On Dill’s last night in Maycomb, he and Jem decide to “peep in the window with the loose shutter to see if they could get a look at Boo Radley.” Scout discourages them from going to the Radley house, but reluctantly decides to join them. Someone inside the Radley house comes out and fires a shotgun.
How do children spend Dill’s last night in Maycomb?
How do the children plan to spend Dill’s last night in Maycomb? They plan to get into the Radley’s backyard, and they pull it off, but Mr. Radley aware that something is going on fires his shotgun, saying he’ll kill anything that invades his property be it a child, negro, or animal.
Why did Dill and Jem wait till the last night of summer to peek in Boo’s window?
Why do the kids wait until nighttime before peeking into Boo’s window? Because it is darker, because Atticus is so deep in his book he wouldn’t hear them, and finally because it was just before school–and if they were killed at least they could miss school.
What do Jem and Dill decide to do on the last night of summer vacation?
They are going to pass a note to Boo Radley with a fishing pole. Describe Mr. Avery. What do the kids wait for him to do every night?
How does Dill end up in Maycomb?
How did Dill really get to Maycomb? He took money from his mother’s purse and caught the train to Maycomb junction. He walked most of the way to Maycomb from the train and rode a short distance on the back of a cotton wagon.
What was all the commotion on the last summer night before Dill had to leave Maycomb?
Nathan Radley is holding a gun telling the crowd that there was a black man in his garden. He asks everyone to keep an eye out. With all the commotion, Jem forgot that he didn’t have pants on. When questioned by Atticus about it, Dill came up with a story about how he won Jem’s pants when they were playing strip poker.
What does Dill say happened to Jem’s pants?
What does Dill say happened to Jem’s pants? What really happened to them? Dill says he won them in a strip poker game. The pants got hooked on the Radley’s back fence.
What reasons do Jem and Dill give for trying to peek into the Radley window on this particular night?
What reasons do Jem and Dill give for trying to peek into the Radley window on this particular night? Jem and Dill tell Atticus that they wanted to see Boo.
What was unusual about the way Jem found his pants later that night?
What did he find when Jem went back for his pants? When jem returned later that night to get his pants they had been untangles from the fence, sewn (very poorly), and folded and hung on the fence as if they were waiting for him.
Why was Jem crying at the end of chapter 7?
Jem cries at the end of chapter 7 because he realizes all his life when he said how mean Boo was, is was complete and utter lies. Boo was being mistreated the whole time, and no one will help him.
What does Dill say to cause Scout to accuse him of lying?
What does Dill say that causes Scout to accuse him of lying? Dill says his dad doesn’t have a beard, when in beginning of the summer he had told Jem and Scout that his dad did. What direct order does Atticus give the children? He told the to stay away from the Radley house until they were invited in.
What did Jem confess to Scout?
What secret does Jem reveal to Scout? Jem reveals that when he went back for his pants, they were folded and sewn across the fence like as if they were expecting him.
How does Dill explain the missing pants?
Dill explains that Jem lost his pants while playing strip poker by the pond.
Why was Dill staying in Maycomb?
Dill comes to Maycomb to spend time with his relatives, perhaps because his mother is a single parent and needs help with Dill. Like Scout, Dill is very curious. He becomes fascinated with Boo Radley and devotes himself to trying to make Boo come out of his house, where he lives in seclusion.
How old is dill from TKAM?
How Old is Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird? Dill in 7 years old, but his short stature makes him look younger. In fact, Jem originally believes he is only 4 1/2 years old.
What is Dill obsessed with?
Dill becomes obsessed with making Boo Radley come out and Jem goes so far as to run into the Radley front yard and touch the side of their house. When summer ends Dill returns to his home town of Meridian and Scout starts school for the first time.
What false story does Dill tell about the missing pants?
What false story does Dill tell about the missing pants? He lost the pants due to a game of strip poker. How does Atticus take care of the poker problem? He tells the children to settle it on their own.
What does Dill lie about in chapter 6?
He says that he won Jem’s pants from him in a game of strip poker. Scout is unable to sleep because she is so scared. Scout’s imagination runs wild through the night.
Who put the blanket on Scout in the middle of the night?
In the confusion, someone drapes a blanket over Scout. When Atticus later asks her about it, she has no idea who put it over her. Jem realizes that Boo Radley put it on her, and he reveals the whole story of the knothole, the presents, and the mended pants to Atticus.
What was Dill smoking?
He was constructing a cigarette from newspaper and string.
What did Dill see in the window?
Scout and Jem hold up Dill so that he can look in the window, but all he sees are curtains and “a little teeny light way off somewhere.” They move on to the back porch,where Jem carefully tiptoes up to look in another window. Describe what Jem, Scout, and Dill do in the Radley yard at the beginning of the chapter.
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