Characters
This character is the narrator of the novel.
What is Scout Finch?
What is the setting of the story?
What is Maycomb, Alabama, 1933-1935?
This woman's house catches on fire in chapter 8.
Who is Miss Maudie?
Identify the speaker. Then explain the meaning of the quote. "Let the dead bury the dead, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead."
Who is Heck Tate? Let this case end here, Mr. Finch Bob Ewell i responsible for the death of Tom. Now, Bob Ewell is dead. It's time to let everything go.
What might Tom's trial and death symbolize? Explain with at least one supporting detail.
What is racism and prejudice? (Explanations may vary).
This character is Scout's brother.
What is Jem Finch?
Who is the author of the book?
Who is Harper Lee?
In chapter 8, who puts a blanket around Scout after the fire?
Who is Boo Radley?
Identify the speaker. Then explain the meaning of the quote. "Well, it'd be sort of like shooting a mockingbird, wouldn't it?"
Who is Scout Finch? She says this to Atticus at the end of the novel. She is talking about letting the town know that Boo Radley saved the children from Bob Ewell. It would destroy the life he created for himself, and he didn't"t do anything to deserve it. He should be happy and keep his life to himself.
What might Boo's gifts to the children represent or symbolize? Remember the knothole gifts were a broken pocket watch, string, two soap dolls, gum, and two lucky pennies.
What is friendship? (explanations may vary)
This character is Scout's father and a lawyer.
What is Atticus Finch?
Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Who is Scout?
Why does Atticus take on the case of Tom Robinson?
What is he believes it is the right thing to do?
Identify the speaker. Then explain the meaning of the quote. "Stand up, Miss Jean Louise. Your father's passing."
Who is Reverend Sykes? He says this to Scout at the conclusion of the trial when Atticus is leaving the courtroom. He says this to her to suggest they must show respect to Atticus for supporting one of the important members of their community.
What might Mrs. Dubose's last camellia to Jem represent or symbolize?
What is Forgiveness? (explanations may vary).
This character comes to visit Maycomb every summer.
What is Dill?
What is Scout's real name?
What is Jean Louise Finch?
Who are the four people cross-examined during the trial?
Who are Mayella, Heck Tate, Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson?
Identify the speaker. Then explain the meaning of the quote. "Secretly, Miss Finch, I'm not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live."
Who is Dolphus Raymond? He says this to Scout in the courtroom after the trail. He implies that he doesn't drink but only pretend to. It is the only way people can make sense of his choices to associate with the black community rather than the white community.
What or who is the Gray Ghost supposed to symbolize?
What is Boo Radley?
This character is accused of touching a white woman.
What is Tom Robinson?
Who is the president of the United States at the time the events of the story occur?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Why does Atticus say it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?
What is they just make beautiful music?
Identify the speaker. Then explain the meaning of the quote. "Most people are [nice], Scout, when you finally see them."
Who is Atticus? He says this at the end of the novel to Scout, after she realizes Boo Radley was a nice man. He implies that what is often heard about other people is incorrect. That people are good more often than the negative rumors about them are true.
“He said… I could shoot al the blue jays I wanted, if I could hit them, but to remember it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. …Well, I reckon because mockingbirds don’t do anything but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t each people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but just sing their hearts out for us.” (32) What does the mockingbird represent?
What is an innocent person who does no harm to anyone but who is harmed?