Characters
Who is Burris Ewell?
Burris Ewell is a son of Bob Ewell and a younger sibling of Mayella Ewell as well as the first antagonist of the novel. Burris is described as being chiefly antagonistic of Little Chuck Little and his teacher Miss Caroline Fisher; like his father, he is very belligerent. He comes to the first day of school, but departs just as everyone else in his family does.
The town and state the book takes place in.
What is Maycomb, Alabama?
Who are the four people cross-examined during the trial?
Who are Mayella, Heck Tate, Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson?
Name one of the themes we have discussed.
What is "Courage is doing what is right even when the odds of succeeding are poor," "Prejudice and superstition can lead to injustice," or "One person's wrongdoing can release evil into the entire community"?
Who is Miss Gates?
Miss Gates is a third grade teacher at Scout's school who insists that America isn't prejudiced like Hitler's Germany. Despite this, Scout has heard her say that the blacks need to be taught a lesson after Tom's trial. Her dual nature of hating Hitler and his prejudice while simultaneously being prejudiced against African Americans in her own community illustrates the hypocrisy present in Maycomb.
The Finch children find gifts hidden in the knothole of a tree in front of this house.
What is the Radley house?
Atticus proves Mayella Ewell was beaten mostly on the right side of her face. Explain the reason this means it couldn't have been Tom.
What is the attacker would have been left-handed and Tom has no use of his left hand?
“He said… I could shoot al the blue jays I wanted, if I could hit them, but to remember it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. …Well, I reckon because mockingbirds don’t do anything but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t each people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but just sing their hearts out for us.” (32) What does the mockingbird represent?
What is an innocent person who does no harm to anyone but who is harmed?
Who is Francis Hancock?
Francis Hancock is the spoiled grandson of Aunt Alexandra. (The son of her son, Henry Hancock.) Every Christmas, Henry and his wife drop Francis at Finch's Landing, which is the only time Scout and Jem see him. Francis lives in Mobile, Alabama, and is a bit of a tattle-tale. He gets along well with Jem, but often spars with Scout.
Dill's hometown.
What is Meridian, Mississippi?
How Atticus proved Bob Ewell could have been the one to attack his own daughter.
What is he asks Ewell to write his name and he is left-handed?
Explain how Boo Radley is a mockingbird by giving an example of a kind act and how he is treated by others.
What is he leaves gifts in the knothole for Jem and Scout, he folds Jem's pants on the fence, or he saves their lives and the children make up stories about him, townspeople talk about him?
Who is Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose?
Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose is an elderly woman who lives near the Finches. She is hated by the children, who run by her house to avoid her. Scout describes Mrs. Dubose as "plain hell." A virulent racist, she calls Atticus a "nigger-lover" to his children's faces, and Jem flies into a rage and ravages Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes.
Where Walter Cunningham and the mob are from.
What is Old Sarum?
Who are the four people cross-examined during the trial?
Who are Mayella, Heck Tate, Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson?
Choose another character in the novel and explain how they are a mockingbird.
What is Tom because he tries to help Mayella and is convicted of rape or Jem because he tries to help his family, isn't always treated right by Scout, and is disappointed by the verdict.
Who is Link Deas?
Link Deas owns cotton fields and a store in Maycomb; he employs Tom Robinson and later Helen, as she is not accepted by any other employer in the county due to Tom's accusation of rape.
Where the Ewells live.
What is behind the dump near the "black" part of town.
What/Who is Dolphus?
Dolphus Raymond is a wealthy white man who is a sympathetic minor character in the novel. He is viewed as an outcast in Maycomb for associating with black people and having several biracial children. He drinks out of a paper bag and is rumored to be an alcoholic.
How does Scout learn that it is important to see from other people's perspectives or "walk in their shoes?"
What is she gets in trouble when she tries to tell Miss Caroline about the Cunninghams and she sees things from Boo's perspective when she walks off his front porch?
Identify the speaker and explain the significance of the following quote: "Bob Ewell fell on his knife. He killed himself. There's a black man dead for no reason, and now the man responsible for it is dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. I never heard tell that it's against the law for a citizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being committed, which is exactly what he did."
Who is Sheriff Heck Tate? This is important because Tate is saying that it's Ewell's fault Tom is dead and now he's dead too. He's also claiming that he fell on his own knife to spare Boo Radley the publicity of people knowing that he saved the children and rid the town of Ewell.