Characters
A friend of the children whose house burns down.
Miss Maudie
The story takes place during this time period
The 1930's/Great Depression
This is the children's favorite neighbor
Miss Maudie
The African American community is bitter toward Atticus
False
When Scout's teacher condemns Hitler, it is hypocritical because she
Ignores the racism in Maycomb
Raises the children in the absence of their mother
Calpurnia
Evidence at the trial suggests Mayella was really beaten by
Her father, Bob Ewell
The Ewells are descried as
Lazy and poor/white trash
Boo Radley saves Scout and Jem's lives at the end of the novel
True
Scout compares exposing Boo to the limelight to
Killing a mockingbird
Scout's classmate who refuses to accept charity
Walter Cunningham
Atticus decides to make an effort in defending Tom Robinson because
It is the right thing to do/he is morally committed
This character tries to kill Jem and Scout
Bob Ewell
Reverend Sykes collects money at church to help Helen Robinson
True
The ladies at the missionary tea feel the greatest sympathy for
The Mrunas who live in Africa
Attempts to make a lady of Scout
Aunt Alexandra
Jem cuts down Mrs. Dubose's flowers and as a punishment has to
Read to her
The Cunninghams are described as
Proud and independent
In Maycomb in the 1930s, the word of an honest African American man is believed over that of a dishonest white man
False
On the way to the Halloween pageant, Scout and Jem are scared by
Cecil Jacobs
Breaks a morphine habit
Mrs. Dubose
This is the bravest person Atticus says he ever knew
Mrs. Dubose
When Miss Maudie's house burns down, her reaction is
She is excited to plant new flowers/She isn't sad
Aunt Alexandra approves of the way Atticus is raising his children.
False
This character is described as lonely and different from her family
Mayella Ewell