Characters
Who is the narrator of the novel?
Jean Louise Finch (Scout)
What game do the children eagerly play during the summer involving the Radley family?
Acting out the life and scandals of the Radley Family
What fictional town and state is the story set in?
Maycomb, Alabama
"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it..." Who narrates this opening observation?
Scout
What point of view is used to tell the story?
1st person
This character visits Maycomb every summer and wins a beautiful child contest.
Charles Baker Harris (Dill)
Whose yard does Scout crash into while riding in a tire?
The Radleys
During what major historical decade does the story take place?
The Great Depression
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." Who gives Scout this advice?
Atticus
What literary device does Scout use in Chapter 1 when she predicts Jem breaking his arm?
Foreshadowing
This is Scout's first-grade teacher who gets upset that Scout already knows how to read.
Miss Caroline Fisher
What substance does Walter Cunningham pour all over his lunch at the Finch house?
How does Scout describe the atmosphere of Maycomb in Chapter 2?
A tired old town
"Reason why just is, she'd go off an drown herself in Barker's Eddy..." Who thinks this dramatic thought?
Scout - about herself
How long has the Radley family kept Boo isolated inside the house?
Since he was a teenager
This poor classmate of Scout's has "cooties" in his hair and only goes to school on the first day.
Burris Ewell
What dare does Dill give Jem regarding the Radley house?
To run up and touch it
Who is the Black cook and mother figure for the Finch household?
Calpurnia
Who tells Miss Caroline that the Ewells come to the first day of school every year and then leave?
Little Chuck Little
What does Atticus try to teach Scout about compromising with the school system?
If she keeps going to school, they can keep reading
What is Boo Radley's real first name?
Arthur
Why does Scout beat up Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard?
Walter's visit and lunch habits caused her to get in trouble with Miss Caroline
This neighborhood gossipy neighbor knows all the town history.
Miss Stephanie Crawford
Who says that Boo Radley "drew him as the moon draws water"?
Scout
What do the children find hidden in the knothole of the oak tree at the Radley place
2 pieces of gum - unwrapped
pennies