To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 24-25

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Across
  1. 4. Bob Ewell said Tom’s death “made one down and about two ___ ___ ___.”
  2. 7. conditions Mrs. Merriweather says the Mrunas live in; it means "being very dirty and unpleasant because of poverty and neglect"
  3. 10. When Maudie and Aunt Alexandra return to the party, they carry on with their duties. Scout understands that carrying on despite tragedy is part of being a _____. Now she sees Aunt Alexandra as someone to look up to.
  4. 11. Atticus told ____that the day they took Tom "to prison he just gave up hope."
  5. 12. _____’s reaction to Tom’s death suggests that he wants revenge for what happened in the trial.
  6. 15. seems very concerned about the way the Mrunas live
  7. 16. Merriweather complains the ____ and ____ "grumbled all next day after that trial."
  8. 19. the ladies discussed the situation of the ______, apparently a non-Christian African tribe
  9. 20. Tom was shot _____ while trying to ______.
  10. 21. Mr. Underwood connected Tom’s death with the “senseless slaughter of songbirds.” That plus the title of the book and what Atticus and Maudie said about mockingbirds in chapter 10 suggests that Maycomb committed a ____.
  11. 22. Mrs. Farrow and Mrs. Merriweather think Atticus and other “folks in this town who think they’re doing right” are actually “____.” This shows their hypocritical attitude.
Down
  1. 1. At the end of chapter 24, ____is unsure of what to do, but she offers to help Cal
  2. 2. Scout learned how Helen Robinson reacted to the news of her husband’s death from ___ ___ ___.
  3. 3. In Maycomb, the "cooks and fieldhands" are ___ ______.
  4. 5. Tom’s attempt to escape was seen as “____” by the (white) people in Maycomb. They used the incident as “proof” that stereotypes and prejudice were justified.
  5. 6. Many of the white ladies in this chapter are _____; they claim to be concerned about acting "Christian" and religious, but they don't recognize their racist attitudes toward people of color.
  6. 8. Atticus comes in to ask Calpurnia to go with him to see ____ ____, Tom’s wife.
  7. 9. Mr. Underwood’s editorial “likened Tom’s death to the senseless slaughter of ____ by hunters and children.”
  8. 13. descriptions of the way the _____ live could also be called "squalor"
  9. 14. During the conversation between Maudie and ____ ____, we learn that Alexandra is actually concerned for Atticus’s health, and that she’s angry the people of Maycomb won’t do what they’re asking Atticus to do - the right thing.
  10. 16. Aunt Alexandra sits in _____ chair when Atticus and Calpurnia leave (What’s the significance?)
  11. 17. Aunt Alexandra is hosting a "missionary circle" for the ____ of Maycomb
  12. 18. Atticus says they didn’t have to use _____ bullets to kill Tom. (Why is that important?)