Q.1
"Why ladies hooked woolen rugs on boiling nights never became clear to me"
  • Scout does not believe that "ladies" should work with "woolen" rugs on "boiling nights"
  • Ladies who "hooked woolen rugs on boiling nights", this does not make sense to Scout
  • Scout does not understand women who hooked woolen rugs on boiling nights because she does not comprehend the behavior of ladies
  • Scout's inability to understand women who "hooked woolen rugs on boiling nights" hints at her incomprehension of "ladies" more generally
Q.2
"He did not do the things our schoolmates' fathers did: he never went hunting, he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the living room and read"
  • Jem and Scout feel that sitting and reading is not typical behavior for a father in Maycomb
  • Atticus does not "hunt", "play poker", "fish", "drink" or "smoke" like the other fathers do
  • Atticus "sat in the living room and read" instead of "fishing" and "hunting" like the other fathers in Maycomb
  • Atticus sits and reads, unlike the fathers of the "schoolmates"
Q.3
"Until it happened I did not realize that Jem was offended by my contradicting him on Hot Steams, and that he was patiently awaiting an opportunity to reward me"
  • Scout is "patiently" waiting for her "reward" from Jem
  • Because of her "contradiction", Jem has planned "revenge" on Scout
  • Scout's use of the term "reward" is ironic, since it refers to the revenge Jem has planned for her
  • Scout's use of the term reward is ironic, since it refers to the revenge Jem has planned for her
Q.4
"Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand into a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me"
  • Aunt Alexandra is completely at home in Maycomb. This point is expressed in the simile of a paired hand and glove
  • Aunt Alexandra is completely at home in "Maycomb". This point is expressed in the simile of a paired "hand and glove"
  • Aunt Alexandra and Maycomb are like a "hand into a glove"
  • Aunt Alexandra and "Maycomb" are like a "hand into a glove"
Q.5
"'Atticus doesn't drink whiskey,' I said. 'He never drunk a drop in his life — nome, yes he did. He said he drank some one time and didn't like it'"
  • Scout claims that "Atticus had never drunk a drop in his life", but corrects herself afterwards
  • After Scout accidentally claims that Atticus had never drunk a drop in his life, she corrects herself with "nome" or "no, ma'am"
  • Scout realizes she has accidentally told a lie when she says that Atticus had never drunk a drop in his life
  • Scout displays her strict honesty when she corrects her first statement that Atticus had "never drunk a drop in his life"
Q.6
"I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in the world, least that's what they seemed like"
  • By using the word seemed, Jem implies that he no longer believes Maycomb people to be the "best folks in the world"
  • By using the word "seemed", Jem implies that he no longer believes Maycomb people to be the best folks in the world
  • By using the word "seemed", Jem implies that he no longer believes Maycomb people to be the "best folks in the world"
  • By using the word "seemed", "Jem" implies that he no longer believes "Maycomb people" to be the "best folks in the world"
Q.7
"It occurred to me that in their own way, Tom Robinson's manners were as good as Atticus's"
  • By using the words "as good as", Scout demonstrates lingering prejudice towards black people
  • Scout's prejudice is evident in her surprise that Tom Robinson's "manners were as good as Atticus's"
  • Scout's observation on Tom Robinson's behavior shows that her prejudices have been challenged
  • All of the above
Q.8
"Dill and Jem were simply going to peep in the window with the loose shutter to see if they could get a look at Boo Radley, and if I didn't want to go with them I could go straight home and keep my fat flopping mouth shut, that was all"
  • The boys expect their peek into the Radley house to be straightforward, because of the "loose" shutter
  • Scout does not believe that the boys' plan will go as "simply" as they expect, although she decides to keep her mouth "shut"
  • Scout is not offended when Jem and Dill tell her to keep her fat flopping mouth shut
  • The reader is meant to understand that Scout is quoting Jem and Dill, who tell her rudely to keep her "fat flopping mouth shut"
Q.9
"Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings"
  • Scout's mention of the importance of recorded ancestors hints at Southerners' pride in being part of written history
  • Scout's mention of the importance of "recorded" ancestors hints at Southerners' pride in being part of written history
  • Scout's mention of the importance of "recorded" ancestors hints at "Southerners' pride" in being part of written history
  • Scout's mention of the importance of recorded ancestors hints at "Southerners'" pride in being part of written history
Q.10
"Maycomb gave them Christmas baskets, welfare money, and the back of its hand"
  • Scout says that "Maycomb" gave the "Ewells" "Christmas baskets"
  • Scout compares Maycomb to a parent slapping a child when she states that the county gave the Ewells the "back of its hand"
  • Scout compares Maycomb giving the Ewells Christmas "baskets" to the relationship between parents and children
  • All of the above
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