TKAMChapter Six Seven Worksheet

To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter 6 and 7 Worksheet

Task A
Decide which events occur in Chapter 6 and which in Chapter 7
1. Jem looks through a window at the Radley house. Chapter 6/Chapter 7
2. Jem loses his pants trying to escape from the Radley house. Chapter 6/Chapter 7
3. The knothole in the tree is filled in with cement. Chapter 6/Chapter 7
4. Nathan Radley explains that the tree is dying. Chapter 6/Chapter 7
5. Jem tells Scout that someone has mended the pants he lost. Chapter 6/Chapter 7
6. Jem complains that Scout is acting more and more like a girl. Chapter 6/Chapter 7
7. The children suspect that a shotgun has been fired at them. Chapter 6/Chapter 7
8. Mr Radley claims that he shot at a black man. Chapter 6/Chapter 7
9. Jem assures Scout that school gets better. Chapter 6/Chapter 7
Task B (Chapter 6)
Complete the multiple choice questions relating to Chapter 6
1. What does Dill suggest that they all do?
a) Go for a walk.
b) Talk to Mr Avery
c) Take a look in the knothole of the oak tree
d) Have a cup of coffee with Miss Maudie
2. Who did the three children hear laugh as they walked down the street?
a) Miss Maudie
b) Boo Radley
c) Burris Ewell
d) Miss Stephanie Crawford
3. How does Scout respond to being told by Jem that she is being a girl?
a) She tells Jem to be quiet and mind his manners.
b) She realizes that she has no choice but to stay with the boys.
c) She cries and tells Atticus that Jem was mean to her.
d) She asks Dill to defend her and gets upset.
4. What does Dill see through the window at the Radley house?
a) Only curtains and some light.
b) He sees Boo Radley watching a game of baseball on TV.
c) He looks at Arthur Radley reading the Bible in his front room.
d) He sees a dog curled up in front of a blazing fire.
5. What happens after Scout trips in the collard patch?
a) She twists her ankle.
b) She blames it all on Jem.
c) A shotgun is discharged.
d) A dog starts barking.
6. Who invents a timely excuse to explain why Jem isn’t wearing any pants?
a) Scout
b) Atticus
c) Miss Stephanie Crawford
d) Dill
7. Who does Nathan Radley think that he shot at?
a) Burris Ewell
b) Walter Cunningham
c) Jem, Dill, and Scout
d) A black man
8. What feeling does Lee convey with the line, ‘Every night sound I heard from my cot on the back-
porch was magnified three-fold’.
a) Relaxation and tranquillity
b) Peacefulness and rest
c) Anxiety and fear
d) Anger and aggression
9. ‘Sometimes I did not understand him (Jem), but my periods of bewilderment were short-lived.’
What does this tell us about Scout and Jem’s relationship?
a) That they do not get along with each other at all.
b) That Jem always bullies Scout and makes her feel useless and incompetent.
c) That Scout sometimes does not get along with Jem, but generally they have a good relationship.
d) That Scout does not understand Jem because he is a boy.
Exercise C (Chapter 7)
Complete the true or false questions with reference to the events of Chapter 7
1. At the beginning of the chapter, Scout is starting third grade. True/False
2. Scout is now walking home from school with Jem. True/False
3. Jem tells Scout not to take the gray twine from the knothole in the tree. True/False
4. After three days, Jem took the gray twine from the knothole. True/False
5. There is always a winter season in South Alabama. True/False
6. Jem and Scout find an engraved image in the knothole that looks like Dill. True/False
7. Jem’s middle name is the same as his father’s first name. True/False
8. Atticus knows that there is something wrong with the tree. True/False
9. At the end of the chapter, Atticus cries. True/False
Exercise D (Chapter 6/7)
Match the events of the chapters to the themes.
1. Jem looks inside the Radley house. A) Racism
2. Jem complains that Scout is acting more and more like a girl. B) Sexism
3. Nathan Radley believes that he shot at a black man. C) Maturity
4. Dill covers for Jem by saying he won his pants in a game. D) Symbolism
5. Scout talks Jem out of going back to retrieve his pants from the Radley’s E) Courage
6. Nathan Radley fills in the tree with cement. F) Friendship
Exercise E (Chapter 6/7)
Complete the summary of the two chapters by adding the missing words
communicating Jem reluctant mature shadowy
behaving knothole trespassing risky restrict
Having listened to Miss Maudie defend the Radleys in the previous chapter, Scout is ______________ (1)
to join Dill and Jem as they go off to spy on the Radley household. However, her resistance is broken when
Jem accuses Scout of _______________ (2) like a girl. With her pride dented, Scout feels that she has no
choice but to tag along.
It takes a while for the trio to catch sight of anything happening inside the house, but eventually they see a
_______________ (3) figure inside the residence and immediately run away, with _______________ (4)
losing his pants in a bid to make a hasty escape.
When the children get home they notice a commotion in the street. Everyone seems to believe that Mr
Radley has shot at a black man, but the reader knows that this is impossible because only Jem, Dill, and
Scout were _______________ (5) on his property. This underlines the endemic racism in Maycomb,
because they automatically assume that the trespasser was black without having any evidence to support
their claim.
While Jem is determined to go back to the Radley house to retrieve his pants, Scout is ____________ (6)
enough to talk him out of going. She knows that it would be extremely ______________ (7), especially
after Mr Radley had just fired his shotgun. During the chapter, Scout and Jem become closer because they
walk home from school together a lot. They also happen to find objects in the knothole of the tree close to
the Radley house. This seems to be Boo’s way of ________________ (8) with them, but towards the end of
the chapter Mr Nathan Radley fills in the _________________ (9) with cement. It is not clear why he is
doing this: whether it is because the tree is sick and dying or because he wants to ________________ (10)
Boo’s contact with the outside world.
Exercise F (writing)
Reflect on the following question
What examples of discrimination did you find in these two chapters? What do you think of the relationship
between Jem and Scout?
Exercise G
Match the words to the definitions
1. To leap a) Over there; distant.
2. Yonder b) To walk secretively and slowly, like a robber.
3. Prowess c) Weird, strange, unsettling, scary
4. Fishy d) To jump
5. Ramshackle e) Alone
6. Eery f) Skill, proficiency, excellence in something
7. To creep g) posture with the knees bent and the upper body bent over
8. To crouch h) To run quickly, like a horse
9. To gallop i) Suspicious, creating doubt and unease.
10. Solitary j) In a poor condition, very poorly constructed.

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