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1. On the very first page of the book the author tells us of Jem's reaction to his arm being broken at the age of thirteen. What was this reaction?
2. How does Jem behave when he suddenly starts to remember his mother, who had died when he was six?
3. How did Jem indicate to Scout that Dill was an "acceptable" friend for them to have?
4. From which neighbour did Jem first learn most of the details of Boo Radley's early life?
5. Why does Jem run onto the Radley lot and slap the side of the house even though he is convinced that Boo Radley is dangerous?
6. How does Jem behave when he finds Scout fighting with Walter Cunningham during the dinner hour of her first day at school?
7. Why does Scout believe that Jem didn't suffer from the Maycomb County School system as badly as she did?
8. How did Jem react when Scout first told him she had been chewing the pieces of gum she had found in the knot-hole of the tree?
9. What was Jem's first decision about what they should do with the Indian-head pennies?
10. According to Scout, for what reason did Jem push the tyre extra hard on the day that she rolled into the Radley lot?
11. What did Jem use to borrow from Calpurnia without her knowing so that the three of them could play the Radley game?
12. What did Jem decide to use to help him deliver a letter to Boo Radley?
13. Which of the following was a reason that Jem and Dill offered Scout for choosing a particular night to go on to the Radley lot and peer through a loose shutter?
14. What was the word that Jem kept using about Scout in order to make her fall in with his plans?
15. Why does Jem believe that he must go back to the Radley lot to retrieve his trousers?
16. What sort of phase did Jem go through in the sixth grade at school?
17. How does Jem react when Mr. Nathan Radley closes up the knothole with cement?
18. What does Jem understand about the shooting of the mad dog that Scout does not?
19. At what age does Jem start becoming difficult to live with so far as Scout is concerned?
20. At what point did Scout consider that Jem "broke the remaining code" of their childhood?
21. When he is slightly older, Jem stops playing with Scout and Dill on a Sunday afternoon. What does he do instead?
22. What is Jem's opinion about the Tom Robinson case when he and Scout and Dill are sent home from the courtroom to get their supper?
23. What physical reaction did Jem have when he heard the jury give its verdict?
24. What personal secret did Jem share with Scout to try to take her mind off arguing with Aunt Alexandra?
25. How did Jem know that he and Scout were under the big oak tree whilst on their way to the pageant on Halloween night?
Source: Author
Philian
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