Characters + Roles
He is the man on trial for hurting Mayella Ewell.
Answer: Who is Tom Robinson?
This is a formal statement that a witness gives in court.
Answer: What is testimony?
A lawyer asks questions to a witness who was called by the other side.
Answer: What is cross-examine?
This is a preference or prejudice that can affect someone's judgment.
Answer: What is bias?
The people of Maycomb come to the courthouse to watch this important event.
What is Tom Robinson's trial?
He asks Bob Ewell to write his name during the trial.
Answer: Who is Atticus Finch?
What does the trial show about how some people in Maycomb treat Tom because of his race?
Some people judge Tom because of his race instead of looking at the evidence.
If a number is increased by 25% and becomes 100, this was the original number.
What is 80?
This animal can survive for days without its head because it does not breathe through its mouth.
What is a cockroach?
These are the father and daughter who accuse Tom Robinson.
Answer: Who are Bob Ewell and Mayella Ewell?
When the judge agrees with the objection, the objection is ________.
Answer: What is sustained?
This person sees an event or knows information about a case and tells the court.
Answer: What is a witness?
This means the way a person's personality or traits are shown or described.
Answer: What is characterization?
Tom says Mayella asked him to help her break up this piece of furniture.
Answer: What is a chiffarobe?
This group makes the final decision and finds Tom guilty.
Answer: Who is the jury?
What important piece of information did Heck Tate say was missing after Mayella was hurt?
Answer: A doctor was never called to examine Mayella.
An atom with 8 protons belongs to this element.
What is oxygen?
This is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
He is the lawyer who represents Tom Robinson.
Who is Atticus Finch?
These are facts, objects, or statements used to help prove a case.
Answer: What is evidence?
This is the final decision made by the jury.
Answer: What is a verdict?
A lawyer asks a witness questions. The other lawyer says, “Objection!” The judge agrees and tells the lawyer to stop. What vocabulary word describes the judge's decision?
Answer: What is sustained?
Tom's left hand was badly injured when it was caught in this machine.
Answer: What is a cotton gin?
He believes Atticus will win the case because he thinks the evidence will prove Tom is innocent.
Answer: Who is Jem?
What did Atticus learn when he asked Bob Ewell to write his name?
Answer: Bob Ewell is left-handed.
This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains.
What is the Inca civilization?
This animal has three hearts.
What is an octopus?
He is the lawyer who represents the prosecution and questions the witnesses for their side.
Answer: Who is Mr. Gilmer?
This is the reason someone might commit a crime.
Answer: What is motive?
A lawyer says, “_____________ !” because they believe something in court is not allowed.
Answer: What is an objection?
This is the person or group who is accused of a crime in a trial.
Answer: What is the defendant?
Clue: Atticus asks Bob Ewell to write his name to show that he uses this hand.
Answer: What is his left hand?
He questions the witnesses for the prosecution during the trial.
Answer: Who is Mr. Gilmer?
Why is Tom Robinson's injured left hand important during the trial?
Answer: It makes it difficult for Tom to have caused some of the injuries Mayella described.
This planet rotates clockwise, unlike most other planets in our solar system.
What is Venus?
This is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state.
What is Q?
He is the judge who runs the trial in the courtroom.
Answer: Who is Judge Taylor?
This word describes how believable or trustworthy a witness is.
Answer: What is credibility?
When the judge disagrees with the objection and allows the question, the objection is ________.
Answer: What is overruled?
This is the side in a trial that tries to prove the accused person committed the crime.
What is the prosecution?
After the lawyers finish speaking, this group leaves the courtroom to make a decision.
Answer: Who is the jury?
At the end of the trial, the jury finds Tom Robinson ________.
Answer: What is guilty?
Why do the people in the balcony stand when Atticus leaves the courtroom?
They are showing respect for Atticus for defending Tom.
This country has more natural lakes than any other country in the world.
What is Canada?
This is the only U.S. state that is made up entirely of islands.
What is Hawaii? 🌺