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Read the following except from “To
Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
Level 1: When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got
his arm badly broken at the elbow. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his
right. He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt.
I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, said it
started long before that. He said it began when Dill first gave us the idea of
making Boo Radley come out.
We were far too old to settle an argument with a
fist-fight, so we consulted Atticus. Our father said we were both right.
Level 2: When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got
his arm badly broken at the elbow. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his
right. He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt.
I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, said it
started long before that. He said it began when Dill first gave us the idea of
making Boo Radley come out.
I said if he wanted to take a broad view of the thing, it
really began with Andrew Jackson. If General Jackson hadn’t run the Creeks up
the creek, Simon Finch would never have paddled up the Alabama, and where would
we be if he hadn’t? We were far too old to settle an argument with a
fist-fight, so we consulted Atticus. Our father said we were both right.
Level 3: When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got
his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never
being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about
his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or
walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel
to his thigh. He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt.
When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on
them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain
that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it
started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when
Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.
I said if he wanted to take a broad view of the thing, it
really began with Andrew Jackson. If General Jackson hadn’t run the Creeks up
the creek, Simon Finch would never have paddled up the Alabama, and where would
we be if he hadn’t? We were far too old to settle an argument with a
fist-fight, so we consulted Atticus. Our father said we were both right.
1. When Jem was thirteen,
what did he break?
2. Jem’s left arm was
shorter than the right. True or False
3. Who does the narrator
say “started it all”?
4. When does Jem say it
began?
5. Do you think it is
better to settle your differences with fists or to ask for a third opinion? Why
or why not?
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