Vocab
Malevolent
Evil
Jean Louise
Who is Scout?
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."
Who is Scout?
Whose elbow gets broken?
Jem
Melancholy
Sad
assuage
lessen or calm
Charles Baker Harris
Who is Dill?
"Atticus ain’t ever whipped me since I can remember. I want to keep it that way."
Who is Jem Finch?
Who touched the Radley house on a dare?
Jem
persevere
Carry on in spite of difficulties
auspicious
favorable, hopeful
Lawyer father
Who is Atticus?
"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."
Who is Atticus Finch?
Who filled the knot hole with cement?
Nathan Radley
benign
neutral, non-threatening
compensation
to pay or to make up for something
The cook
Who is Calpurnia?
"I thought I wanted to be a lawyer but I ain't so sure now!"
Who is Jem Finch?
Who bans Scout from reading at home?
Miss Caroline
unfathomable
something that cannot be understood
vigil
watch
Maudie Atkinson
"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.”
Who is Maudie Atkinson?
Who comes to school with lice?
Burris Ewell
provocation
to excite some sort of feeling; often anger or
irritation