Characters
Who is Henry?
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"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
-- Atticus Finch
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
Various answers.
In which state does this story take place?
Alabama
How old was Jem when he got his arm badly broken at the elbow?
Nearly 13 (12 y.o.)
What is the name of the dog that was shot down?
Tim Johnson
"This case is as simple as black and white"
-- Atticus Finch
What does this mean: “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
We often take for granted what we have, what we know, and what we can do.
Who was the first person Mr. Ewell was following?
Helen Robinson
How old was Scout when Jem got hurt at the elbow?
8
Who is Miss Atkinson?
Miss Maudie Atkinson
“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
-- Miss Maudie
What does this mean: "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience"?
"Atticus is essentially attempting to explain to his daughter that he feels morally obligated to defend Tom Robinson regardless of the community's opinion."
What would have happened to Tom had he lost his appeal?
Death -- The electric chair
Who sat with Jem, Scout, and Calpurnia in church?
Zeebo, Calpurnia's son.
Name the other Henry in the book.
Aunt Alexandra's son, Henri Hancock, and Ms. Dubose
"There are just some kind of men who--who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one"
-- Miss Maudie
Who or what does this quote represent? "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
It represents the antagonists and the protagonists. (Whoever you choose to be represented by these birds.)
Scout hears about her father being a "lover of African-Americans" for the first time from who?
Cecil Jacobs
Why was Atticus pushing Mr. Tate to consider Jem as the prime suspect for Bob Ewell's death?
Because he didn't want this to follow his son for the rest of his life. Atticus believes in the truth, in the law, and in the idea of facing one's mistakes. He doesn't want his son to have special treatment and he knows what that would do or what the townspeople would say. Better he faces it dead on.
Eula May is the telephone operator.
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
-- Judge Taylor
How does this conversation about the book Atticus is reading to Scout at the end of TKAM relate to the story?
“When they finally saw him, why he hadn’t done any of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. . . .”
“Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”
We learn, in the book, that people judge others way too quickly.
People judge others before getting to know them, before understanding them, and before "walking in their shoes".
Many, many characters "read the book by its cover".
What does Atticus give Jem to calm him down after Bob Ewell's threats?
A football magazine.
The morphidite looks like one of the characters from the book. Which one?
Mr. Avery