II. Answer each question in 5-7 complete sentences Include a quote from the text that supports your response.

1. Why did Maycomb's black population deliver an avalanche of food to the Finch's household?

2. Can you prove that Miss Maudie treated Jem as a grown-up?

3. Comment on the conversation between Jem and Miss Maudie.

4. Can you say that Jem, like Tom Robinson, is a mockingbird?

5. In what way did Bob Ewell take his spite out on Atticus? How did the incident affect the children?

6. Jem begins to enter the adult world in these chapters. Comment on it.

7. Who on the jury wanted to acquit Tom? Why? What does it mean for Jem?

8. Why did aunt Alexandra forbid to invite young Walter Cunningham to dinner?

9. What did the children discuss in their bedroom?

III. Translate the paragraph: “According to Miss Stephanie Crawford… he could be dry sometimes” (Chapter 23).

IV. Give a gist of the chapters.

Unit 12. Chapters 24-25

Give the Russian equivalents for the following words.

apprehension (n.): In this case, fear

bellows (n.): a machine that allows air to be pumped through a system; in this case, an organ

bovine (adj.): cow-like

brevity (n.): shortness

devout (adj.): devoted to religion

hypocrites (n.): people who pretend to be something they are not

impertinence (n.): disrespect

largo (adj.): Largo is a direction used in music which means "at a very slow tempo." Mrs. Merriweather is apparently speaking to Scout very slowly.

squalid (adj.): miserable; wretched

squalor (n): filth

vague (adj.): not clearly felt; somewhat subconscious

roly-poly (n.): a small bug that can roll itself into a ball. Also known as a pillbug, sowbug or wood louse.

scowling (vb.): A scowl is a facial expression caused by scrunching up one's forehead and brow; a look of displeasure.

veneer (n.): attractive outer surface.

Words and word combinations for intensive study.

squalid (adj.) ordeal (n.)

budge (v.) squalor (n.)

the last straw scowl (v., n.)

trot (v.) obituary (n.)

holler (v.) cripple (n.)

to be pierced

Assignments

I. Translate the sentences in which the words and word combinations for intensive study are used. Reproduce them in the situations from the book.

II. Answer each question in 5-7 complete sentences Include a quote from the text that supports your response.

1. Some critics say that “the scene of the missionary tea party brilliantly portrays the hypocrisy of the Maycomb ladies”. Do you agree with them?

2. Comment on the events of the day when Atticus told his family the sad news of Tom's death. What lesson of self-possession and reserve did Aunt Alexandra teach her niece? Do you approve of it?

3. How did the town of Maycomb meet the news of Tom Robinson's death?

4. Why did Jem forbid Scout to kill a roly-poly bug? Can you say that this scene proves the difference in maturity between Jem and Scout?

5. Why did Mr. Underwood liken Tom's death to “the senseless slaughter of songbirds”? Is it a reference to the novel's title?

III. Translate the paragraph: “Mr. B.B. Underwood was at his most bitter … Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell open her mouth and screamed”. (Chapter 25).

IV. Give a gist of the chapters.