Characters
Character Traits
Important Events
Themes
The Trial
100

This character is the narrator of the story.

Jean Louise Scout Finch

100

The Finches' neighbor, a sharp-tongued widow and an old friend of the family.

Miss Maudie Atkinson

100

Whose house caught on fire?

Miss Maudie's

100

Jem touches the Radley house.

Atticus defends Tom Robinson.
Atticus picks up a gun and shoots a dog with rabies.
Scout tells the teacher about Walter Cunningham.

All of these are examples of what?

courage

100

This witness testifies that Tom Robinson beat, strangled, and raped her.

Mayella Ewell

200

This character enjoys the picture show, books, and wants to marry Scout some day.

Charles Baker "Dill" Harris

200

the Finches' black cook, a stern disciplinarian and the children's bridge between the white world and her own black community

Calpurnia

200

When Jem and Scout get their air guns, Atticus tells them it is a sin to shoot what?

mockingbirds

200

The Finches
Calpurnia and Zeebo
Miss Rachel and Dill

These are all examples of what?

family

200

This person knowingly, wrongfully accused Tom Robinson of raping his daughter.

Bob Ewell

300

This character had lice in his hair at school.

Burris Ewell

300

a classmate of Scout's, he cannot afford lunch one day at school and accidentally gets Scout in trouble

Walter Cunningham

300

According to Atticus, what is the one place where all men are created equal?

the courtroom

300

Jem & Dill don't want to include Scout in their games
Scout befriends Miss Maudie
Aunt Alexandra makes Scout wear a dress and attend her missionary circle

These are are all examples of what?

femininity
becoming a woman

300

Atticus shows that Bob Ewell likely beat his daughter when he asks him to do what?

write his name with his left hand

400

This character is the Sheriff of Maycomb County.

Heck Tate

400

a recluse who never steps foot outside his house, he dominates the imaginations of the kids and saves Jem's life

Arthur "Boo" Radley

400

The novel both starts and ends with what incident?

Jem breaks his arm

400

Scout thinks Cal has 2 different lives and languages

Tom Robinson is found guilty
The First Purchase church does not have hymnals

These are all examples of what?

racism

400

What does the black community do in the courtroom to show their respect for Atticus Finch?

they all stand up as he leaves the courtroom

500

This character is Calpurnia's son.

Zeebo

500

the black field hand accused of rape, he is one of the novel's "mockingbirds"

Tom Robinson

500

What about Tom made it hard to believe Mayella's accusations?

he had no use of his left arm

500

The children run past the Radley place
No one eats the pecans in the school yard
Jem makes Scout spit out the gum
Atticus sits in front of the jail

These are all examples of what?

fear

500

This man stands up and disrupts the court by defending Tom Robinson.

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