atticus' defense; Bob Ewell spitting in Atticus' face; Tom Robinson being shot while trying to escape from prison; and Boo Radley saving Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell and then disappearing again into the darkness.

1. TKM
Part 2
Questions and Answers

2. 29. Scout hears Calpurnia speaking
differently at the black church than she
does at the Finch house.
30. Reverend Sykes orders the doors shut
until the congregation gives him $10 for
Helen Robinson and her family because
she can’t work while Tom is in jail.
31. The congregation sings by lining
because they can’t read or afford books.

3. 32. Atticus says that Aunt Alexandra is there
to help him with the kids during the
summer because it will be hot.
2. Aunt Alexandra requests that Atticus
explain that the Finch family is important
and that the children need to live up to
the name.
34. Atticus says that Calpurnia will be there
until she wants to leave because she is
family.
35. Atticus is at the jail guarding Tom.

4. 36. Mr. Cunnigham calls off the lynch mob.
37. Mr. Underwood was leaning out of his
window across the street guarding Atticus.
38. “Mobs” are regular people.
39. Miss Maudie believes the trial is morbid
and she has no business with the court.
40. Scout overhears that Judge Taylor
assigned the case to Atticus, so he has to
defend Tom. This comforts her a little bit,
but the town also says that the problem is
that Atticus will really defend Tom.

5. 41. The children sit with Reverend Sykes in
the colored balcony.
42. Atticus asks the sheriff if anyone called a
doctor.
43. Atticus leads Sheriff Tate to remember
that it was Mayella’s right eye.
44. Atticus is attempting to show that Mr.
Ewell is left handed and could have hit his
daughter.

6. 45. Mayella thinks Atticus is mocking her
because he was being polite.
46. Tom says Mayella, grabbed his legs,
hugged him, and kissed him.
47. Tom said he felt sorry for Mayella. This
was a mistake because he was black and
she was white.

7. 48. Mr. Raymond says he pretends to be
drunk to give people a reason for the way
he lives. He prefers to live in a black
world rather than the white one. Calpurnia
is similar because she also navigates
between two worlds.
49. Atticus believes that although people are
not created equal, the court makes them
equal by giving them a fair chance.
50. Rev. Syke’s has never seen a jury side
in favor of a colored man.

8. 51. Atticus tells Alexandra that this is the
way they have made the town and the
children need to learn to deal with it.
52. Miss Maudie says Atticus is the only one
who could keep a jury out for so long. She
also said it was a baby step in the right
direction to end racism.
53. Bob Ewell spat a nasty concoction of
spit and tobacco juice in Atticus’s face.

9. 54. Women can’t serve on juries in Alabama
because they would ask too many
questions and they should be protected
from particular topics.
55. He allowed a Cunningham on the jury
based on a hunch because he felt a
loyalty from the family.
56. Jem decides that Boo just doesn’t want
to come out because people are mean.

10. 57. Miss Stephanie tells Scout to start
wearing dresses if she wants to become a
lady.
58. Atticus tells them that Tom Robinson is
dead.
59. Tom was tired of white men’s chances
and decided to take his own when he was
shot 17 times trying to escape.
60. Mr. Underwood says that it is a crime to
kill a cripple and likened it to the senseless
slaughter of songbirds.

11. 61. Scout concludes that Tom was dead the
minute Mayella opened her mouth and
screamed.
62. Miss Gates condemns Hitler which confuses
Scout because it makes Miss Gates appear to
be hypocrite by hating black people at home.
63. Judge Taylor has a shotgun because
someone cut the screen on the back porch.
64. Helen walks a mile out of her way because
Bob Ewell is chunking at her.

12. 65. Scout knows the body she touches is
not Jem’s because it has a hairy face and
smells like whiskey.
66. Dr. Reynolds says that Jem is alive but
has a broken arm.
67. The extra person is a country man that
Scout doesn’t know.
68. Sheriff Tate tells Atticus that Bob is
dead.
69. Bob Ewell is the kind of man you should
just shoot instead of saying, “hi.”

13. 70. She realizes that he is Boo and says,
“Hey, Boo.”
71. Atticus thinks Jem killed Bob Ewell.
72. The Sheriff says that Bob fell on his own
knife.
73. Scout is sad because Boo gave them
presents and their lives, but they never
gave him anything back.
74. Scout says Stoner’s Boy was very nice.
Atticus adds that most people are nice
when you meet them.