Characters
He attacks Scout and Jem
Bob Ewell
Atticus says you can get along better with a person if you:
crawl into that person’s skin and walk around
After the trial, Dill says that when he grows up he wants to be:
A Clown
“Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”
Scout
Power: Out of the following, who has the most power in the novel? Scout, Aunt Alexandra, Jem, Boo Radley
Jem
Accuser of Tom Robinson, poor abused girl. Scout says she is the loneliest person in the world.
Mayella Ewell
When Atticus calls Mayella Ewell "Miss Mayella" and "ma’am," she feels:
That he is making fun of her
How do the children feel when they find out that Aunt Alexandra will be moving in with them?
Depressed and angry.
“Well, Mayella was raisin‘ this holy racket so I dropped m’load and run as fast as I could but I run into th’ fence, but when I got distangled I run up to th‘ window and I seen—”
Bob Ewell
Why does everyone keep telling Scout that she can’t wear pants?
Sexism in the 1930s meant that women needed to be "lady like"
Judge in the Tom Robinson Case
Mr. Underwood says that Tom Robinson’s death is:
A senseless slaughter
“There’s a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead”
Sherif Heck Tate
As Jem is reflecting on the trial, he says that Boo Radley stays in his house because…
he wants to get away from the evil of the world
Drinks a lot; white man who lives among black people
Mr. Dolphus Raymond
Why does Atticus sit outside at the jail house on Sunday night?
He is protecting Tom Robinson from getting lynched
Why does Jem feel so angry and upset when he finds out the Tom Robinson is being convicted guilty?
He can't understand the injustice.
"I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Atticus
He lets Scout and Jem sit with him during the trial
Reverend Sykes
Why is it so important that Atticus proves Bob Ewell is left handed?
To prove that he hit Mayella, not Tom
Heck Tate insists that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife because Tate wants to:
Shield Boo from public attention since he killed Bob Ewell
“I can't say I approve of everything he does, Maudie, but he's my brother, and I just want to know when this will ever end.”
Aunt Alexandra
Accused of assault and rape.
Tom Robinson
What does Scout play in the Halloween pageant?
A Ham
“She was white, and she temped a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man.”
DAILY DOUBLE: What theme is present?
Atticus
Racism
Mysterious neighbor who protects Finch children
Boo Radley