To Kill a Mockingbird Questions Chapter 11
- How does Atticus advise Jem to react to Mrs. Dubose’s taunts?
- What does Mrs. Dubose say about the children’s mother? How does Jem feel about this?
- What request does Mrs. Dubose make of Jem? Is this a fair punishment for his “crime”?
- Explain in your own words what Atticus thinks of insults like “nigger-lover”. How far do you agree with him?
- Why, in Atticus’s view, was Mrs. Dubose “a great lady”?
