Plot Events
This is the apparent reason why Boo Radley is kept inside the house.
What is Boo stabbed his father in the leg with scissors while working on his scrapbook?
This is the name of the river Simon Finch traveled up when he came to America.
What is the Alabama River?
This is the full name of the narrator, Scout, who is seven years old at the beginning of the book.
What is Jeanne Louise Finch?
Identify who said the following quote and explain the context for full credit:
"'We'll do like we always do at home...but you'll see, school is different'" (Lee 21)
The speaker is Jem. He says this to Scout on her first day of school when she asks why they can't play together at school like they normally do. This characterizes Jem as it shows the reader him firmly putting up a boundary to be seen as a "man" by his peers at school, not playing with his baby sister.
The following word means to be pure, not spoiled.
What is unsullied?
This is what gave Atticus Finch a "profound distaste" for the practice of criminal law.
What is that his first two clients refused to plead "Guilty" and took a death sentence instead because of their pride, ignoring Atticus' advice.
This is the homestead Simon Finch built, on which Alexandra Finch continues to live and manage.
What is Finch's Landing?
This is the ancestor of the Finch family, who came from England to work and build Finch's Landing
Who is Simon Finch?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Identify who said the following quote and explain the context for full credit:
"'There goes the meanest man God ever blew breath into'" (Lee 15).
The speaker is Calpurnia. She says this quote when Mr. Radley, Boo's father, dies and is brought past the house in his funeral procession. This quote characterizes both Mr. Radley, who was prideful and cruel to his son, and also Calpurnia, who usually keeps her judgments to herself.
The following word describes someone who is reserved or uncommunicative.
What is taciturn?
This is what Dill dares Jem to do.
What is make Boo Radley "come out" / touch the Radley house?
Which setting location is being described in the following quote?
"________________ jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. Walking south, one faced its porch; the sidewalk turned and ran beside the lot. The house was low, was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate-gray yard around it"
What is the Radley House?
This is the name of the Finch's cook, who Scout has "epic battles" that are "one-sided".
Who is Calpurnia?
Identify who said the following quote and explain the context for full credit:
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." (Lee 39).
The speaker in this quote from Chapter 3 is Atticus Finch. He says this to Scout when she complains about her teacher. He explains that empathy, seeing something from someone else's "point of view", is a helpful trick to getting along with people better. This idea is a recurring theme of the novel.
The following word describes something that is hazy or unclear.
What is nebulous?
This is why Calpurnia scolds Scout in the kitchen in Chapter 3.
What is she thinks Scout was being rude and disrespectful to their guest, as Scout was making fun of Walter for "drowning his dinner in syrup".
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This is the reason why the students in Scout's class find Miss Caroline Fisher peculiar (full explanation for points)
What is because she is from Winston County, which seceded from Alabama during the Civil War, when most of Alabama seceded from the Union. There are clear cultural and class differences between Winston County and Maycomb County where Scout and Jem are from.
This is the name of the boy who eats dinner with Scout and Jem, and pours syrup over all of his food.
Who is Walter Cunningham?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Identify who said the following quote and explain the context for full credit:
"'I've no intention of getting rid of her, now or ever. We couldn't operate a single day without Cal." (Lee 33)
The speaker is Atticus Finch. He says this to Scout when she complains about Calpurnia scolding her and for liking Jem more than her. Atticus' "flinty" tone expresses how important Calpurnia is to him and to the operation of the family home. He wants Scout to appreciate all of the hard work she does and to treat her with more kindness and compassion.
What is a sojourn?
Explain both reasons why Scout "starts off on the wrong foot" on her first day of school (2 reasons for full credit)
What is:
1) She already knew how to read and write
2) She tries to explain why Walter Cunningham doesn't have a lunch
This is the correct order of locations Simon Finch went through before coming to Maycomb County (names & order for full credit)
1. England (Cornwall)
2. Philadelphia
3. Jamaica
4. Mobile
5. Saint Stephens (Finch's Landing/Maycomb)
This is the name of the "neighborhood scold" who shares gossip about Boo Radley with Scout, Jem, and Dill.
Who is Miss Stephanie Crawford? (p.13)
"There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself." (Lee 6)
This quote is from the older Scout, narrating Chapter 1. She explains that things moved slowly in Maycomb because of the poverty inflicted by the Great Depression. The allusion to FDR's 1932 inaugural speech at the end refers to the notion that the Depression would hopefully end soon.
The following word denotes a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.
What is predilection?