In the book To Kill a Mockingbird how does Scout get in trouble at her aunt's house?

Answer 1

On her first day of school, Scout gets into a fight with Walter after she explained Walter's predicament to the teacher and the teacher punishes Scout so Scout was mad at Walter and attacked him.

Scout gets in trouble for knowing how to read because the teachers are advised to teach in a new way. Also, she gets in trouble when Walter Cunningham doesn't bring his lunch and the teacher gives him a quarter for lunch to be paid back tomorrow. Scout, with knowledge of the Cunningham family, tells the teacher he is poor and can't pay the money back. The teacher gets furious and calls her to the front of the room to be whipped by a ruler.

1. She can already read.

2. She knows how to handwrite.

3. She was punished for trying to explain why Walter would not take the money.

Answer 2

Scout gets in trouble at her aunt's house when she fights with her cousin Francis after he insults her father, Atticus, by calling him a "n*gger-lover." This causes a heated argument and leads to Scout getting reprimanded by her uncle Jack.

Answer 3

While visiting her Aunt Alexandra, Scout's cousin Francis makes a statement about Atticus (Scout's father) and Scout punches him in the mouth. (This is a book everyone should read).

Answer 4

She gets in trouble because she already knows how to read and write...what a mean teacher :P

Answer 5

She explains that Walter Cunningham wouldn't be able to pay her back if she loaned him some money for lunch, and that therefore, he wouldn't accept the money.

Answer 6

Scout punched her cousin right in the mouth

Answer 7

Scout makes a comment about how Walter Cunningham covered his food with a ton of syrup.

She got in trouble at the dinner table for asking the boy why he was eating like that.

Answer 8

She beats up Walter.