Questions from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird (Chapter 23)
What is your opinion of Atticus’s reaction to Bob Ewell’s challenge? Should he have ignored Bob, retaliated, or done something else?
What is “circumstantial evidence”? How does it pertain to Tom’s conviction?
What does Atticus tell Scout about why the jury took so long to convict Tom?
At the end of this chapter, Jem forms a new theory about why Boo Radley has never left his house in years. What is this? In your opinion, how likely is it to be true?
