All About Setting
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Show What You Know
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What CITY and STATE does the story take place?

Maycomb, Alabama

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Who is narrating the story?

Scout

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What is the teacher's name?

Miss Caroline

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At the Finch house, Walter Cunningham does something funny to his vegetables; what did he do?

Poured syrup on them

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What are "britches"?

pants or trousers

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What important time period does the story take place?

The Great Depression

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Where is Scout and Jem's mother

She has passed away
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Why does the teacher get mad at Scout on the first day of school?

Because she can read

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Who punishes Scout for making fun of Walter Cunningham's vegetables?

Calpurnia

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What is Jem's first name?

Jeremy

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The physical setting is __________ and _________ it happens

when and where

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What is Scout's real name?

Jean Louise Finch

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Why won’t Walter Cunningham borrow a quarter from Miss Caroline for lunch?

Because he's PO!

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What happens to Burris Ewell in class that scares the teacher?

A bug crawls out of his hair

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From our setting quiz, this is the green vegetable grown in the South

collards

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What is the purpose of Jim Crow laws in the South?

To keep people separated based on race
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Who is Dill?

A boy staying next door for the summer whom Scout and Jem befriend

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What happens when Scout tries to explain the Cunningham's situation to the teacher?
She slaps her hand with a ruler
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When does Burris Ewell come to school?

Only the first day of each school year

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What is Atticus' job?

He is a lawyer

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Give two examples of a Jim Crow law

separate school

separate drinking fountains

no interracial marriage

separate bathrooms

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It has been rumored that Boo Radley did something when he was a child; what was it?

He stabbed his father with a pair of scissors

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How do the Cunningham's pay for things?

with the vegetables from their garden

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Atticus makes a deal with Scout; what is it?

He will keep reading with her each night, but she has to go to school

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________________, _______________, and poverty are all themes in this novel 

segregation, discrimination

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