Characters 1
This character would be best described as the narrator.
Who is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch?
This character would be best described as Scout's brother.
Who is Jem Finch?
This character would be best described as Scout and Jem's best friend.
Who is Dill Harris?
This character is found guilty and dies trying to escape prison.
Who is Tom Robinson?
This era took place in the U.S. during the 1930s and affected the economy.
What is the Great Depression?
This character would be best described as the lawyer who is also Scout and Jem's father.
Who is Atticus Finch?
This character would be best described as Atticus' sister who comes to live with the Finches.
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
This character would be best described as the housekeeper of the Finch household.
Who is Calpurnia?
This character testifies that Mayella Ewell had a black eye on her right side and had bruises all around her throat when he arrived at the scene of the "crime".
Who is Heck Tate (the sheriff of Maycomb County)?
This word describes interracial marriage.
What is miscegenation?
This character would be best described as the one that only attended school with Scout on the first day.
Who is Burris Ewell?
This character would be best described as a poor farmer that led the mob to Tom Robinson's prison cell.
Who is Walter Cunningham Sr.?
This character would be best described as a child who would not accept $0.25 because he would not be able to pay it back and refuses to be in debt to someone.
Who is Walter Cunningham Jr.?
When Bob Ewell writes his name, he writes with his left hand and makes it clear he doesn’t understand the meaning of the following word: ___. This means he is unable to use both hands equally well.
What is ambidextrous?
This word describes the laws that enforce racial segregation by criminalizing interracial relationships.
What is anti-miscegenation?
This character would be best described as an alcoholic and abusive father that attacks the Finch children at the end of the novel.
Who is Bob Ewell?
This character would be best described as the one who accuses Tom Robinson of a crime.
Who is Mayella Ewell?
This character would be best described as the defendant that Atticus represents in court that felt bad for Mayella Ewell.
Who is Tom Robinson?
Mockingbirds do no harm, and neither do these two characters.
Who are Boo Radley and Tom Robinson?
A legal way to ignore the constitutional obligations to black citizens.
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
This character would be best described as the neighbor who saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell.
Who is Arthur "Boo" Radley?
This character would be best described as the one who argues that Bob Ewell "fell" on his knife.
Who is Heck Tate (the sheriff of Maycomb County)?
This character would be best described as someone who fakes being a drunkard to excuse his "odd" habits and represents miscegenation in the novel.
Who is Dolphus Raymond?
This theme is consistent throughout TKAM: specifically during the mob scene where Scout runs into the middle of the mob and begins speaking politely to the group of men and during the trial as Jem hears the verdict.
What is the loss of childhood innocence?
At the end of the novel, these two characters ultimately decide to act outside of the law in order to ensure justice.
Who are Atticus (lawyer) and Heck Tate (sheriff)?