Chapter 20

I. Study Questions:

1. What does Dolphus Raymond give Dill to settle his stomach?

2. Why does Mr. Raymond pretend to drink?

3. Why does Mr. Raymond share this secret with the children?

4. What does Atticus do in court that the children never saw him do even at home?

5. What does Atticus argue are some of the reasons that Tom should not be convicted?

6. Does Atticus say that kissing Tom was a crime?

7. What feeling do both Tom and Atticus have for Mayella?

8. What does Atticus say is a great Leveler?

9. How does Atticus end his summation?

II. Find in the chapter the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations and use them in the situations of your own:

находить удовольствие в чем-либо; погубить репутацию; давать повод; пьяница; грешник; доверить секрет; незаурядный человек; публично; в домашней обстановке; просто, как дважды два; глубоко сочувствовать; поставить что-либо на карту; избавляться от чего-либо; солгать.

III. Explain the following allusions and translate the sentences they were used in:

All men are created equal; Rockefeller;
Einstein; distaff side of the Executive branch; Thomas Jefferson.

IV. Comment on the following quotations of Mr. Raymond:

1. "Wh – oh yes, you mean why do I pretend? Well, it's very simple. Some folks don't like the way I live. Now I could say the hell with 'em, I don't care if they don't like it. I do say I don't care if they don't like it, right enough – but I don't say the hell with 'em, see?"

2. "Cry about the simple hell people give other people – without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they're people, too."

V. Reproduce Atticus's final speech to the jury using the following words and word combinations:

corroborative evidence to commit a crime

capital charge to break a code

defendant victim

to come to trial to destroy the evidence

testimony circumstantial evidence

chief witness to swear out a warrant

VI. Retell the chapter on behalf of:

1. Dill;

2. Tom Robinson;

3. Jem;

VII. Speak on:

1. Explain Atticus's views on people's being equal.

2. Describe Atticus's view of lies and immorality. Do you think his view is typical of most of Maycomb society? Why, or why not?

3. What was the unwritten social code that Mayella broke? Are there unwritten social codes that Atticus himself has in his life? And what kinds of bias are there in the society of Maycomb?

Chapter 21

I. Study Questions

1. Who walks down the middle aisle carrying a note to Atticus?

2. What does Calpurnia's note say?

3. Why does Atticus walk down the middle aisle?

4. What does Jim expect the verdict to be? Does Atticus think the same?

5. What is unusual about how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict? Is the verdict predictable or not?

6. Why is Reverend Sykes not sure that the jury would decide in favor of Tom Robinson?

7. How can you tell when a jury has convicted a defendant?

8. Why does Reverend Sykes's voice seem distant after the decision even though he is standing next to Scout?

9. How does Reverend Sykes address Scout?

10. Why does Reverend Sykes ask Scout to stand when her father passes?