She is the narrator of the story.
(nickname and full name)
Jean Louise Finch (Scout).
100
Tom Robinson is accused of this crime against this person.
Raping Mayella Ewell.
100
"I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Atticus.
100
“Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”
Scout.
100
This disease caused Atticus to shoot the dog.
Rabies.
200
He is a tall-tale teller from Meridian,
spending his summers in Maycomb.
Dill.
200
This is the holiday when Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout.
Halloween
200
“I’m beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time…it’s because he wants to stay inside."
Jem.
200
“Yes, suh. I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em…”
Tom Robinson
200
Mr. Dolphus Raymond drinks this in a brown paper bag.
Coca-Cola.
300
A character who shows great maturity because of his conversations with Atticus about social classes and his understanding of how prejudice and evil exists in the world.
Jem.
300
This causes Dill to run away from home.
His parents neglect him and do not seem interested in him (though he admits they do love him)? They buy him things, but only to occupy him so he doesn’t bother them. Plus, they lock him in the basement.
300
“Gracious child, I was raveling a thread, wasn’t even thinking of your father, but now that I am I’ll say this: Atticus is the same in his house as he is on the public streets.”
Maudie Atkinson
300
“It tears him to pieces. He doesn’t show it much, but it tears him to pieces. I’ve seen him when—what else do they want from him, Maudie, what else?”
Aunt Alexandra
300
This is where Aunt Alexandra lives (before moving in with Atticus).
Finches Landing.
400
“A thick-bodied girl accustomed
to strenuous labor”, she took care
of seven children while enduring
abuse from an alcoholic father.
Mayella Ewell.
400
The setting of the novel (town, state, decade), and the historical event occurring during this time across the U.S.
Maycomb, Alambama / 1930s / Great Depression
400
“You can pet him, Mr. Arthur, he’s asleep. You couldn’t if he was awake, though, he wouldn’t let you…” “Go ahead.”
Scout
400
“It was just him I couldn’t stand. That old Mr. Gilmer doin’ him thataway, talking so hateful to him…the way [he] called him ‘boy’ all the time and sneered at him…”
Dill Harris.
400
According to Atticus’ final statement in the trial, this is the only crime that was committed. (hint: not legal, but social)
A white girl tempted a black man.
500
He is a “mockingbird” because he simply stays inside his house and does not harm anyone; however, the whole town seems to think he is crazy, and the kids continuously harass him at home.
(Nickname and full name)
Arthur "Boo" Radley.
500
“Well, I run around the house to get in, but he run out the front door just ahead of me. I sawed who he was, all right.”
Bob Ewell.
500
“You’re not gonna change any of them by talking right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.”
Calpurnia.
500
What are the two major climaxes of the novel?
The trial verdict and the trip home from the Halloween pageant when Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout.