Characters
The narrator and protagonist of the story. A tomboy. This character has a combative streak and a basic faith in the goodness of the people in their community.
Who is Scout Finch?
To be in compliance with standards, rules or laws. (Hint: A theme in the book that means to follow the crowd)
What is conformity?
Scout's real name is
What is Jean Louise Finch?
This character takes the children to a black church.
Who is Calpurnia?
“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”- Atticus
What is Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . .sing their hearts out for us?
This character is short, young, with snow white hair stuck to their head, and blue eyes. This character is talkative. This character is from Meridian, Mississippi. This character has big imagination.
Who is Dill?
A father, a lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family. A widower with a dry sense of humor, this character has instilled in his children, his strong sense of morality and justice. This character is one of the few residents of Maycomb committed to racial equality.
Who is Atticus Finch?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
What is empathy?
Boo Radley's real name is
What is Arthur Radley?
This story took place in
What is Maycomb county?
“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles them.” - Atticus
What is don't lie to children, they are able to comprehend. Teach children to be honest.
This character was all angles and bones. This person was nearsighted, they squinted. This character's hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard.
Who is Calpurnia?
The Finches’ neighbor, a sharp-tongued widow, and an old friend of the family. This character shares Atticus’s passion for justice and is the children’s best friend among Maycomb’s adults.
Who is Miss Maudie?
The quality or character of a particular person or thing that distinguishes them from others of the same kind, especially when strongly marked. (Hint: A theme in the book that means to stand out)
What is individuality?
This character insists that Bob Ewell's murder is an accident
(We need an ACTUAL NAME for full points)
Who is Heck Tate?
Jem and Scout are shocked to discover that Atticus is the
[Hint: He could do something that they didn't expect him to be able to do, what was it]
What is the best shot in Maycomb.
“-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”- Atticus
What is you never really understand a person until you consider things from their individual perspective or point of view.
This character is no more than 21, with auburn hair, and pink cheeks. This character was from North Alabama and they looked and smelled like a peppermint drop.
Who is Miss Caroline?
This character is the son of Mr. Cunningham and classmate of Scout. This character cannot afford lunch one day at school and accidentally gets Scout in trouble.
Who is Walter Cunningham?
The ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
What is tolerance?
This character is the editor of the local newspapers
Who is Mr. Underwood?
Scout gets in trouble on the first day of school because
What is she was able to read?
“Our courts have our faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal.” -Atticus
What is American courts ensure equality, which is one of the country’s foundational principles. his line reveals the instance between the ideal of American courts and the reality?
The house was low, the color of the slate-gray yard around it. Rain-rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of the veranda (porch); oak trees kept the sun away. The remains of a picket (fence) drunkenly guarded the front yard - a 'swept' yard that was never swept - where johnson grass and rabbit-tobacco grew in abundance."
What is the Radley house?
A wealthy white man who lives with his black mistress and mulatto children. This character pretends to be a drunk so that the citizens of Maycomb will have an explanation for his behavior. In reality, he is simply jaded by the hypocrisy of white society and prefers living among blacks.
Who is Dolphus Raymond?
This occurs when an individual is subjected to unequal treatment because of their actual or perceived race.
What is racial discrimination?
This person founded Finch's landing
Who is Simon Finch?
Boo Radley carved ____________ for Jem and Scout out of soap.
What is two figures that look like them (Jem and Scout)?
“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.”
What is the wise moral outlook of Atticus: if one lives with sympathy and understanding, then it is possible to retain faith in humanity despite its capacity for evil—to believe that most people are “real nice.
This character is a poised, well-mannered Southern woman. She is critical, judgemental, rather strict, and elitist woman.
Who is Aunt Alexandra?