Atticus's Lessons
Atticus agrees to defend this man, a Black man accused of raping a white woman, which earns the Finches the disdain of many in Maycomb.
Who is Tom Robinson?
This is the reclusive neighbor whom the children spend their summers trying to see come out of his house.
Who is Arthur "Boo" Radley?
Scout's real first name.
What is Jean Louise?
In chapter 15, Scout prevents a lynch mob outside the Maycomb jail by appealing to the humanity of this man, the father of her classmate.
Who is Mr. Walter Cunningham Sr.
In chapter 1, Scout describes Maycomb as a "tired old town" during this historical period.
What is the Great Depression?
This is the lesson Atticus is trying to teach Scout when he asks her to "climb into his skin and walk around in it" in chapter 3.
What is empathy (or seeing things from another person's point of view)?
In chapter 4 and 7, the children find small gifts, like carved soap figures and a broken watch, left for them in this.
What is a knothole in an oak tree?
In chapter 1, this friend of the Finches, who visits in the summer, is obsessed with Boo Radley and is described as a "pocket Merlin."
Who is Dill (Charles Baker Harris)?
In chapter 2, this young woman, who is Scout's new first-grade teacher, is unfamiliar with Maycomb's social dynamics and chastises Scout for reading.
Who is Miss Caroline Fisher?
In chapter 3, Scout gets in trouble with Calpurnia for making fun of Walter Cunningham for pouring this over his lunch.
What is molasses or syrup?
This is the name of the rabid dog Atticus is forced to shoot, revealing his exceptional marksmanship, which Jem and Scout never knew about in chapter 10.
What is Tim Johnson?
In chapter 5, the children's attempts to slip a note to Boo are foiled by Atticus using this household object
What is a fishing pole?
In chapter 2, Scout is made to stand in the corner on her first day of school for explaining the financial situation of this poor classmate.
Who is Walter Cunningham?
In chapter 5, his kind neighbor loves gardening, is friends with the Finch children (especially Scout), and is a sharp critic of the town's hypocrisy. She called the town's treatment of the Robinson trial a "Roman Carnival."
Who is Miss Maudie Atkinson?
In chapter 13, this family member comes to live with the Finches to provide a "feminine influence" on the children.
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
This is the nickname Atticus's children are shocked to learn was once given to him in chapter 10.
What is "One-Shot Finch"?
In chapter 7, Boo's older brother, Nathan Radley, stops the gifts by doing this to the tree.
What is filling the knothole with cement?
In chapter 3, this character only attends the first day of school each year and belongs to the family considered the disgrace of Maycomb.
Who is Burris Ewell?
In chapter 11, Jem is forced to read to this mean, sick old woman for a month after he destroys her flowers.
Who is Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose?
In chapter 6, Jem loses these while running from the Radley yard after Nathan Radley fires a shotgun.
What are his pants?
In chapter 15, this is the group of men who confront Atticus outside the Maycomb jail, intending to take Tom Robinson.
Who are the lynch mob (or the Cunningham gang)?
In chapter 8, after Miss Maudie's house burns down, Jem and Scout realize this person secretly placed a blanket around Scout.
Who is Arthur "Boo" Radley?
In chapter 4, this is the object Scout, Jem, and Dill are using when Scout rolls into the Radley yard and hears laughing from inside.
What is a tire?
In chapter 15, this person is the editor of the Maycomb Tribune who is guarding Atticus with a shotgun from above the newspaper office the night of the mob scene.
Who is Mr. Underwood?
In Chapter 12, Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to the church of Maycomb's Black community, which is called this.
What is First Purchase African M.E. Church?