Characters
The most villainous person in town is _______.
Bob Ewell
"First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in in."
Atticus
How does Tom Robinson die?
He is shot multiple times while running away from officers.
From whose perspective is the story told?
Scout: adult and child narrator
Mayella is offended when Atticus calls her _____.
Ma'am
Besides Atticus, these two women are the most influential adults in Scout and Jem's lives.
Cal and Miss Maudie
Scout yonder’s been reading’ ever since she was born, and she ain’t even started school yet.”
Jem
How did Bob Ewell actually die?
Boo killed him.
How does Atticus convince Scout to keep going to school?
He promises to continue to read with her at night.
What is Tim Johnson's role in the story?
His being rabid introduces "Maycomb's usual disease" to the readers.
This influential adult's hypocrisy is confusing to Scout.
Miss Gates, her teacher
“He made me start off on the wrong foot.”
Scout
Why does Scout beat up Francis?
Francis called Atticus an N-lover.
How do the children try to communicate with Boo Radley?
They try to stick the note to an old fishing pole and drop it through a loose shutter in the Radley house.
Name one thing that the children find in the tree.
dolls, gum, string, a watch, pennies, etc.
This character made his son into a ghost of a person.
Mr. Radley and Nathan Radley
“I'm not a very good man, sir, but I am sheriff of Maycomb County. Lived in this town all my life an' I'm goin' on forty-three years old. Know everything that's happened here since before I was born. There's a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it's dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead.”
Sheriff Heck Tate
Why does Scout make fun of Walter Cunningham?
He puts syrup on his lunch.
What does Atticus tell Jem about Mrs. Dubose?
"I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."
"You know, she was a great lady."
“She’s an old lady and she’s ill. You just hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it’s your job not to let her make you mad.
She said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that’s what she did."
Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
Mockingbirds are symbols of innocence. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy."
How does Atticus's job act as a vehicle to demonstrate his deepest values?
“They called me guilty before they learned my name.”
Tom Robinson
What does Dill dare Jem to do at the Radley home?
Run up and touch the house.
Sheriff Heck Tate acknowledges "mockingbird justice" when he says ______________ about Boo killing Bob Ewell.
There's a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it's dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead.
Dolphus Randolph lives with the Black community and is father to biracial children with his Black common law wife. He shields himself from public scrutiny for this by ________.