Tom Robinson is accused of this crime against this person.
Raping Mayella Ewell
100
The setting of the novel (town, state, decade), and the historical event occurring during this time across the U.S.
Maycomb, Alabama 1930's- The Great Depression
100
"I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Atticus Finch
100
What is Scout's actual name?
Jeanne Louise Finch
200
Who is “A thick-bodied girl accustomed
to strenuous labor,” she took care
of seven children while enduring
abuse from an alcoholic father?
Mayella Ewell
200
This is the holiday when Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout.
Halloween
200
What kind of novel is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Bildungsroman: coming of age story
200
“I’m beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time…it’s because he wants to stay inside."
Jem Finch
200
Why should you never shoot a mockingbird?
'Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corn cribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.
300
Which character shows great maturity because of his/her conversations with Atticus about social classes and understanding of how prejudice and evil exists in the world?
Jem Finch
300
Where do Jem and Scoutt view the court proceedings?
the "colored" balcony with the Reverend
300
As Scout retells events from her youth, she is experiencing a ______________?
Flashback
300
“Gracious child, I was raveling a thread, wasn’t even thinking of your father, but now that I am I’ll say this: Atticus is the same in his house as he is on the public streets.”
Miss Maudie
300
“Yes, suh. I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em…”
Tom Robinson
400
He is a “mockingbird” because he simply stays inside his house and does not harm anyone; however, the whole town seems to think he is crazy, and the kids continuously harass him at home.
(Nickname and full name)
Arthur "Boo" Radley
400
According to Atticus’ final statement in the trial, this is the only crime that was committed. (hint: not legal, but social)
What is a white girl “tempted a Negro”?
400
Which two characters SYMBOLIZE the mockingbird ?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
400
“You can pet him, Mr. Arthur, he’s asleep. You couldn’t if he was awake, though, he wouldn’t let you…” “Go ahead.”
Scout Finch
400
“It tears him to pieces. He doesn’t show it much, but it tears him to pieces. I’ve seen him when—what else do they want from him, Maudie, what else?”
Aunt Alexandra
500
Who decides to keep Boo Radley out of the town's attention by labeling Bob Ewell's death as an accident?
Heck Tate
500
What evidence is there that Tom Robinson gave up hope?
He tries to escape rather than waiting for an appeal.
500
Which events foreshadow Bob Ewell's attack on Jem and Scout?
Bob Ewell: spitting on Atticus, stalking and harassing Helen Robinson, stalking the Judge
500
“Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”
Scout Finch
500
“You know what’s going to happen as well as I do, Jack, and I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease.”
What disease is Atticus referring to?