To Kill a Mockingbird Trivia
What is the name of the mysterious neighbor?
Boo Radley
The repetition of INITIAL consonant sounds
Alliteration
Who was the victim of the crime in question?
Mayella Ewell
A pair of lines in poetry of a similar length that rhyme
A couplet
What vessel allows the kids to begin to interact with "Boo Radley"?
an oak tree
What is the first gift the kids receive from the mysterious neighbor?
two pieces of chewing gum
The use of a word that sounds like its meaning
Onomatopoeia
Who was the defense attorney?
Mr. Horace Gilmer
A form of Japanese poetry that has a distinct pattern
Haiku
What is the setting for the story?
Maycomb
Who is Miss Maudie and which of the children does she befriend?
She is a widow with a talent for gardening and cake baking. She first befriends Scout and later also helps Jem.
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
Blank verse
What was revealed in Sheriff Heck Tate's testimony regarding Mayella's bruises?
She was punched in her right eye and there were finger marks all around her neck.
A poem that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme
Free verse
What is the name of the cook who takes care of the children?
Calpurnia
What did Scout not realize when she was standing outside the Radley house during Miss Maudie's house fire?
Boo Radley puts his blanket around her shoulders from behind her.
The repetition of consonant sounds
Consonance
Double Jeopardy!!! Why does Atticus send Jem to read to Mrs. Dubois?
Atticus wants Jem to see what true courage is. Mrs. Dubois was trying to kick her morphine addiction before she died.
Language with no rhythmical structure, natural flow of speech
Prose
Who is Walter?
Walter Cunningham, a boy in Scout’s class, comes from a large and poor family and often gets Scout into trouble.
Scout starts a fight with this classmate for making fun of her dad?
Cecil Jacobs
The repetition of vowel sounds in words
Assonance
Why was Bob Ewell so confident that he would win the court case?
He knew that the jury would protect him and not Tom Robinson.
A four line stanza, with an alternating rhyme scheme
A quatrain
What does the Mockingbird represent?
The “mockingbird” comes to represent the idea of innocence. Thus, "to kill a mockingbird" is to destroy innocence.