Background
In which year was the book published?
1960
"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do."
Atticus Finch
Who says the following: "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."
Atticus
What is Scout dressed up as when her and Jem are attacked?
A ham
How old are Jem and Scout when the novel starts?
Jem: 9
Scout: 6
"Will you take me home?"
Boo Radley
To whom does Scout say this to/about? "How's your entailment gettin' along?"
Mr. Cunningham
Who's house burns down?
Miss Maudie's
Who is President of the United States at the time the story is occurring?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (term: 1933 - 1945)
"Arthur Radley just stays in the house, that’s all...Wouldn’t you stay in the house if you didn’t want to come out?"
Miss Maudie
For what does Uncle Jack reprimand Scout for on Christmas Eve?
Cursing
What does Scout first find in the tree knot-hole?
2 sticks of gum
Many aspects of To Kill a Mockingbird are autobiographical. Which town served as the model for Maycomb?
Monroeville, Alabama
"Did she die free?"
Jem
Who taught Calpurnia how to read and write?
Miss Maudie's aunt
How much additional money does Reverend Sykes ask everyone without children to donate?
One dime each
Lee may have gotten the inspiration for Tom Robinson's case from a series of famous trials in 1931: two white women accused nine black men of raping them as they traveled form Tennessee to Alabama. What were these trials called?
The Scottsboro Trial. Both of the women, the nine black men, and two white men hopped a freight car and headed south.eight of the nine men were sentenced to death. The Supreme Court ordered a second trial for the Scottsboro "boys," during which one of the women recanted her testimony, denying that she or the other woman had been raped. Nonetheless, the eight men were convicted a second time. The appeals process continued for several years. Some of the men escaped prison, others were paroled. The last man was released from prison in 1950; one of the men received a pardon in 1976.
"There's a land beyond the river. That we call sweet forever."
Zeebo
What character is sympathetic to the plight of the Jews in Germany but not the African-Americans at home?
Miss Gates
According to Ms. Maudie, who should've the Court appointed to represent Tom Robinson instead of Atticus and why?
"Maxwell Green, Maycomb's latest addition to the bar, who needed the experience. " (p.246)