Given what you know of Miss Maudie,explain her reaction to the loss of her house in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
characterizes Miss Maudie Atkinson as a "chameleon
lady":

a
chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men’s coveralls,
but after her five o’clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the street
in magisterial beauty

So,
Miss Maudie is a kind of Earth Goddess (Mother Nature) who blends in with her
environment.  When she is outside, she blossoms: she is vibrant, outgoing, and radiant.
 But when she is inside, she withers: moody, depressed, and lethargic.  She is a kind of
foil for Boo, who works best in the shadows.

When Maudie's
house burns, she is not terribly shaken.  Instead, she sees it as a time to spend more
time in her garden:

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“Always wanted a smaller house, Jem Finch. Gives
me more yard. Just think, I’ll have more room for my azaleas
now!”

...I hated that old cow barn. Thought of settin‘ fire
to it a hundred times myself, except they’d lock me
up.”

...Why, I’ll build me a little house and take me a
couple of roomers and—gracious, I’ll have the finest yard in Alabama. Those
Bellingraths’ll look plain puny when I get
started!”

So, Maudie uses the
house-burning as a means of downsizing her "cow barn" and spending more time in her
yard.