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Selected for thematic weight — Jem has finally figured out who has been leaving the gifts in the knothole, and that Mr. Radley sealed the hole on purpose to stop it. The tears are how he tells us, without words, that he now understands what kind of person Boo really is.
When we went in the house I saw he had been crying; his face was dirty in the right places, but I thought it odd that I had not heard him.
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Narration Prompt
Tell someone what happened in this chapter in order. When you get to the most important part, slow down and tell it carefully — what happened, why it mattered, and what you think about it.
Discussion Questions
- Jem tells Scout that he found his pants 'folded across the fence... like they were expectin' me.' Why is this folding so important to Jem? What in the story makes you think so?
- Mr. Nathan Radley fills the knothole with cement and tells Jem the tree is dying. Atticus looks at the tree and says it is healthy. Was it right or wrong for Mr. Radley to lie about the tree? What in the story makes you think so?
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