Characters
Who are the three kids in the novel?
Dill, Scout, and Jem
"You never really know someone until you consider things from their point of view - until you climb into their skin and walk around in it"
You should never judge someone until you know them.
"She wants me to read to her. She wants me to come every afternoon after school and Saturdays and read to her out loud for two hours."
Jem
What is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s
Which TWO historical eras is To Kill A Mockingbird set in?
The Jim Crow Era and the Great Depression
African American woman who cooks for the Finch family
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Calpurnia
Jem says, "There's four kinds of folks in the world. There's the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there's the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes. The thing about it is, our kind of folks don't like the Cunninghams, the Cunninghams don't like the Ewells, and the Ewells hate and despise the colored folks."
Social inequality; people do not treat each other with respect if they are from certain social groups
“As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it…Whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.”
Atticus Finch
Why does Scout get in trouble at school?
She can read and write, she sticks up for Walter and embarrasses Miss Caroline, she gets in fights
What does Miss Maudie tell the kids when they ask her why Atticus thinks it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?
Because mockingbirds don't do anything but sing to us and bring us joy.
Scout's poor classmate whom she beats up
Walter Cunningham
"Remember, it's a sin to kill a mockingbird"
It's wrong to take someone's innocence
"Mr. Finch, I don't know when I'll ever be able to pay you back"
Walter Cunningham Sr.
Why does Jem have to read to Mrs. Dubose for two hours every day? What did he do to deserve the punishment?
Destroyed all her flowers
Which 4 different characters testify during the trial?
Sheriff Tate, Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell, and Tom Robinson
Embarrassed for liking a Black man so she lied about him raping her
Mayella Ewell
Why did Atticus consider Mrs. Dubose the bravest person he ever knew?
She battled with drug addiction and knew she was dying. She went through withdrawal so she could die sober.
You should always do what is right, even if it is difficult.
"That boy is your company and if he wants to eat up the tablecloth, you let him!"
Calpurnia
Why were the kids so surprised when Atticus shot the rabid dog?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
He did it in one shot and they had no idea he was so good at it. He doesn't own a gun.
After Miss Maudie's house burns down, why does Atticus say - "Looks like all of Maycomb was out tonight in one way or another"?
Man accused and then found guilty of rape; killed while trying to escape prison
Tom Robinson
"There is one institution in this country where all men are created equal. That institution is a court. I am confident that you gentlemen will review the evidence and restore this man to his family. In the name of God, do your duty."
Justice; equal rights for everyone
"That'll do Jean Louis. Please tell your father not to teach you anymore."
Miss Caroline
What do we find out really happened to Mayella?
Her father beats her and rapes her
Why does Dolphus Raymond tell the kids about his secret but nobody else?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Because he thinks that they are too young and innocent to have been changed by society yet