Vocab
travel across or through
What is traverse?
The rosebush, scaffold, Pearl, and the letter "A"
What are symbols?
Who is Mr. Shelby?
Scout's real name
What is Jean Louise Finch?
The age of Jonas at the beginning of the book
What is 11?
with excessive ornateness or brightness
What is garishly?
The setting of The Scarlet Letter
What is a Puritan colony in Boston in the 1600's?
The couple who ran away separately but eventually met up at a Quaker settlement and escaped to Canada.
George and Eliza
The innocent man who is unjustly convicted of a crime against a white woman.
Who is Tom Robinson?
People in Jonas’ society exist in this painless, peaceful, emotionless state
What is sameness?
confidently optimistic and cheerful
What is sanguine?
The occupations of Chillingworth and Dimmesdale
What is a doctor and a minister?
The theme Uncle Tom's Cabin
What is slavery? Or, the incompatibility of slavery with Christian values?
The man who insists that Bob Ewell's death was an accident.
Who is Heck Tate, or the sheriff?
The position that Jonas is selected for.
What is The Receiver of Memory?
false, fake; not what it appears to be
What is spurious?
The ultimate meaning of the letter "A".
What is "Able"?
The cruel slave owner who killed Tom.
Who is Legree?
Scout and Jem are shocked to discover that Atticus was known for this.
What is the best shot in Maycomb County, or Old One-Shot?
Being "released" is a euphemism for this procedure
What is euthanasia?
to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner, devise, or plan
What is contrive?
The reason Hester named her daughter Pearl.
What is as being of great price, - purchased with all she had, - her mother's only treasure?
The law that was passed which prompted the writing of Uncle Tom's Cabin
The genre of To Kill a Mockingbird
What is gothic, or courtroom drama?
The reason Jonas decides to leave the community.
What is love, or to save Gabriel, or to release the memories to the people?