Characters
This young narrator would rather play outside than act like a “proper lady.” (Double points if you give the full name)
Who is Scout Finch (Jean Louise Finch)?
This sleepy Southern town is the main setting of the novel.
What is Maycomb?
On her first day of school, Scout fights this boy for insulting Atticus.
Who is Walter Cunningham Jr.?
This game the children play shows their fascination with rumors and imagination.
What is the Boo Radley game?
“You never really understand a person…”
Who is Atticus?
This widowed father is known in Maycomb for reading every night.
Who is Atticus Finch?
This U.S. state is where Maycomb is located.
What is Alabama?
In chapter 8, who puts a blanket around Scout after the fire?
Who is Boo Radley?
Atticus teaches Scout to understand others by “climbing into this.”
What is someone else’s skin?
“You can never have too many cakes.”
Who is Miss Maudie?
This summer friend visits Maycomb and becomes fascinated with Boo Radley.
Who is Dill?
This economic crisis explains why many families pay Atticus with food instead of money.
What is the Great Depression?
During the tense night outside the jail, Scout breaks the tension by recognizing and speaking to this man, shifting the mood of the confrontation.
Who is Mr. Cunningham?
This animal is a sin to kill because they just make beautiful music.
What is a Mockingbird?
"Atticus is feeble, he can't do nothin'.”
Who is Scout?
This character is the Finch's cook.
Who is Calpurnia?
This decade serves as the time period of the story.
What are the 1930s?
The children find small gifts hidden inside this tree.
What is the knot-hole in a tree?
Mrs. Dubose represents this trait through her battle with addiction.
What is courage?
"Your Father is doing more harm than good, teaching you to read"
Who is Miss Caroline?
Before the trial begins, Atticus agrees to defend this man, causing tension in Maycomb.
Who is Tom Robinson?
Who is the president of the United States at the time the events of the story occur?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Miss Maudie loses her home to this disaster during the winter night.
What is a fire?
The Radley house symbolizes this common childhood emotion.
What is fear of the unknown?
"Next time you’ll know how to do it right, won’t you? You’ll pull it up by the roots, won’t you?"
Who is Mrs. Dubose?