SUMMARy oF CHAPTERS oNE AND TWo
A yoUNG GiRL NAMED JEAN LoUiSE FiNCH, oR SCoUT, LiVES oN A SMALL FARM iN MAYCoMB, ALABAMA. THiS ALL TAKES PLACE DURiNG THE GREAT DEPRESSioN. SHE LiVES WiTH JEREMy, oR JEM [HER oLDER BRoTHER], ATTiCUS [HER FATHER], ALEXANDRiA [HER SiSTER], AND CALPURNiA [THEiR CooK]. EVEN THoUGH CALPURNiA iS THE CooK, SHE iS ALSo KiND oF LiKE THEiR MoTHER, BECAUSE SCoUT'S MoTHER DiED WHEN SHE WAS 2 AND JEM WAS 6. So JEM REMEMBERS HER WELL ENoUGH AND GETS VERy EMoTioNAL AND DEPRESSED WHEN THEy BRiNG HER UP.
EVERy SUMMER A Boy NAMED CHARLES B. HARRiS, oR DiLL, MoVES iN WiTH MiSS RACHEL HAVERFoRD [HiS AUNT] RiGHT NEXT DooR To THE FiNCH PLACE. DURiNG THAT TiME ATTiCUS WoULD HAVE JEM, DiLL, AND SCoUT READ AND ACT oUT SToRiES. THEy WoULD ALWAyS FANTiSiZE ABoUT THE MySTERioUS Boo RADLEy. So oNE DAy THEY TRY To CoME UP WiTH AN iDEA oF LURiNG HiM oUT oF HiS HoUSE. THERE WERE MANy SToRiES THAT HAVE BEEN HEARD ABoUT HoW HiS WAyS ARE BUT No oNE HAS HAD THE GUTS To TRy To PRoVE iT. THAT'S WHEN DiLL DECiDED To DARE JEM To ToUCH THE HoUSE, AND JEM DiDN'T WANT To SEEM LiKE A PUNK AND CHiCKEN oUT So HE TooK THE DARE. HE RAN AS FAST AS HE CoULD To THE HouSE, ToUCHED iT, AND RAN BACK. THE oNLy THiNG HE SAW WAS THE SHUTTER MoVE AS iF THERE WAS SoMEoNE LooKiNG oUT THE WiNDoW.
oNCE SUMMER ENDS DiLL WiLL HAVE To LEAVE AND SCoUT WiLL HAVE To START SCHooL FoR THE VERy FiRST TiME. HER FiRST DAY WAS GoiNG GooD...UNTiL SHE MET MiSS CARoLiNE [HER TEACHER]. THE TEACHER HAD oFFERED A BoY iN THE CLASS A QUARTER FoR LUNCH, BUT THE BoY WoULD NoT ACCEPT iT. So SCoUT STooD UP iN FRoNT oF THE CLASS AND EXPLAiNED WHy HE WoULD'T TAKE THE MoNEY, AND MiSS CARoLiNE TooK iT THE WRoNG WAy AND SLAPPED SCoUT'S HAND WiTH A RULER. SooN AFTER THAT, WHiLE THEy WERE TAKiNG THEiR READiNG LESSoN MiSS CARoLiNE NoTiCED THAT SCoUT ALREADy KNEW HoW To READ A LiTTLE BiT AND GoT MAD AT HER FoR THAT.

QUESTioNS & ANSWERS FRoM SCoUT FRoM
To KiLL A MoCKiNGBiRD
REPoRTER FRoM GRoUP 17

Q: Hello. I’m a reporter from group 17. What’s your name?

A: My name is Jean Louise Finch, but you can call me Scout, that's what everybody calls me.

Q: And how old are you? And what grade are you in?

A: I’m 7 years old and in the 1st grade.

Q: So to you how is it like living in the south? How is the whole weather thing working out?

A: Well it’s ok; I mean this is pretty much the only place I’ve lived in. But the weather is very hot. You can’t do anything around here without having sweat dripping down your back.

Q: So I know your mother passsed away a couple years ago. How did you take that?

A: Well not as bad because I was still little. I think Jem took it a bit harder. We don't really like to talk about it.

Q: Gosh. Im very sorry. But ummm Jem is your brother right?

A: Yup sure is...

Q: Oh ok and who is Atticus?

A:That's my daddy.


Q: So how is school going for you? Do you like it?


A: I guees school is alright, I mean it's not the best all to the fact that my teacher, Miss. Caroline yelled at me just cuz I'm ahead of everybody else.


Q: What do you mean more ahead then everybody else?


A: Oh cus I can kinda read and write. And everybody else is just starting to learn to do all that.


Q: And who teaches you how to do all of that?


A: My daddy. He reads to me every night.


Q: That's nice. So are there any boys that you like or are interested in. A boyfriend maybe?


A: Well there is this one boy. His name is Dill. He's extremely good looking. But he comes to visit me every summer when he stays with his aunt. Were planning to get married soon.


Q: Awww how lovely. Already planning the marriage now aren't we? Well that's all the time we have for today. It was a pleasure talking with you.


A: It was nice talking to you too.