Characters
From where do the kids observe the trial, and what group surrounds them?
What is the balcony with colored folks
What does Atticus say turns a group of men into something dangerous?
What is a mob mentality.
Name one moment during the Halloween night, that foreshadows something bad is coming.
What are the turned out lights and the sound of footsteps.
"We don't know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left." Based on this quote, circumstantial most likely means...
What is suggesting that something is true without proving it.
What key physical detail shows Tom couldn't have caused Mayella's injuries?
What is his arm is crippled.
Which man pretends to drink liquor, and why does he say he does it?
Who is Dolphus Raymond. Why is "to let folks believe what they want".
What details make Mayella's testimony feel uncertain?
What are contradictions. What is her fear of her father.
Why is Scout's ham costume meaningful and symbolic of?
What is it saves her. What is a symbol of childhood innocence.
"Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere, but this feeling was what Aunt Alexandra called being spoiled." Based on this quote, apprehension most likely means...
What is fearful expectation or anticipation.
What secrets does Mr. Raymond reveal to Dill and Scout outside the trial?
What is he drinks coke, not whiskey.
Which part of the courtroom exchange makes Dill leave in tears?
What is Mr. Gilmer's cruelty; "It ain't right."
Why does Heck Tate insist Bob Ewell "fell on his knife"?
What is to protect Boo.
What is ironic about the missionary circle scene?
What is the sympathy for "mrunas" but none for their colored neighbors.
"The Radley Place had ceased to terrify me, but it was no less gloomy, no less chilly under its great oaks, and no less uninviting." Based on the quote, cease most likely means...
What is to have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
Where and how does Tom Robinson die?
What is he was shot in prison 17 times.
Why does Jem break down after the verdict?
What is injustice; "they've done it before and they'll do it again."
Why does Miss Maudie claim Maycomb takes a "baby step"?
What is the jury's longer deliberation (1 hour).
Why does Harper Lee include the school Halloween event?
What is to present the calm before the storm/danger.
What is to build tension.
"We squandered our first nickels on the House of Horrors, which scared us not at all." Based on the quote, squandered most likely means...
What is to spend thoughtlessly; throw away.
What did Mr. Tate say was Bob Ewell's cause of death?
What was he stabbed himself with a knife.
Who stands silently in Jem's room after the attack, and why is his presence meaningful?
Who is Arthur (Boo) Radley. What is his presence provides safety and protection.
How do the trial events mirror real-world racial injustice from the 1930s?
What are the Jim-Crow and Scottsboro parallels.
How does Scout's final walk resemble earlier imagery in the novel?
What is seeing from Boo's porch, what is empathy.
"We had slowed to a cautious gait, and were feeling our way forward so as not to bump into the tree." Based on the quote, gait most likely means...
What is the rate of moving, especially walking or running.
How does the Mockingbird symbolize innocence in the novel?
What is Mockingbirds only sing and do no harm.