Chapter 15

What is this chapter mainly about?

Sheriff Heck Tate and a group of men arrive at Atticus Finch's house.

What does the sheriff tell Atticus?

Why does Atticus go to the jail?

Why does Jem want to follow Atticus?

Jem, Dill, and Scout find Atticus downtown at the jail.

What is Atticus doing?

The children watch as men get out of cars and begin to talk to Atticus. Scout runs to Atticus.

What is Atticus's initial reaction to seeing Scout?

Who does Scout recognize in the crowd of men?

How does Scout manage to lower tensions among the crowd of men?

During the "standoff" at the Maycomb jail, Mr. Underwood was across the street at the Maycomb Tribune office.

What was he doing there?

Find the section where the cars of men arrive at the jail. Atticus looked up from his newspaper, "closed it, folded it deliberately, dropped it in his lap, and pushed his hat to the back of his head."

What does "deliberately" mean in this context?

Were there any events that weren't clear to you?