Characters
This character struggles to remember the exact details from the night of the rape. After thinking very hard, he is able to tell Atticus that Mayella had a black eye on her right side.
Who is Sheriff Heck Tate?
What does the mockingbird symbolize?
What is innocence?
Identify the speaker: "Let the dead bury the dead, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead."
Heck Tate. Let this case end here, Mr. Finch. Bob Ewell is responsible for the death of Tom. Now, Bob Ewell is dead. It's time to let everything go.
Rewrite the following sentence to make it grammatically correct:
Atticus Finch the father of Jem and Scout is a lawyer.
Atticus Finch, the father of Jem and Scout, is a lawyer.
This character shows up at the Maycomb County jail to threaten Atticus and Tom Robinson. He seems to be ashamed of himself once Scout begins talking to him and asking him about his son.
Who is Mr. Walter Cunningham?
What might Tom's trial and death symbolize? Please explain with at least one supporting detail.
What is racism and prejudice?
Identify the speaker: "Well, it'd be sort of like shooting a mockingbird, wouldn't it?"
Scout Finch says this to Atticus at the end of the novel. She is talking about letting the town know that Boo Radley saved the children from Bob Ewell. It would destroy the life he created for himself, and he didn't do anything to deserve it. He should be happy and keep his life to himself.
Rewrite the following sentence to make it grammatically correct:
Jem parceled our roles I was Mrs. Radley Dill was Mr. Radley and Jem was Boo Radley.
Jem parceled our roles: I was Mrs. Radley, Dill was Mr. Radley, and Jem was Boo Radley.
This character is an old widow and a struggling morphine addict. Her attitude became worse since people tended to avoid her, which made her feel acute loneliness.
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
What might Boo's gifts to the children represent or symbolize? ( He gave them a broken pocket watch, string, two soap dolls, gum, and two lucky pennies).
What is friendship?
Calpurnia gives Scout and Jem permission to attend Tom Robinson's trial.
Atticus does not give Scout and Jem permission to attend Tom Robinson's trial.
Identify the speaker: "Stand up, Miss Jean Louise. Your father's passing."
Reverend Sykes says this to Scout at the conclusion of the trial when Atticus is leaving the court room. He says this to her to suggest they must show respect to Atticus for supporting one of the important members of their community.
Rewrite the following sentence to make it grammatically correct:
I was fairly sure Boo Radley was inside that house but I couldn't prove it and felt it best to keep my mouth shut.
I was fairly sure Boo Radley was inside that house, but I couldn't prove it and felt it best to keep my mouth shut.
This character threatens three characters in the book: Helen Robinson, Judge Taylor, and Atticus Finch. He also spits in Mr. Finch's face. He dies from a stab wound.
Who is Bob Ewell?
What might Mrs. Dubose's last camellia to Jem represent or symbolize?
What is forgiveness>
Dill makes up stories about his parents because he doesn't have any.
Dill makes up stories about his parents because he thinks they don't love him.
Identify the speaker: "Secretly, Miss finch, I'm not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live."
Dolphus Raymond says this to Scout in the court room after the trial. He implies that he doesn't drink but only pretends to. It is the only way people can make sense of his choices to associate with the black community rather than the white community.
Rewrite the following sentence to make it grammatically correct:
He ain't that old I said. All he needs is somebody to beat him up and I ain't big enough.
"He ain't that old," I said. "All he needs is somebody to beat him up, and I ain't big enough."
This character is the prosecutor and tries to make it seems as though Tom is strong enough to beat up a young woman so that he looks guiltier than he actually is.
Who is Mr. Gilmer?
What or who is the Gray Ghost supposed to symbolize?
What is Boo Radley?
Scout learns the meaning of "walking in someone else's shoes" after witnessing the trial.
Scout learns the meaning of "walking in someone else's shoes" after standing on Boo Radley's porch.
Identify the speaker: "Most people are [nice], Scout, when you finally see them."
Atticus says this at the end of the novel to Scout, after she realizes Boo Radley was a nice man. He implies that what is often heard about other people is incorrect. That people are good more often than the negative rumors about them are true.
Combine the following sentences to create a compound-complex sentence:
Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with. He was inconsistent, moody, and his appetite was appalling.
Jem was twelve, and he was difficult to live with because he was inconsistent, moody, and his appetite was appalling.