Characters / setting
Who is telling the story?
Scout
Which character taught Scout how to READ?
Which character taught Scout how to WRITE?
Calpurnia taught Scout how to write
What were Scout's TWO reasons for giving up the Radley game?
Scout is becoming more . . .
Atticus told them to stop playing it and she heard a laugh from the house.
Empathetic
Name at least three items Scout and Jem found in the knot hole of the tree.
Gum
Two pennies
A pocket watch
A ball of twine
Soap with Scout and Jem's picture engraved into it
Explain the prejudice shown by Mr. Radley's assumptions about the disturbance in his backyard.
He assumes it was a black person in his yard stealing from him and he shoots at the noise to kill whatever it was.
Name the setting (time and place) of the novel.
Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s
What is Dill's real name, how old is he, and where is he from?
Charles Baker Harris, almost 7, Meridian
What theme is presented when Miss Caroline gets mad at Scout already being educated and for speaking on Walter Cunningham's behalf?
Scout is trying to help Miss Caroline fit into Maycomb and when Miss Caroline doesn’t immediately understand it shows us that Scout doesn’t have a lot of experience dealing with outsiders who aren’t aware of how Maycomb works.
Theme of being an OUTCAST
When Miss Maudie's house is on fire, what significance happens to Scout and Jem as they watch?
Boo Radley puts a blanket on Scout
When visiting Finch's Landing, Scouts family proves to be __________ like the rest of Maycomb County.
Who is Burris Ewell and what happened to him that caused Miss. Caroline to shriek?
A son of the dirty, rude, Ewell family. A bug crawled out of his hair.
What is Boo Radley's real name and who does he currently live with?
Arthur Radley and he lives with his brother Nathan Radley
What events take place where Scout realizes she is an outcast?
Why has she never experienced feeling this way before?
Scout is consistently being told to act like a lady, wear dresses, etc.
Everyone judges Scout, Jem and Atticus because Atticus is defending a black man.
She never experienced being an outsider because she was a white, middle class person.
What is the significance of the kids reading to Mrs. Dubose and the extension of her alarm clock?
They are distracting her from needing the morphine and the alarm clock getting later and later signals her ability to go without it.
What are some of the rumors the children have heard about Boo?
1. He eats raw animals and has blood stained hands from it
2. He is chained to his bed
3. He peeps in windows
4. His pecans are poisoned
Who is Walter Cunningham? What kind of family background did he come from?
Scout's friend at school. Very poor but very respectable farming family.
Who is Atticus defending in court?
Tom Robinson
Describe some of the events where Atticus taught his children a moral lesson.
Walter Cunningham coming over for lunch
Leaving the Radley's alone
Telling them about the Tom Robinson case
Telling them about how Mrs. Dubose is courageous
What does Jem discover about his pants when he goes to retrieve them?
How is this a turning point in the way he views Boo?
They were mended and he can assume it was Boo. He begins to feel empathetic of him and knows he needs to be protected.
What does Miss Maudie reveal about Boo?
That Boo was always a gentleman and polite to her
What functions does Miss. Maudie Atkinson serve in the novel?
A friend to Scout when the boys won't play with her, and a mentor Scout
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
What lesson does she teach the kids?
The Finch's old, prejudice, and judgmental neighbor.
Courage because she dies without morphine
Scout talks about Maycomb in a positive light in the beginning of the novel.
What is revealed about Maycomb County and its inhabitance once Atticus decides to defend Tom Robinson?
The ugly, racist underbelly of Southern life exposes itself as the townspeople judge and make remarks at Atticus and the children (Cecil Jacobs). The Finch's own family even turns on them (Francis)
How does Jem react to the knot hole being filled?
Why is this symbolic?
He cries and is upset because he knows Nathan did a bad thing.
Nathan is cutting Boo off from the world and "cementing" over any contact he can have.
What are the two times we see Scout be physically abused for standing up for others?
When Miss Caroline hits her for standing up for Walter
When Uncle Jack hits her for cursing and fighting with Francis