Vocabulary
Characters
Quotes (who said?/Meaning?)
"Mockingbirds"
Random
100
(n.) a parasite that can live in a person's intestines
What is a Tapeworm
100
The narrator and protagonist of the story. Lives with her father, Atticus, her brother, Jem, and their black cook, Calpurnia, in Maycomb. She is intelligent and, by the standards of her time and place, a tomboy.
What is Scout
100
Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.
What is a Description of Maycomb, stated by Scout
100
A man who tries to help Mayella yet in return dies for his innocence
What is Tom
100
What is the Genre of this novel?
What is Southern Drama/ Social Drama
200
(adj.) not natural, strange
What is Alien
200
Scout and Jem’s father, a lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family. A widower with a dry sense of humor, Atticus has instilled in his children his strong sense of morality and justice.
What is Atticus
200
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
What is Atticus giving Scout the crucial piece of moral advice that governs her development for the rest of the book.
200
A mockingbird in a very literal sense. Mockingbirds repeat what they hear from other birds. He repeats what he has heard from adults in his life on a regular basis. Even though the ideas may not be his originally, Dill is essential to the plot because he introduces ideas and concepts to the core group of children.
What is Dill
200
What was the Climax?
Despite Atticus’s capable and impassioned defense, the jury finds Tom Robinson guilty. The verdict forces Scout and Jem to confront the fact that the morals Atticus has taught them cannot always be reconciled with the reality of the world and the evils of human nature.
300
(n.) Delicacy
What is Subtlety
300
The black field hand accused of rape. One of the novel’s “mockingbirds”
What is Tom Robinson
300
“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
What is the idea of “mockingbirds” as good, innocent people who are destroyed by evil.
300
Like other characters in this story, he is an innocent person whose intent is kindness and goodness, but he is misunderstood. The town knows that he lives with people of color, and they fail to understand his reasoning, except that they assume he is a drunk due to the brown-bagged bottle he carries with him everywhere and his physical appearance.
What is Mr. Raymond
300
What is the Tone?
What is Childlike, humorous, innocent
400
(adj.) silly; not serious
What is Frivolous
400
The sheriff of Maycomb and a major witness at Tom Robinson’s trial. A decent man who tries to protect the innocent from danger.
What is Heck Tate
400
A boy trudged down the sidewalk dragging a fishing pole behind him. A man stood waiting with his hands on his hips. Summertime, and his children played in the front yard with their friend, enacting a strange little drama of their own invention. It was fall, and his children fought on the sidewalk in front of Mrs. Dubose’s.
What is Scout thinking about the world from Boo's perspective.
400
This person shows bravery when a mob shows up at his house by telling his father he has a phone call. Most importantly, protects his sister against an attack from Bob Ewell and may have been killed if Boo Radley had not intervened.
What is Jem
400
Motifs?
What is Gothic details; small-town life
500
a strong-smelling substance made from a parsley-like plant; often used in folk medicine to repel illness
What is Asafoetida
500
A wealthy white man who lives with his black mistress and mulatto children. Pretends to be a drunk so that the citizens of Maycomb will have an explanation for his behavior. In reality, he is simply jaded by the hypocrisy of white society and prefers living among blacks.
What is Mr. Dolphus Raymond
500
“When they finally saw him, why he hadn’t doneany of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. . . .” His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.” He turned out the light and went into Jem’s room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.
What is As Scout falls asleep, she is telling Atticus about the events of The Gray Ghost, a book in which one of the characters is wrongly accused of committing a crime and is pursued. When he is finally caught, however, his innocence is revealed.
500
innocent person who was accused of mutilating animals or eat them raw, poisoning pecans; also attempted to befriend Jem and Scout, leaving them gifts to show his kindness.
What is Boo
500
When was this book first Published
What is July 11, 1960
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