chapter 8 What dramatic event causes Atticus to wake up the children at one o'clock in the morning? {Ans: Miss Maudie's house is on fire.}chapter 8 Who put the blanket around Scout's shoulders, and how does Atticus reach this conclusion? What is Scout's reaction when she hears the information? {Ans: Boo Radley put the blanket on Scout. Atticus comes to this conclusion because no one else in the Radley house could have done so. Mrs. Radley had recently died, and Nathan Radley was over at the fire helping out. When Scout hears the information, she feels sick: "My stomach turned to water and I nearly threw up...." She is obviously still terrified of the Boo Radley of her imagination—the monstrous figure that superstition and gossip have created.}chapter 7 Previously, the children had assumed that the knot-hole was someone's hiding place. What evidence now suggests that the items in the tree are meant specifically for Scout and Jem? {Ans: The soap carvings that resemble Scout and Jem indicate that the person made these items specifically for them. This further suggests that all of the items in the tree have been meant as gifts for the two of them.}chapter