To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 3 Answers

To Kill a Mockingbird — Chapter Three Questions

1. A hain’t would mean ‘ghost’ or ‘spook.’ The situation in which this word is mentioned when Jem invites Walter Cunningham to come eat lunch with Scout and him. As they are walking home from school, the three pass by the Radley Place, at which Jem points to and states, “A hain’t lives there.”

2. Scout was stunned to see Walter having such a mature conversation with her intelligent, highly educated father, as she states on page 31, “Atticus greeted Walter and began a discussion about crops neither Jem nor I could follow.” Essentially, Scout interpreted Walter as an illiterate, brainless, halfwit. Because he failed the first grade many times (not due to his intelligence, however),

Scout states on page 45, “For some reason, my first year of school had wrought a great change in our relationship. Calpurnia 's tyranny, unfairness, and meddling in my business had faded to gentle grumblings of general disapproval.” This quote implies that Scout is simply not as present at the house as before, when she didn’t attend school. Therefore, there is very little chance for Scout to irritate Calpurnia or cause disorder, which usually led to Calpurnia’s outbursts.

2. As Jem and Scout were walking home from school (it was the last day), they noticed something inside an oak tree near the Radley Place, which, upon closer inspection, revealed to be two Indian-head pennies. As Jem pocketed the two coins, he looked at the Radley Place, and, as Scout states, “He seemed to be thinking again.” Indeed, he was thinking about who the pennies could belong to, why someone would hide them in such a place, and, most importantly, what to do with them

It means that he stopped moving forward, similar to the action of stopping swimming in the middle of the swimming pool and having to tread water. Since he was afraid, Jem abruptly hesitated, but then, after ‘treading water’ for a second or two, he managed to persevere, dash through the gate and retrieve the tire.

5. On page 52, Scout states “Jem was a born hero.” Scout thinks this because, in her eyes, Jem’s ability to create a complete, full-fledged story of the Radley family (which is based upon the bits of gossip they have pieced together over time, including segments that originate from Jem 's own imagination.) is rather incredible. He also confronts Atticus, and lies to him about the Boo Radley game, in order to protect Dill and Scout.

6. At the end, Scout states, “Atticus’s arrival was the second reason I wanted to quit the game. The first reason happened the day I rolled into the Radley yard...I had heard another sound...Someone inside the house was laughing.” Although the laughter might have been spooky to Scout, the laughter might have been coming from Boo Radley. Boo could’ve been simply amused from watching the antics of the children outside his door. His laughter was, most likely, pure glee from watching Scout pop out of the tire, confused and