Who
What
Where
Glossary Terms
Thoughts on Themes
100

The narrator of the story.

Who is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch?

100

Scout falls out of one of these - right into the Radley front yard.

What is a tire?

100

The setting of the novel.

What is Maycomb County, Alabama?

100

A body louse.

What is a cootie?

100

Feminism: Scout takes being called this as an insult.

What is a girl?

200

The "malevolent phantom" who lives three houses down.

Who is Boo Radley?

200

Jem loses these in the Radley's fence - but when he goes back to find them, they're mended & folded neatly.

What are his pants?

200

The children find soap dolls, chewing gum, a pocket watch, and other "gifts" in one of these on the Radley property.

What is a tree's knot-hole?

200

A building housing tombs.

What is a mausoleum?

200

Education: Despite her best efforts, this teacher's techniques are ineffective on Scout.

Who is Miss Caroline Fisher?

300

Miss Rachel Haverford's nephew.

Who is Dill Harris?

300

Jem and Atticus decide not to return this item to Boo Radley.

What is a blanket?

300

Despite the snowfall, this burns down during the coldest winter in Maycomb since 1885.

What is Miss Maudie's house?

300

Skill in a particular field.

What is prowess?

300

Prejudice: who tells Scout that most of the stories she's heard about Boo Radley aren't true - he was a nice boy growing up.

Who is Miss Maudie Atkinson?

400

This family has been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations.

Who are the Ewells?

400

"Maycomb's usual disease."

What is prejudice/racism?

400

Jem suggests that Boo Radley is dead and has been stuffed up one of these.

What is a chimney?

400

A departure from what is normal.

What is an aberration?

400

Growing Up: Scout and Jem's relationship begins to change as Jem, as all children do, does this.

What is mature?

500

This man has been accused of a heinous crime, and Atticus is going to defend him in court.

Who is Tom Robinson?

500

Atticus' nickname when he was growing up - the children learn about it during the incident with Tim Johnson.

What is One-Shot Finch?

500

Dill's home state.

What is Mississippi?

500

Extremely foolish or stupid.

What is asinine?

500

Justice: He says "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win."

Who is Atticus Finch?

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