To Kill a Mockingbird Questions Chapter 21
- What does Jem expect the verdict to be? Does Atticus think the same? Why?
- What is unusual about how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict? Is the verdict predictable or not?
- What does Reverend Sykes instruction to Scout to stand up show about his people’s attitude toward Atticus?
- What verdict does the jury deliver?
- Outside the jail, to whom does Scout speak, thus diffusing the tense situation?
