Characters
Stood up in court to say Tom Robinson has never caused an issue for him.
Who is Mr. Link Deas?
"Yes sir, a clown," he said "There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off." Chapter 22
Who is Dill?
Led to Atticus shooting Tim Johnson.
"Ladies....were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum" Chapter 1
What is a simile?
Who is Boo Radley.
This character put a blanket on Scout while she was watching the fire.
Who is Boo Radley?
"Who beat you up? Tom Robinson or your father?" Chapter 18
Who is Atticus Finch
Led to the African American's dropping food off on the Finch's back door step.
What is the trial ending, Atticus representing Tom Robinson
"A two rut road ran from the riverside and vanished among the dark trees" Chapter 9
What is alliteration?
What is a kitchen knife?
This character is a friend of Jem and Scout- he lives in Maycomb during the summers.
Who is Dill?
"It was no accident, I was sittin' there on the porch last night, waiting. I waited and waited to see you all come down the sidewalk, and as I waited I thought Atticus Finich won't win, he can't win, but he's the only many in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that." Chapter 22
Who is Miss. Maudie?
Mr. Tate credits this item for saving Scout's life during the attack.
This person was sent to help be a lady like influence on Scout and take care of the kids.
Who is Aunt Alexandra
Drinks coke out of a paper bag, the kids discover he is not really a town "drunk" as he pretends to be.
Who is Mr. Dolphus Raymond
"That's what I thought , too " he said at last, "When I was your age. If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other?....I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in his house all this time...it's because he wants to stay inside. " Chapter 23
Who is Jem?
Atticus Finch thanks this person for saving Jem and Scout.
Who is Boo Radley
"Making a step, it's just a baby step, but it's a step" - Miss Maudie Chapter 22
What is repetition?
This person accompanies Atticus to tell Helen Robinson that Tom is dead.
Who is Calpurnia
Father to Mayella, drunken and mostly unemployed- makes false accusation against Tom Robinson.
Who is Bob Ewell?
"It might be because he knows in his heart that very few people in Maycomb really believed his and Mayella's yarns. He thought he'd be a hero, but all he got for his pain was....." Chapter 27
Who is Atticus Finch?
Mayella's bruise is on her right eye, Tom Robinson is not able to use his left hand.
"I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me, and for the second time in my life I thought of running away" - Scout compares being lady like to being in jail. Chapter 14
What is a metaphor?
Jem says to Dill on page 15 "I won't say you ran out on a dare an' I'll swap you The Gray Ghost if you just go up and touch the house." The Gray Ghost is mentioned again on the last page of the book by Atticus, why?
It is the book that Atticus picks up and reads to Scout, she recites the book's ending about the ghost being nice when they finally saw him. Atticus response- "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them."