Chapter 9
Why does Scout fight Cecil Jacobs?
Because Cecil uses an offensive slur toward Atticus
Because Cecil is stupid
Because Cecil told Scout she smells weird
Because Cecil and Scout just like fights
Because Cecil uses an offensive slur toward Atticus.
How do Jem and Scout feel about Atticus being a lot older than the other dads in Maycomb County?
Proud
Awful
Embarrassed
Angry?
What is embarrassed?
What kind of flower does Jem destroy in Mrs. Dubose's yard?
Roses
Dandelions
Camelias
Carnations?
"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win."
Atticus
This common literary device is defined as "any narrator who misleads readers, either deliberately or unwittingly.", which is how we would describe Scout
Reliable narrator
Unreliable narrator
Untrustworthy narrator
Bad narrator (this is not the answer)
Unreliable narrator
Scout's uncle, Jack, has a problem with her doing what over the holidays?
Burping
Scratching
Cursing
Crying?
What is cursing?
What is Atticus' nickname, according to Miss Maudie?
Shoot-Em-Up Finch
One-Shot Finch
Eagle Eye Finch
What is One-Shot Finch?
What pain killer is Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose addicted to?
Oxycontin
Morphine
Vicodin?
What is morphine?
*this is not about one who said it but more who it's about*
"According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew."
Mrs. Dubose
When Scout was aiming her new toy gun, she was aiming for where on Miss Maudie's body?
Rear end
Where does Atticus take his family to celebrate Christmas?
Scout's Landing
Finch's Landing
Dawson's Creek
BONUS: Who lives in Finch's landing, and why are they an important character in this chapter?
What is Finch's Landing?
Aunt Alexandra and her husband and grandson, Francis
Scout wants to let the world know how cool Atticus is because of his new shooting skills. Who tells her to keep it a secret because Atticus would have told them, if he wanted them to know?
Dill
Jem
Calpurnia?
What is the name of Mrs. Dubose's caretaker?
Jamie
Jackie
Jessie
Jenny?
Who is Jessie?
“You ain’t fair…You’re real nice, Uncle Jack, an’ I reckon I love you even after what you did, but you don’t understand children much.”
Who is Scout?
Which of these things did Uncle Jack say he was never going to do, when talking to Atticus?
He was never going to change
He was never going to get married
He was never going to go to Europe?
What do Uncle Jack and Atticus talk about, in regards to the trial of Tom Robinson?
How unfair the trial itself is
How cool it is living in Maycomb
Why Scout is a horrible child?
What is the name of the rabid dog that Atticus shoots?
John Jacobson
Tim Johnson
Larry Harrison
Jackson Williamson?
Tim Johnson
On the topic of Ivanhoe, what is the cheesy nickname that Scout gives Jem, which is a play on the name of the author of Ivanhoe
Sir Scout
Sir Walter Scout
Scout Bakula
Scout-ie Pippen?
What is Sir Walter Scout? (It's a play on Sir Walter Scott)
"By some voo-doo system, ? knew all about it. She was a less than satisfactory source of palliation" (again, not who said it, necessarily, but who it is about)
What are the two things that Jem and Scout had enough money for to buy before the Mrs. Dubose incident?
A spinning top and a sports magazine
Two yellow pencils and a sports magazine
A miniature steam engine and a baton
A miniature steam engine and a baton
What does Scout ask Uncle Jack to do during their conversation at Atticus' house?
To keep what Francis said a secret
How to make the world's best omelet
Why he's the worst person in the world?
Calpurnia's
Miss Maudie's
Uncle Jack's
Heck Tate's?
What is the name of the book that Jem reads to Mrs. Dubose?
Hound of the Baskervilles
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Ivanhoe
The Count of Monte Cristo?
Ivanhoe
"Well now, Miss Jean Louise,", she said, "still think your father can't do anything? Still ashamed of him?"
Miss Maudie
What were the color of tassels on the baton that Scout had, but Jem broke when he tore up the camelia bush?
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Yellow