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STUDENT NAME ___________________________________________________ DATE__________________ VI. Chapters 27–31 Before Reading <strong>Focus</strong> Your Reading Questions to Think About The following questions will help you understand the meaning of what you read. You do not have to write out the answers to these questions. Instead, look at them before you begin reading, and think about them while you are reading. 1. What events occur in Maycomb during this part of the novel that make Bob Ewell look suspicious 2. What causes the Maycomb ladies to organize a Halloween festival and Mrs. Merriweather to write a pageant 3. What happens to Scout and Jem on their way home from the pageant 4. Why does the Sheriff insist that Mr. Ewell killed himself by falling on the knife Who is Mr. Tate trying to protect 5. Why does Scout feel sad when Boo returns to his home © 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing 33 <strong>Focus</strong> on Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird
STUDENT NAME ___________________________________________________ DATE__________________ VI. Chapters 27–31 During Reading Build Your Vocabulary Read the sentences below. On the line, write your definition of the word in bold type. Then, on another sheet of paper, use that word in a new sentence of your own. 1. “Miss Tutti was sure those traveling fur sellers who came through town two days ago had purloined their furniture.” purloined: ______________________________________________________________ 2. “After consulting a tree to ascertain from its lichen which way was south, and taking no lip from the subordinates who ventured to correct him . . .” ascertain: ________________________________________________________________ 3. “I took one giant step and found myself reeling: my arms useless, in the dark, I could not keep my balance.” reeling: __________________________________________________________________ 4. “For once in his life, Atticus’s instinctive courtesy failed him: he sat where he was.” instinctive: ______________________________________________________________ 5. “His age was beginning to show, his one sign of inner turmoil, the strong line of his jaw melted a little, one became aware of telltale creases forming under his ears....” turmoil: ________________________________________________________________ 6. “They were white hands, sickly white hands that had never seen the sun, so white they stood out garishly against the dull cream wall in the dim light of Jem’s room.” garishly: ________________________________________________________________ 7. “When Mr. Tate spoke again his voice was barely audible.” audible: ________________________________________________________________ 8. “I ran to him and hugged him and kissed him with all my might....Atticus disengaged himself and looked at me.” disengaged: ______________________________________________________________ 9. “‘Well, I think I’ll stay with you for a while.’ ‘Suit yourself,’ said Atticus. It must have been after midnight, and I was puzzled by his amiable acquiescence.” amiable: ________________________________________________________________ acquiescence: ____________________________________________________________ © 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing 34 <strong>Focus</strong> on Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird
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