Background
The author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Harper Lee?
The real name of "Boo" Radley.
Who is Arthur Radley?
Miss Caroline believes that Scout has learned to do these things wrong.
The symbol that represents innocence and the desire to be kind, even though the world may "shoot" you.
What is a mockingbird?
The character that makes up wild stories to cope with his poor home life.
Who is Dill Harris?
The time period that this novel takes place in.
What is the 1930s/Great Depression?
Scout's real name.
Who is Jean Louise Finch?
How Scout causes the mob to disperse when they are at the jailhouse.
The plot device used when Scout says, "Thus began our longest journey together," right before she and Jem are attacked by Boo Radley.
What is foreshadowing?
She wears overalls, fights, plays roughly with boys, etc.
The town that this novel takes place in.
What is Maycomb, Alabama?
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
What Tom Robinson says that makes the courtroom angry.
What is "He felt sorry for Mayella?"
The one object present on the Ewell property that symbolizes a yearning for beauty/control amidst all of the garbage.
What are Mayella's Red Geraniums?
The reason it was obvious that Tom Robinson could not have committed the crime.
What is an unusable left arm?
The character loosely based on Harper Lee's father.
Who is Atticus Finch?
The town sheriff who insists that "Bob Ewell fell on his knife."
Who is Heck Tate?
Name something that Scout and Jem found in the knot hole.
What is soap dolls, chewing gum, a broken stopwatch, a spelling-bee medal, etc.
The "simple trick" that Atticus teaches Jem and Scout throughout the novel.
What is putting yourself in someone else's skin/shoes and walking around in them.
What is Helen Robinson and the family?
The "town drunk" who actually just drinks Coca Cola out of a brown paper sack. He also enjoys the company of the African American community over whites.
Who is Dolphus Raymond?
The reason that Atticus believes that Mrs. Dubose is the strongest person he knows.
She decided to free herself of her addiction, even though she knew she was dying.
Mrs. Dubose's gift to Jem that lets him know that she is not done tormenting him yet, even after she is gone.
What is a camelia/flower in a box?
The moment that Scout finally "sees" the world through Boo Radley's eyes.
What is after Scout and Boo walk to the Radley house after he had saved them, and she stands on the porch and envisions all that he has seen?