Setting
The time period To Kill A Mockingbird is set in
What is the Great Depression/1930s?
Define allusion.
What is a brief reference to a famous person, place, event, or work (history, literature, the Bible, pop culture)
Scout rubs Walter Cunningham’s face in the dirt at school. What does this action show about her?
What is feisty or quick to anger?
The narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird is...
Who is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch?
Atticus tells Scout to “climb into” someone’s skin and “walk around in it.” Which theme does this advice support?
What is empathy OR understanding other people?
The fictional town that is the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird
What is Maycomb, AL?
Dill talks about seeing this famous vampire in a movie at the picture show.
Who is Dracula?
Walter refuses to take a quarter from Miss Caroline. What does this reveal about him?
What is proud and unwilling to accept charity?
The character described as having snow-white hair like duck fluff and blue linen shorts buttoned to his shirt is...
Who is Dill?
The children’s fear of Boo Radley comes from rumors, not facts. Which theme does this develop?
What is prejudice?
This house on Scout’s street is the center of neighborhood fear and rumor.
What is the Radley Place?
Simon Finch left England because of persecution of this religious group.
Who are Methodists?
Calpurnia scolds Scout in the kitchen for how she treated Walter at dinner. What does this reveal about Calpurnia?
What is firm but caring and compassionate?
Scout: "Miss Caroline 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." What kind of imagery does this feature?
What is color imagery?
Miss Caroline scolds Scout for explaining the Cunninghams’ situation. Which theme does this scene develop?
What is lack of understanding OR classism OR a person entering a rural community they are unfamiliar with?
Scout calls Maycomb “a tired old town.” What mood does this create?
What is slow, worn out, and/or stuck in its traditional ways?
Jem runs up and slaps the side of the Radley house. What does this show about him?
What is competitive or brave or unwilling to risk his reputation?
Jem gives a direct description of Boo Radley (very tall, eats raw squirrels, drools). Why shouldn’t we fully trust it?
What is based on rumor and not actual knowledge of Boo Radley?
The children try to make sense of adult rules and neighborhood rumors. What theme about growing up does this suggest?
What is growing up OR loss of innocence?
Beyond time and place, setting also includes the characters' society. How do they treat each other? Name one way Maycomb’s social divisions show up in Ch. 1-4.
What is poor farming families like the Cunninghams vs. town families OR Miss Caroline doesn’t understand the local class system OR the Radleys keep to themselves and are judged for it?
Scout says Maycomb was told it had “nothing to fear but fear itself.” Who said this originally?
Atticus responds to Scout’s school complaints by suggesting a compromise. What does this reveal about him?
What is fair and respectful of Scout's feelings?
How does Jem describe Scout after fighting Walter Cunningham?
What is crazy?
Create a theme statement based on the first four chapters of To Kill A Mockingbird.
What is ???