| Question | Answer |
| What did Dill dare Jem to do? | Dill dared Jem to run up and touch the Radley house.
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What two mistakes did Miss Caroline make on the first day of school? | Miss Caroline's first mistake was to offer Walter Cunningham money; the Cunninghams don't take anything they can't pay back. Her second mistake was trying to tell Burris Ewell to go home and wash out his "cooties."
| Why didn't the Ewells have to go to school? | If the truant officer enforced the laws for the Ewells, Mr. Ewell would probably be jailed. Without their father, wretched as he was, the children would be worse off than if they simply did not go to school. Because the Ewell children's home life was so unusual, the authorities bent the rules for them.
| What did Scout and Jem find in the Radleys' tree? | They found gum and two Indian head pennies.
| What was the Boo Radley game? | Jem, Dill and Scout reenacted the few facts and many peculiar stories they had heard about the Radleys.
| Identify Miss Maudie | Miss Maudie is another neighbor, about the age of Atticus. She is open-minded and enjoys the children's company.
| How did Jem lose his pants? What did he find when he went back for them? | Jem, Scout and Dill went to look into the Radley house. When they were discovered, they ran. Jem got caught on the fence, and in an effort to free himself, he took off his pants and left them on the fence. When he went back for them, they were mended and folded, sitting on the fence.
| Why would there be no more surprises in the tree? | Mr. Nathan Radley cemented the hole closed.
| Identify Mrs. Dubose | Mrs. Dubose is an old lady who lives down the street. She berates the children as they walk past her house.
| How did Jem get even with Scout for contradicting him about "Hot Steams?" | When it was her turn to ride in the tire, he gave her an extra-hard shove. She ended up in the Radleys' front yard. |
