We identified two literary devices in the novel: the use of the flashback in chapter 11 and the use of metaphor . Regarding the metaphor , I noted how in the fable genre , the author's comments can have two meanings, literal and metaphorical. Atticus then discerned how the author's comment concernting the attitude that "some things are better left alone" relates to the society in Germany that chose to ignore the unpleasant truths underlying the Nazi regime. Next, we reviewed Atticus' test on chapters 8-10 and reviewed questions that presented some difficulty . We examined the text to determine how some of the questions could have been answered more accurately. We further addressed grammatical issues contained in the answers.