chapter 7 When Jem finally comes in for the night, Scout notices that he had been crying. Why do you think he was crying? {Ans: Jem is upset that Boo Radley's attempts at contact and friendship have been cruelly blocked by Nathan Radley}chapter 7 Jem has been acting odd ever since he went to retrieve his pants from the Radley's fence. What surprised him that night, and why is he frightened by it? {Ans: When Jem went back for his pants, he found them mended and neatly folded over the fence. This frightens him because it makes him think that someone had been watching him or reading his mind}chapter 7 Who do you suppose is responsible for the gifts in the knot-hole? Why do you think the person is leaving these things? {Ans: Boo Radley is probably the one responsible.If Boo Radley is the one responsible for the gifts, he may be motivated by loneliness and a desire for contact with the outside world—he has been shut up in the house for decades. He is reaching out in a tentative way to Scout and Jem. He might be foreshadowing.}chapter 8 Who put the blanket around Scout's shoulders,