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Who am I?
Chapters 1 & 2
Chapters 3 & 4
Chapters 5 & 6
Chapters 7 & 8
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Who is the narrator and protagonist of the story? *Bonus 100 points if you use the full name
Scout Jean Louise Finch
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In what decade does the novel take place?
1930s
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What is the first thing Scout finds in the knothole during chapter 4?
Chewing Gum
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True or False: Jem and Dill begin to exclude Scout from their games because she is a "girl".
True. Scout begins to feel as though her brother and Dill do not want to spend time with her because she is a girl. Instead, she passes her time by growing close with her neighbor, Miss Maudie.
100
Name at least one of the items that Scout finds in the knothole (cannot use Indian-Head pennies and gum found in previous chapters) Bonus 100 points for each item you list.
-A ball of twine -Two figures carved in soap to resemble Scout and Jem. -More chewing gum -Spelling bee medal -Old pocket watch
200
Scout and Jem’s father, a lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family.
Atticus Finch
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Why is Dill visiting Maycomb?
To spend the summer with his aunt.
200
What deal does Atticus make with Scout about school in Chapter 3?
At home, Atticus follows Scout outside to ask her if something is wrong, to which she responds that she is not feeling well. She tells him that she does not think she will go to school anymore and suggests that he could teach her himself. Atticus replies that the law demands that she go to school, but he promises to keep reading to her, as long as she does not tell her teacher about it.
200
What is Miss. Maudie's opinion of Boo Radley?
She tells Scout that Boo Radley is still alive and it is her theory Boo is the victim of a harsh father (now deceased), a “foot-washing” Baptist who believed that most people are going to hell. Miss Maudie adds that Boo was always polite and friendly as a child. She says that most of the rumors about him are false, but that if he wasn’t crazy as a boy, he probably is by now.
200
How does Jem get his pants back?
A few days later, after school has begun for the year, Jem tells Scout that he found the pants mysteriously mended and hung neatly over the fence.
300
The Finches’ neighbor, a sharp-tongued widow, and an old friend of the family.
Miss Maudie Atkinson
300
True or False: Miss Caroline is very happy and impressed by the fact that Scout already knows how to read.
False. Miss Caroline is very upset that Scout has learned how to read, because she does not believe she was taught how to read the right way. "Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading" (19).
300
True or False: In chapter 4, Atticus discovers that Jem, Scout, and Dill are playing a game about the Boo Radley. Jem tells the truth, and Atticus forbid them from ever playing the game again.
False. Atticus is suspicious that the game is about Boo Radley. However, Jem lies and says it has nothing to do with Boo Radley. Because of his lie, the children are still allowed to play.
300
What happens when Jem and Dill try to invite Boo to get ice cream?
Atticus catches them trying to stick the note in a window of the Radley Place with a fishing pole. He orders them to “stop tormenting that man” with either notes or the “Boo Radley” game. His warning works...until the end of summer.
300
Why does Mr. Nathan Radley claim to have filled the knothole with cement?
He says the tree is dying... but is it really?
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A recluse who never sets foot outside his house.
Boo Radley
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Who lives in the house with Arthur "Boo" Radley?
Boo's brother, Nathan Radley.
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True or false: Jem and Scout decide to keep the two "Indian-Head" pennies that they find in the knothole.
True. Even though Jem made Scout spit out the gum, these pennies are just too great not to keep.
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What lie does Dill tell to cover up the truth about how Jem lost his pants?
When Atticus asks Jem where his pants are, Dill interjects that he won Jem’s pants in a game of strip poker. Alarmed, Atticus asks them if they were playing cards. Jem responds that they were just playing with matches.
400
Who puts the blanket on Scout and Jem during the fire?
Boo Radley
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The Finches’ negro cook... a stern disciplinarian and the children’s bridge between the white world and her own black community.
Calpurnia
500
Why does Miss Caroline slap Scout's hand with a ruler?
Scout explained that Walter Cunningham could never afford to pay Miss Caroline back for lunch.
500
Why does Calpurnia slap Scout in Chapter 3?
Scout is being a bad hostess. After rubbing Walter Cunningham's face in dirt at school, Jem invited him over for lunch (or dinner as we know it). Scout makes fun of Walter at dinner for putting molasses all over his meat and vegetables. Scout makes fun of Walter. "He's gone and drowned his dinner in syrup...He ain't company, he's just a Cunningham" **Bonus 100 if you can explain what this quote means
500
How does Jem lose his pants?
Jem and Dill obey Atticus until Dill’s last day in Maycomb, when he and Jem plan to sneak over to the Radley Place and peek in through a loose shutter. Scout accompanies them, and they creep around the house, peering in through various windows. Suddenly, they see the shadow of a man with a hat on and flee, hearing a shotgun go off behind them. They escape under the fence by the schoolyard, but Jem’s pants get caught on the fence, and he has to kick them off in order to free himself.
500
The house of which character starts in fire in Chapter 8?
Miss Maudie