“I made him get a page of the Bible every day, and there was a book Miss Buford taught me out of…Blackstone Commentaries.”
Who is Zeebo?
100
"Which, gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you."
What is a simile?
100
On the night that the lynch mob visits, this character keeps watch with his shotgun on the roof across the street from the jail.
Who is Mr. B.B. Underwood?
100
The period of history during which the events of this story take place.
What is the Great Depression--1930s
200
“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”
Who is Scout Finch?
200
"She was very old; she spent most of each day in bed and the rest of it in a wheelchair. It was rumored that she kept a CSA pistol concealed among her numerous shawls and wraps."
Who is Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose?
200
"What did her father do? We don't know"
What is a rhetorical question?
200
This is how Atticus offends Mayella on the stand.
What is being polite, calling her Miss and ma'am, common courtesy.
200
The name of Atticus’ family’s estate.
What is Finch's Landing?
300
“I tell you, Gertrude, you never ought to let an opportunity go by to witness for the lord.”
Who is Mrs. Grace Merriweather?
300
"He was long-nosed, wore boots with shiny metal eye-holes, boot pants and a lumber jacket. His belt had a row of bullets sticking in it. He carried a heavy rifle."
Who is Heck Tate?
300
"There is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller."
What is an allusion?
300
This is Miss Maudie's favorite activity.
What is gardening?
300
Dill's home town.
What is Meridian, Mississippi?
400
“Bob Ewell fell on his knife. He killed himself.
Who is Heck Tate?
400
"The most devout lady in Maycomb."
Who is Mrs. Grace Merriweather
400
A story told within another story.
What is a framed narrative?
400
Mrs. Dubose teaches Jem and Scout and alternate view of this.
What is courage?
400
Name the character described in the following quote.
"She was all angles and bones; she was nearsighted; she squinted; her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard."
Who is Calpurnia?
500
"We’ve done business in this court for years and years, and Mr. Finch is always courteous to everybody. He’s not trying to mock you, he’s trying to be polite. That’s just his way."
Who is Judge Taylor?
500
“[She] was no more than twenty-one. She had bright auburn hair, pink cheeks, and wore crimson fingernail polish. She also wore high-heeled pumps and a red-and-white striped dress. She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop”
Who is Miss Caroline Fisher?
500
"‘Oh nothing, nothing,’ she said, ‘somebody just walked over my grave.’ She put away whatever it was that gave her a pinprick of apprehension…”
What is foreshadowing?
500
Identify the three definitions of background outlined in the novel.
What is 1) how long a family lives on the same plot of land 2) how long a family has been reading and writing 3) having humanity and rejecting racial inequality ?
500
Name five things Boo Radley gave the children.
What is gum, two pennies, watch and chain, spelling medal, twine, a pocket knife, soap dolls, and their lives?