Question

What does Atticus spend much of his time asking Mr. Tate for?

Chapter 17 / to kill a mockingbird

Answer 1

Which side of the face Mayella had been struck.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason Atticus makes Sheriff Tate repeat his testimony is that the location of Mayella's bruises is crucial to his case. Atticus wants the jury to realize that Tom Robinson, a man with a crippled left arm, could not have inflicted wounds on the right side of Mayella's face.

Answer 2

He wants the court to see that Ewell is left-handed. Heck Tate had testified that the bruises were on the right side of Mayella's face. This would strongly suggest that the person who hit her was left-handed.

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