To Kill a Mockingbird 1
What are the names of the Finch children?
Who is the narrator that is retelling the story?
Jem and Scout
Scout
What did the kids decide to leave Boo?
A note
What was the plan that the boys came up with to get Boo Radley to come out?
Put a note on the end of a fishing pole and place it through the shutters.
Who is Miss Maudie?
What happened at her house late one night?
A neighbor who is well-liked by the kids
Her house burns down
What happened to the knot hole in the tree?
Who is responsible for this?
It was filled with cement.
Nathan Radley
What is the name of the town and state the story takes place in?
Maycomb, Alabama
Why did Dill say he ran away from home?
His parents were ignoring him
Who is the man that Atticus defends?
Tom Robinson
Who is assumed to have assaulted Mayella Ewell?
Her father, Bob Lee Ewell
What is "Maycomb's unusual disease"?
Racism
What is the boy's name who comes to visit each summer?
Where is he from (city and state)?
Dill
Meridian, Mississippi
What did the kids hear that made them run away when trying to leave the note?
They heard a gunshot
What did Jem decide to do the night after he lost his pants?
Go back to get them
Which neighbor spends time out in their garden rather than indoors?
Ms. Maudie
What is the name of the mean old neighbor lady?
What does she suffer from?
Mrs. Dubose
Morphine Addiction
What is the name of the mysterious character that is never seen?
How long has it been since he has been seen?
Arthur or Boo Radley
15 years
What did Jem lose? Where and how did he find the thing he lost?
His pants
Sewn up and folded over the fence
What does Walter Cunningham Jr. do at lunch that surprises Scout?
He drowns his meal in syrup (molasses)
What is the FIRST item found in the tree?
pieces of gum
What does Atticus do to Tim Johnson?
What is the dog supposed to represent?
He shoots Tim Johnson (rabid dog) and kills it with one shot.
Racism
What is the cook's name?
Who wants her gone?
Calpurnia
Aunt Alexandra
How did Dill cover for Jem losing his pants?
Dill said they were playing strip poker
Describe the "Cunningham way."
They refuse to take anything they can't pay for
Boo (Arthur) Radley
Who does Scout personally address at the mob scene in front of the jail?
What is it that she asks him?
Mr. Cunningham
How is Walter, his son?