To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide

Chapter 17 1.What was different about Heck Tate’s appearance today? 2. Where was Mr. Gilmer from? 3. What was the situation with Mr. Gilmer’s eyes? 4. What did Heck find at the “crime scene.” 5. What questions did Atticus ask Heck? 6. Which eye did the girl have blackened? 7. What was wrong with her neck? 8. Who was next called to the stand? 9. What does Scout say about families like the Ewells? 10. Name three things in the Ewell’s front yard. 11. When was the only time people went past the Ewell’s house and why?

12. What is Bob Ewell’s first answer to the question “are you the father of Mayella Ewell? 13. Summarize Mr. Ewell’s account of the evening the “crime” took place. 14. Summarize Judge Taylor’s response to the outburst in the court at Bob Ewells’ descriptions. 15. What does Bob Ewell try to do as soon as Mr. Gilmer is done questioning him? 16. What is the first question Atticus asks Ewell? 17. What was the second question he asked? 18. What seemed to be Atticus’s purpose in asking if Mr. Ewell could read and write? 19. What conclusion did Scout come to about what Atticus was trying to prove? 20. What problem did Scout see with this?