Characters
Atticus' sister and Jem and Scout's auntie
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
African American church of Maycomb, ran by Reverand Sykes. Calpurnia goes there.
What is First Purchase Church?
Atticus revealed to Scout and Jem that he was the best shot in Maycomb County.
What happened when Atticus shot Tim Johnson's dog?
"Nigg*r-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything—like snot-nose. It's hard to explain—ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It's slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody."
What did Atticus say to Scout about the "N-lover" term?
Jem and Scout's cousin
Who is Francis?
The old homestead built by Simon Finch, Scout and Jem's ancestor.
What is Finch's Landing?
A little more than a month after Jem’s punishment ends. Atticus reveals to Jem that she was addicted to morphine and that the reading was part of her successful effort to fight her addiction. Atticus gives Jem a box that she had given him; in it lies a single white camellia.
What happened when Mrs. Dubose died?
“‘There’s some folks who don’t eat like us,’ she whispered fiercely, ‘but you ain’t called on to contradict ’em at the table when they don’t. That boy’s yo’ comp’ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear?’”
What does Calpurnia say to Scout about Walter?
Atticus' brother and Jem and Scout's uncle.
Who is Uncle Jack?
Where Jem and Scout find the treasures from Boo Radley.
What is the Knothole?
That night, Atticus wakes Scout and helps her put on her bathrobe and coat and goes outside with her and Jem.
What happened when Miss Maudie's house caught on fire?
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."
What did Atticus say to persuade his daughter not to be angry with Miss Caroline, her school teacher?
Arthur Radley
What is Boo Radley's real name?
The street Jem and Scout live on
What is Maycomb's main residential street?
When the trio first arrives, the men take off their hats and the women cross their arms, which Scout describes as "weekday gestures of respectful attention."
How did the people of the church respond when Cal took Jem and Scout to the First Purchase Church?
"Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corn cribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird."
What does Miss Maudie say about Mockingbirds?
Aunt Alexandra's husband and Jem and Scout's uncle.
Who is Jimmy?
"We ran across the schoolyard, crawled under the fence to the ________ behind our house"
Where is the Deer Pasture?
This 'family consciousness' is an integral part of life in Maycomb, an old town where the same families have lived for generations, where every family has its quirks and eccentricities.
Why is Aunt Alexandra staying at the house to provide a motherly figure for the children?
“With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.”
What does Scout say when Dill doesn't come during the summer?