Friends & Neighbors
This reclusive neighbor leaves gifts in the knothole of a tree for Scout and Jem.
Who is Boo Radley?
This is Boo Radley's real first name.
Who is Arthur?
This is Atticus Finch's profession.
What is a lawyer?
This is the symbol of innocense in the novel.
What is a mockingbird?
This Black man is falsely accused of raping a white women.
Who is Tom Robinson?
This boy visits Maycomb every summer and becomes fast friends with Scout and Jem.
Who is Dill Harris?
Boo Radley is rumored to have done this violent act as a teenager, leading to his confinement at home.
What is stabbing his father with scissors?
This is Scout's real name.
What is Jean Louis Finch?
This flower, tended by Mrs. Dubose, becomes a symbol of courage and forgiveness.
What is a camellia?
Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson in court, despite this group's strong disapproval.
Who are the townspeople? (the white community of Maycomb)
Known for baking the best cakes in Maycomb, this neighbor often talks to Scout and treats her with respect.
Who is Ms. Maudie?
These are three items Boo leaves in the knothole of the tree.
What is chewing gum, polished nickles, soap figures?
Jem breaks this body part during the events of the novel.
What is his arm?
The children's fascination with Boo Radley represents this major theme about understanding others.
What is their innocense (being harmless/good people)?
This key peice of evidence shows that Tom could not have inflicted Mayella's injuries as described in court.
What is Tom's crippled left arm?
Scout fights with this classmate, but he later becomes a friend who visits her home for dinner.
Who is Walter Cunningham?
Scout finally meets Boo Radley on this night, after he saves her and Jem from their attacker.
What is Halloween night?
Atticus teaches Scout that you never really understand a person until you can do this.
What is climb in their skin and walk around in it?
Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are both considered symbolic mockingbirds because of this shared trait.
What is their innocense (or being harmless/good people)?
Atticus suggests that Mayella's injuries were caused by someone who leads with his left hand-this person.
Who is Bob Ewell?
This elderly neighbor, known for her camellias, teaches Jem a lesson about courage after he destroys her flowers.
Who is Mrs, Dubose?
Heck Tate insists Bob Ewell fell on his own knife because exposing Boo Radley as a hero would be like doing this.
What is killing a Mockingbird?
This relative criticizes Atticus for defending Tom Robinson and tries to make Scout act more "ladylike".
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
The setting of Maycomb, a small and divided Southern town, serves as a symbol of this larger societal issue.
What is racial prejudice (or racism)?
During his testimony, Atticus highlights that Mayella Ewell is guilty of this, not a crime, but something even more shameful in her society.
What is tempting a Black man?