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Jem believes anything from the radley place is poisonous, etc so he askes scout to spit out the gum

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Jem makes Scout spit out the gum she found in the knothole of the tree because he thinks it might be poisoned and someone is trying to harm them. He wants to protect Scout from any potential danger.

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