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Read the following excerpt from “To
Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
Level 1: The Radley Place fascinated Dill. In spite of our
warnings and explanations it drew him. Inside the house lived a malevolent
phantom. People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him. Any stealthy
small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work. Once the town was terrorized
by a series of morbid nocturnal events: people’s chickens and household pets
were found mutilated; although the culprit was Crazy Addie, people still looked
at the Radley Place. Radley pecans would kill you. A baseball hit into the
Radley yard was a lost ball and no questions asked.
1. Finish the sentence: “Radley
_ _ _ _ _ _ would _ _ _ _ you.”
2. Dill was fascinated by
. . .
a). The town
b). He was not
fascinated by anything.
c). The Radley Place.
Level 2: The Radley Place fascinated Dill. In spite of our
warnings and explanations it drew him. The Radley Place jutted into a sharp
curve beyond our house. Walking south, one faced its porch; the sidewalk turned
and ran beside the lot. The house was low, was once white with a deep front
porch and green shutters. Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People
said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him. Any stealthy small crimes
committed in Maycomb were his work. Once the town was terrorized by a series of
morbid nocturnal events: people’s chickens and household pets were found
mutilated; although the culprit was Crazy Addie, who eventually drowned himself
in Barker’s Eddy, people still looked at the Radley Place, unwilling to discard
their initial suspicions. A Negro would not pass the Radley Place at night, he
would cut across to the sidewalk opposite and whistle as he walked. Radley
pecans would kill you. A baseball hit into the Radley yard was a lost ball and
no questions asked.
1. What fascinated Dill??
Dill was fascinated by
2. What is the name off
the person who once terrorized the town?
The name of the person
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Level 3: The Radley Place fascinated Dill. In spite of our
warnings and explanations it drew him as the moon draws water, but drew him no
nearer than the light-pole on the corner, a safe distance from the Radley gate.
There he would stand, his arm around the fat pole, staring and wondering. The
Radley Place jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. Walking south, one
faced its porch; the sidewalk turned and ran beside the lot. The house was low,
was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago
darkened to the color of the slate-gray yard around it. Rain-rotted shingles
drooped over the eaves of the veranda; oak trees kept the sun away. The remains
of a picket drunkenly guarded the front yard— a “swept” yard that was never
swept— where Johnson grass and rabbit-tobacco grew in abundance. Inside the
house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed, but Jem and I had
never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and
peeped in windows. When people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because
he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were
his work. Once the town was terrorized by a series of morbid nocturnal events:
people’s chickens and household pets were found mutilated; although the culprit
was Crazy Addie, who eventually drowned himself in Barker’s Eddy, people still
looked at the Radley Place, unwilling to discard their initial suspicions. A
Negro would not pass the Radley Place at night, he would cut across to the
sidewalk opposite and whistle as he walked. The Maycomb school grounds adjoined
the back of the Radley lot; from the Radley chicken yard tall pecan trees shook
their fruit into the schoolyard, but the nuts lay untouched by the children:
Radley pecans would kill you. A baseball hit into the Radley yard was a lost
ball and no questions asked.
1.
What was Dill curious about?
2. What street do the
Finch’s live on?
3. Why do people have
suspicions of the Radley house?
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