Grammar
Literature
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Mockingbird
100

What part of speech is the word well?

ADVERB

100

Who knocks upon the door, but the poet, knowing that pain will result, urges us to pause and consider letting this guest enter?

LOVE

100
incapable of movement, motionless

IMMOBILE

100

coming, arrival, appearance

ADVENT

100

What was the jury's verdict of Tom Robinson?

GUILTY

200

What type of error is in this sentence:

I think I won't never be able to learn Chinese.

DOUBLE NEGATIVE

200

In the poem Evangeline, which two men died while with Evangeline?

BENEDICT & GABRIEL

200

What word could be used to describe Evangeline as she tended the poor and dying of Philadelphia in devout service to her Lord?

PIOUS
200

subtle distinction

NUANCE

200

According to Scout, there's only one kind of folks. What kind is that?

FOLKS

"Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks!"

300

What is the superlative form of good?

BEST

300

The hard life of love is contrasted to its simple and meager wagers in which poem?

SATISFIED

300

violence, brutality, cruelty

ATROCITY

300

Which vocabulary word describes Benedict's temperament?

JOVIAL

300

What was the Finch kitchen unexpectedly filled with the morning after the trial?

FOOD

(The black community had showered the Finch family with gifts of food to show its appreciation of Atticus.)

400

What are the five questions that adverbs answer?

How? When? Where? To what extent? Why?

400

Who loved Dan and was willing to sacrifice time and energy to pay for his upkeep?

LUKE BALDWIN

400

Identify the word which can be substituted for the italicized synonym:

Tom Robinson's trial left a permanent impact on the citizens of Maycomb County.

INDELIBLE

400

Which vocabulary word tells what Evangeline felt when she heard Michael play his fiddle at Basil's Louisiana homestead?

NOSTALGIA

400

Who accosted Atticus in front of the post office and threatened to "get him if it took the rest of his life"?

BOB EWELL

500

How many adverbs are in this sentence?

Written Chinese cannot be phonetically pronounced nor easily written.

3

(not, phonetically, easily)

500

In Romeo's opening lines of the balcony scene, to which two celestial objects does he compare Juliet?

SUN & STARS

500

Which vocabulary word could be considered an antonym to verbose?

PITHY

500

travel across or through

TRAVERSE

500

In Atticus's closing argument to the jury, he said that there was one place in America where all men truly ARE equal. To what place is Atticus referring?

THE COURT

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