Characters
What is Scout's full name? (First, Middle, and Last!)
Jean Louise Finch
DAILY DOUBLE: (Double the points if you get this correct; double the penalty if you get this wrong...) Who is Tim Johnson?
A rabid dog that Atticus had to shoot.
This man was found guilty for a crime he probably did not commit.
Who is Tom Robinson?
The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, takes place in this fictional Southern town.
What is Maycomb, Alabama?
According to both Atticus and Miss Maudie, it is a sin to do this, because they don't harm anyone.
What is killing a mockingbird.
This antagonist stalks the judge, Tom Robinson's wife, and Atticus' children after the trial.
Who is Bob Ewell?
Atticus gets criticized by many members of the town for this.
What is defending Tom Robinson?
What is Boo Radley's real name?
Arthur Radley.
During the trial of Tom Robinson, Jem and Scout were forced to sit here, so they would not be seen by Atticus.
What is the balcony of the courtroom? ("the colored section")
Which character said, "I felt right sorry for her. She seemed to try more'n the rest of 'em"
Tom Robinson
This character criticizes the way Atticus raises his children multiple times throughout the story. This character tries to get Scout to be more lady-like.
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
Explain how Atticus casts doubt on the Ewells' testimony in court.
He explains the bruising on Mayella's right side of her face and the importance of Tom being crippled and her father being left handed. He also shows that there are inconsistencies in Mayella's and Bob's versions of what happened.
These two characters are nearly murdered, despite having not harmed anyone.
Who are Scout and Jem?
Arthur Radley hides gifts for the children in this location.
What is the tree outside his house?
Scout learns that it is wrong to harm those who have done no harm to you. Particularly, she learns this when she gets in trouble for wanting to hurt these people/animals. (name 1 out of 3, but you can gain +300 points for each of additional correct answer. Total of 3 guesses.)
Who are Arthur Radley, Walter Cunningham Jr., and the roley-poley bug.
This protagonist is a kind and motherly figure for Scout. Her house burns down in the story.
Who is Miss Maudie?
DAILY DOUBLE: (Double the points if you get this correct; double the penalty if you get this wrong...)
Earlier in the novel, Mayella's younger brother, Burris, picks on this character until she cries.
Who is Miss Caroline?
She is not completely innocent. Still, we can't help but feel bad for her because of who her father is.
Who is Mayella Ewell?
The novel takes place during this infamous, upsetting time period in American history.
What is the Great Depression?
Which character said, "...before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."
Atticus Finch
The prosecuting attorney in the Tom Robinson trial.
Who is Mr. Gilmer?
This character is addicted to morphine, and though she comes off as grouchy old woman because of it, she helps teach Jem some lessons.
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
The community judges him for fathering children with a woman of color, so he pretends to be an alcoholic.
Who is Dolphus Raymond.
Dill vacations in Scout and Jem's neighborhood, but he lives in this place during the school year.
Meridian, Mississippi (will take either answer)
We learn the same lessons that Scout does because she is a narrator, and tells the story through this type of perspective (or narration).
What is first person perspective or first person narration.