Pre-Reading
Plot
Characters
The Trial
Chronology - Which Happened First?
100
What is the setting (city, state, date) of the novel?
What is Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s
100
Which of these was NOT left for the children in the knothole? a. pocketwatch b. black twine c. gum d. soap figurines
What is "black twine"?
100
The name of the "mad dog" in chapter 10.
Who is Tim Johnson?
100
The side of the face which was "bunged up."
What is the right side?
100
Mrs. Radley or Mrs. Dubose dying.
Who is Mrs. Radley?
200
What word describes a "coming of age" story?
What is "bildungsroman"?
200
List the following families in order from highest to lowest social standing: Ewell, Finch, Cunningham, Robinson, Dubose
What is Finch, Dubose, Cunningham, Ewell, Robinson
200
The malevolent phantom
Who is Arthur (Boo) Radley?
200
What Tom says which upsets everyone in the courtroom and why.
What is he felt sorry for Mayella; a black person should never feel sorry for a white person.
200
Ladies described as "soft teacakes" or Scout goes to school for the first time and is disciplined?
What is Ladies described as "soft teacakes".
300
What does a mockingbird symbolize in this novel?
What is innocence and harmlessness.
300
Scout participates in this on Halloween night as this:
What is a town pageant as a ham?
300
Sits with the children during the trial.
Who is Reverand Sykes?
300
The witness order
What is Heck Tate, Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson
300
Jem destroys Mrs. Dubose's camelia bushes or Atticus shoots a mad dog in the street.
What is Atticus shoots a mad dog in the street.
400
Name 2 themes which are present in this novel.
What is 1. The importance of moral education 2. The co-existence of good and evil 3. The existence of social inequality
400
The children learn this about Atticus in chapter 10 after shooting a dog.
What is "he is the best shot in Maycomb county".
400
The Sheriff of Maycomb
Who is Heck Tate?
400
Atticus calls Mayella this and she gets extremely upset.
What is "ma'am"?
400
The children peek in the Radley window, or the children try to send a note with a fishing pole.
What is peek in the window?
500
What type of plot structure does this book follow? (Hint: the definition of the word means "begins where it starts."
What is "circular"?
500
This is what actually happened when the children were attacked.
What is Boo Radley came and saved them, stabbed Bob Ewell, and he died.
500
The Finch family
What is Atticus, Jeremy (Jem), Jean Louise (Scout)
500
The verdict, and what happened to Tom when he went to prison afterward... with reasons why.
What is "guilty", and he tried to run and was shot 17 times by guards on purpose. Sick of white man's chances, so he took his own.
500
Miss Maudie's house catches fire, or Nathan Radley fills the knothole with cement?
What is Nathan fills knothole with cement.
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