Maycomb
Characters
Background
Plot
Vocab Terms
100
This is the state in which the story is set.
What is Alabama?
100
This is the narrrator of the story.
Who is Jean Louis Finch, "Scout"?
100
This is the author of TKAM.
Who is Harper Lee?
100

Mr. Cunningham pays Atticus with _______.

What are crops/veggies/collards/nuts?

100

Another term for a person of black or African American descent.

What is colored?

200

This is the Finch's' cook and maid.

Who is Calpurnia.

200
This is the noble and courageous man who is the father of Jem and Scout.
Who is Atticus Finch?
200
This is the time period in which the story is set.
What is the 1930s?
200

The children are surprised when they find out that Atticus can _______.

What is shoot?

200

The act of prejudice or bias against a certain group.

What is discrimination?

300

This animal was known as the pet of Maycomb.

What is Tim Johnson, an old liver-colored bird dog?

300
This person spanks Scout for cussing at and fighting Francis Hancock, her third cousin.
Who is Uncle Jack Finch, Atticus' younger brother?
300

This is where Dill lives during the school year.

What is Meridian, Mississippi? 

300

This act causes most of the town to doubt Atticus' intentions.

What is him accepting the Tom Robinson case?

300

Separation of ethnic groups in housing, schooling, or other areas of life.

What is segregation?

400
This person was the one responsible for getting important information out to all of the residents of Maycomb.
Who is Eula May, the lead operator?
400
This person comes to Maycomb every summer and stays with Miss Rachel, the Finch's neighbor.
Who is Charles Baker Harris, "Dill"?
400

Tim Johnson has this illness.

What is rabies? 

400

This caused Jem to think that someone was watching him and know what he was thinking the night he, Scout, and Dill tried to sneak a peek into the Radley house.

What is his pants were laid nicely over the fence and were crudely sewn up?

400

The act of breaking down the barriers separating ethnic groups.

What is desegregation?

500

Jem destroys this old lady's camellia bushes.

Who is Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose?

500

This person is a phantom of Maycomb county and is a crazy friend.

Who is Arthur "Boo" Radley?

500

This person's house burns down.

Who is Ms. Maudie Atkinson?

500
This was Jem's punishment for destroying Mrs. Dubose's flowers.
What is he had to read to her every day for one hour for a month?
500

A belief that race determines capability with one race being superior to others.

What are racism?

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