The Trial
This character is accused of raping Mayella Ewell.
Who is Tom Robinson?
The decade in which To Kill a Mockingbird takes place.
What are the 1930s?
This is what Dill and Scout want to do as soon as they're "big enough."
What is getting married?
Maycomb's sheriff, who testifies that Mayella had a black eye and other bruises on the right side of her face
Who is Mr. Heck Tate?
This is what Atticus does with Scout every night, angering Miss Caroline
What is reading?
This is the task Atticus asks Mr. Ewell to complete during cross-examination.
What is writing his name?
The boy whose 1955 death by lynching was one of the inciting incidents of the Civil Rights Movement
Who was Emmett Till?
This is what Nathan Radley does when he thinks he sees a Black man in the collard patch
What is firing a shotgun?
A poor farmer who shows up at the Maycomb County jail seeking to lynch Tom Robinson. He becomes remorseful when Scout begins to talk about his son and his entailment.
Who is Mr. Walter Cunningham, Sr.?
This is what Atticus says you have to do before you can truly understand a person
What is climbing into their skin and walking around in it?
This is the character who actually battered and abused Mayella Ewell.
Who is Mr. Robert E. Lee Ewell?
The set of trials, beginning in the 1930s, that Harper Lee used as a model for To Kill a Mockingbird
What were the Scottsboro Trials?
According to Scout's narration, these are the two things a Black man would do if he passed the Radley place at night.
What are crossing to the other side of the street and whistling?
A wealthy white man who is ostracized for associating with the Black community and always seems to be drinking from a paper bag
Who is Mr. Dolphus Raymond?
This is the character who agrees with Atticus that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, explaining that the birds "don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy."
Who is Miss Maudie Atkinson?
This is the emotion the defendant admits he felt for Mayella Ewell.
What is pity?
The organization established in 1909 to advocate racial equality in the United States
What is the NAACP?
The only two grown men Scout has ever seen kiss one another
Who are Atticus and Uncle Jack Finch?
This is what Mrs. Dubose gives to Jem as a parting gift.
What is a camellia?
This is character Scout refuses to fight after Atticus tells her to keep her head high and her fists down.
Who is Cecil Jacobs?
Mayella Ewell accuses Atticus of making fun of her after he calls her by this name.
What is "Miss Mayella"? (Also accept "ma'am")
The man who was President of the United States during the events of To Kill a Mockingbird
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
The boy who wants to learn how to cook, causing Scout to break out laughing at the idea of a man cooking for his wife.
Who is Francis Hancock?
These two characters vocally criticize Calpurnia for bringing Jem and Scout to First Purchase Church. One argues that the Finch children have "no business" encroaching on Black spaces, and the other wants Calpurnia fired because Atticus has "a daughter to think of."
Who are Lula and Aunt Alexandra?
This is the virtue Atticus defines as "knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." (Exact word required)
What is courage?