Show:
The Secret Meeting
Aunt Alexandra
Who Said It?
Dill Returns
Figurative Language
100
What was being discussed at the meeting?
Tom Robinson and his trial.
100
Where do Aunt Alexandra and her husband live?
Finch's landing.
100
Who says: "Apologize to your Aunt."
Atticus.
100
Why did Dill choose to run off?
He felt unwanted and ignored by his parents.
100
What figurative device is this quote using? "its detractors said it looked like a victorian privy" (Lee 201)
Simile.
200
What did Atticus tell Scout, Jem, and Dill to do when he saw them in town?
He told them to go home.
200
Where did Jem and Scout just return from when they learned that Aunt Alexandra was coming to live with them?
Church with Calpurnia.
200
Who says: "What's rape?"
Scout.
200
Why does Dill think Boo Radley has never run off?
He thinks Boo has nowhere to run to.
200
What figurative device is this quote using? "his head turning as if its pages contained a live tennis match" (Lee 182)
Simile.
300
What was Tom doing while the meeting was taking place?
He was in his cell pretending to be asleep.
300
.Why did Aunt Alexandra come to the Finchs' house?
She thought Scout and Jem were not being raised properly and that Scout needed a proper feminine influence.
300
Who says: "How does a snake feel?"
Scout.
300
How did Jem break "the remaining code" of childhood?
He told Atticus that Dill had run away from home and was at their house.
300
What figurative device is this quote using? "doors slammed, engines coughed, and they were gone" (Lee 206)
Personification.
400
Who leads the men who are speaking to Atticus?
Mr. Cunningham.
400
Why doesn't Aunt Alexandra like Calpurnia?
Calpurnia is black and is seen as a figure of authority in the Finch house.
400
Who says: "It's different with grown folks, we-"
Jem.
400
What does Scout think Dill is when she steps on him?
A snake.
400
What figurative device is this quote using? "The neighborhood was resting" (Lee 198)
Personification.
500
Why did Scout choose to single out Mr. Cunningham specifically?
Because she knew him and felt comfortable talking with him about his son, who she knew.
500
What type of mindset does Aunt Alexandra want Scout to have?
A feminine and submissive mindset.
500
Who says: "Scared about Atticus. Somebody might hurt him"
Jem.
500
Who stops Dill when he starts eating the leftovers? Why?
Miss Rachel, to scold him for running off.
500
What figurative device is this quote using? "They c'n go loose and rape up the countryside for all of 'em who run this country care." (Lee 180)
Hyperbole.