This character is quick to use violence to defend a position.
Who is Scout?
100
This theme is evident when we see instances where Scout has to learn to hold her temper.
What is maturity?
100
Boo Radley was sent to jail for riding around in this vehicle, which is a word for "old car."
What is a "flivver"?
100
Who does this quotation describe? "With most of her possessions gone and her beloved yard in a shambles, she still took a lively and cordial interest in Jem's and my affairs." (73).
Who is Miss Maudie?
100
This is the first thing that Scout finds in the tree.
What is chewing gum?
200
This character is an old lady who is described as "pure hell."
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
200
This theme is evident when Jem, knowing the risks, decides to go back to the danger zone to retrieve his lost pants.
What is courage?
200
Jem mistakenly calls the "new" method of teaching (Progressivism) by this phrase.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
200
Atticus is referring to this person after the fire incident when Scout has been wrapped in a blanket without her knowing who did it: "Looks like all of Maycomb was out tonight, in one way or another" (72).
Who is Boo Radley?
200
This item is said to be "pizened" by the Radleys.
What are pecans?
300
This character doesn't know where his next meal is coming from, and he's only in the 1st grade, but he manages his teacher like the perfect gentleman.
Who is Little Chuck Little?
300
This theme is evident when Atticus explains that life will make a lot more sense when you "walk around" in someone else's skin.
What is empathy?
300
Simon Finch forgot the Methodist teachings against slavery. What is the word the narrator uses for "ruling" or "law."
What is "dictum"?
300
Jem has "perpetuated a near libel here in the front yard" (67) when he makes a caricature of Mr. Avery. Name the thing he has built.
What is a snowman?
300
This device was used creatively as a way to deliver a letter to Boo Radley.
What is a fishing pole?
400
This is Jem's full name.
Who is Jeremy Atticus Finch?
400
This theme is evident when we learn of all the exaggerated stories about Boo Radley.
What is prejudice or superstition?
400
This is the way Jem's actions are described when he agrees to take Scout to school on her first day. It is a duty that is "above him," but he agrees to do it as a favor to Atticus.
What is condescended / condescension?
400
Fill in the blank: "Our biggest prize appeared four days later. It was a _______________ that wouldn't run, on a chain with an aluminum knife" (60).
What is a pocketwatch?
400
This substance was put in the knothole of a healthy tree to supposedly keep it from dying.
What is cement?
500
Scout says that this character "made" her forget her promise to Atticus that she wouldn't fight anymore.
Who is Cecil Jacobs?
500
This theme is evident when Atticus explains that he will not fire Calpurnia the housekeeper, because they simply could not manage without the care that she provides.
What is parenting?
500
This is a legal term that describes the situation the farmer Walter Cunningham finds himself in that puts limits on how he can use his land. Jem describes it as having "your tail in a crack."
What is "entailment"?
500
"It would take longer, so it was not time to worry yet. I waited until it was time to worry and listened to Mr. Radley's shotgun" (57). Scout says this when Jem is on a mission to retrieve this item.
What are pants?
500
These things, according to the "foot-washing Baptists," are a symbol for pride of Ms. Maudie.