Characters
This character's main concerns are justice...and football.
Who is Jem?
This character is the town gossip.
Who is Miss Stephanie Crawford?
The person accused of a crime (like Tom Robinson) is called the _______.
What is the defendant?
These fruits grow in several neighbors' yards, but Miss Maudie is the one who lets the kids pick them.
What is a scuppernong?
The setting of the novel (era and location) is _____.
What is Maycomb, Alabama; 1930s?
This is the formal name of the character who narrates the novel.
Who is Jean Louise Finch?
This is Bob Ewell's threat to Atticus after the trial.
What is telling him that Bob will get him if it takes the rest of his life?
Atticus sits outside of the jailhouse one night to prevent this.
What is a lynching?
This character is nicknamed "Boo"
Who is Arthur Radley?
This character lives in Mississippi with emotionally neglectful parents.
Who is Dill?
The lawyer who pushes for a conviction is called the ________.
What is the prosecutor?
This is the name of the Finch's historical residence on the river.
What is Finch's Landing?
Name three things that the children find in knothole of the tree.
What are string, Indian head pennies, soap dolls, watch, knife, gum?
Who is Francis?
He cries before the verdict is read.
In all the running around at the Ewell's place, this is one thing for which nobody ran.
What is a doctor?
This character lost the use of his left arm in a farm accident.
Who is Tom Robinson?
This character is close to the kids; sadly, her house burned down.
Who is Miss Maudie Atkinson?
When a defendant is found "not guilty", the legal term for that is _______________.
What is acquittal?
permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
This is the surprising thing that Atticus is really good at.
What is shooting?
This character is most like a mom to the kids.
Who is Calpurnia?
He cries after the verdict is read.
Who is Jem?
This grouchy old man owns the newspaper.
Who is Mr. Underwood?
This character unusually prefers the company of African Americans to the whites in Maycomb.
Who is Dolphus Raymond?
It's his third time starting first grade; he's sent home for having cooties, but he'll stay home because 'no stinkin' teacher can make me do anything!'
Who is Burriss Ewell?
This is the group of people who decide a case like Tom Robinson's.
What is a jury?
Both Tim Johnson and Teacake had this disease -- and for that, they had to die.
What is rabies?
Aunt Alexandra comes to live with the family in order to do this.
What is teach Scout to be a lady (and help get the kids through the trial)?
This character is the wife of Tom Robinson.
Who is Helen Robinson?
This "problem" is one that Dolphus Raymond does not actually have.
What is a drinking problem/alcoholism?
This relative buys the kids air guns for Christmas.
Who is Uncle Jack?
This character appointed an honest lawyer to defend Tom Robinson.
Who is Judge Taylor?
This is Dill's formal name.
Who is Charles Baker Harriss?
This is the common term used for where the judge sits in the courtroom.
What is the bench?
This is the place where Jem taught Dill to swim.
What is Barker's Eddy?
This is Atticus' advice for how to get to know someone.
What is "climb into their skin and walk around in it?"
This character is the garbage collector, Calpurnia's son, and leads the hymn's at the African American church.
Who is Zeebo?
Why does the jury find Tom Robinson guilty?
They can't accept the word of an African American over the word of a white man.
This is why there were no kids around the Ewell place when Tom got in trouble there.
Why did Mayella give them each a nickel and send them into town for ice cream?