Characters
The tomboyish narrator of the novel, whose real name is Jean Louise Finch.
Who is Scout?
When Jem loses this item of clothing while fleeing the Radley yard, he returns later to find them mended and folded across the fence.
What are his pants?
The tired, old Alabama town where the story takes place
What is Maycomb?
The opposite of a benevolent spirit.
What is malevolent?
This pop superstar broke records with her global stadium tour called "The Eras Tour."
Who is Taylor Swift?
The imaginative summer visitor from Meridian who helps Jem and Scout act out neighborhood rumors.
Who is Dill?
The first item that Scout finds in the knothole.
What is chewing gum?
The novel is set against the backdrop of this severe economic downturn in the 1930s.
What is the Great Depression?
To free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.
what is acquit?
Covering more than 60 million square miles, this is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The Finch family's strict but loving cook, who acts as a mother figure to Scout and Jem.
Jem and Scout are shocked to discover that Atticus is an expert at this.
What is shooting?
This is where Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout on a Sunday while Atticus is out of town.
What is church?
A child or young individual who displays mental development, talent, or maturity far beyond what is typical for their age, often acting "adult-like."
What is precocious?
This is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
What is photosynthesis?
The real name of the Finch family's mysterious, reclusive neighbor.
What is Arthur?
Neighborhood legend dictates that Boo Radley once stabbed his father in the leg with this common household item.
What are scissors?
The Ewell family lives in absolute squalor in an old cabin located just behind this town facility, which they scavenge from daily.
A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by unique vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
What is dialect?
Sriracha, the popular spicy chili sauce, is famous for featuring a drawing of this animal on its bottle.
What is a rooster?
The morphine-addicted, cantankerous neighbor to whom Jem must read as punishment for destroying her camellias.
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
Scout inadvertently disperses the angry lynch mob by talking to Mr. Cunningham about this specific, boring legal issue regarding his farm.
What is entailment?
In the center of Maycomb is the town square, which is dominated by this specific building where the novel's climax takes place.
What is the courthouse?
The practice of alternating between two or more languages, dialects, or varieties of language in conversation.
What is code-switching?
Released in 1984, this iconic and highly addictive puzzle game requires players to clear lines using falling shapes called Tetrominoes.
What is Tetris?