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About This Passage
This passage is the calm part of the night, before anything bad happens. Scout has just put on her chicken-wire ham costume backstage, and the band is about to play. The room is full of people in costumes — three-corner hats, country children dressed as butterbeans and peanuts. The bass drum is going to start, and Mrs. Merriweather will say her line. The passage is gentle and noisy at the same time. The night is busy and full of music, and nothing scary has happened yet.
Backstage, Cecil and I found the narrow hallway teeming with people: adults in homemade three-corner hats, Confederate caps, Spanish-American War hats, and World War helmets. Children dressed as vario...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell what happens to Scout and Jem on the way home from the Halloween pageant, who saved Jem, and what Mr. Heck Tate found under the tree.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story shows that Jem was trying to be brave for Scout when he heard the footsteps behind them?
- How do you know that Atticus was very worried when he came out of Jem's room and called for the sheriff?
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A special set of clothes a person wears to look like someone else for a play or a holiday.
Item 2
A common farm bird that lays eggs and is also kept for its meat.
Item 3
A group of people who play music together using different instruments.
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