Figurative Language
Chapters 1 & 2
Chapters 3 & 4
Chapters 5 & 6
Chapters 7 & 8
100

“I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer when Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.

Foreshadowing

100
In what decade does the novel take place?
1930s
100
What is the first thing Scout finds in the knothole during chapter 4?
Chewing Gum
100
True or False: Jem and Dill begin to exclude Scout from their games because she is a "girl".
True. Scout begins to feel as though her brother and Dill do not want to spend time with her because she is a girl. Instead, she passes her time by growing close with her neighbor, Miss Maudie.
100
Who puts the blanket on Scout and Jem during the fire?
Boo Radley
200

"Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom."

Metaphor

200
Why is Dill visiting Maycomb?
To spend the summer with his aunt.
200

What deal does Atticus make with Scout about school in Chapter 3?

As long as she goes to school he will continue to read to her.

200

What is Miss. Maudie's opinion of Boo Radley?

She says that most of the rumors about him are false, but that if he wasn’t crazy as a boy, he probably is by now.

200
How does Jem get his pants back?
A few days later, after school has begun for the year, Jem tells Scout that he found the pants mysteriously mended and hung neatly over the fence.
300

"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it."

Personification

300

The "roughest" family in Maycomb

The Ewell Family

300
True or False: In chapter 4, Atticus discovers that Jem, Scout, and Dill are playing a game about the Boo Radley. Jem tells the truth, and Atticus forbid them from ever playing the game again.
False. Atticus is suspicious that the game is about Boo Radley. However, Jem lies and says it has nothing to do with Boo Radley. Because of his lie, the children are still allowed to play.
300
What happens when Jem and Dill try to invite Boo to get ice cream?
Atticus catches them trying to stick the note in a window of the Radley Place with a fishing pole. He orders them to “stop tormenting that man” with either notes or the “Boo Radley” game. His warning works...until the end of summer.
300
Why does Mr. Nathan Radley claim to have filled the knothole with cement?
He says the tree is dying... but is it really?
400

“I’m just trying to tell you the new way they’re teachin’ the first grade, stubborn. It’s the Dewey Decimal System.”

Allusion

400

Who lives in the house with Arthur "Boo" Radley?

Boo's brother, Nathan Radley (Mr. Radley, now) and Boo's mother (unnamed).

400
True or false: Jem and Scout decide to keep the two "Indian-Head" pennies that they find in the knothole.
True. Even though Jem made Scout spit out the gum, these pennies are just too great not to keep.
400

What lie does Dill tell to cover up the truth about how Jem lost his pants?

BONUS 100pts: If you can state WHAT they played poker with.

He says they were playing strip poker.


BONUS: They played with matches, not cards.

400

The primary conflict in chapter 7

Man vs. Man

500

"The Radley Place jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house."

Oxymoron

500
Why does Miss Caroline slap Scout's hand with a ruler?
Scout explained that Walter Cunningham could never afford to pay Miss Caroline back for lunch.
500

Why does Calpurnia slap Scout in Chapter 3?

Scout makes fun of Walter. 


"He's gone and drowned his dinner in syrup...He ain't company, he's just a Cunningham" **Bonus 100 if you can explain what this quote means

500

How does Jem lose his pants?

Jem tries to look into the Radley house and nearly gets caught. He gets stuck on a fence during his escape and had to leave his pants behind.

500
Name at least one of the items that Scout finds in the knothole (cannot use Indian-Head pennies and gum found in previous chapters) Bonus 100 points for each item you list.
-A ball of twine -Two figures carved in soap to resemble Scout and Jem. -More chewing gum -Spelling bee medal -Old pocket watch
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