Characters
This character is the narrator of the novel. She is six years old, hates school, and tends to get herself in trouble.
Who is Scout Finch.
This Radley family member was a mean old man whose posture was "ramrod straight." He also passed away in Chapter 2.
Who is Mr. Radley (Boo's father)
Describe Scout's feelings towards school before the first day and after her first day
What does Dill dare Jem to do in Chapter 2 that sparks more interest in the Radleys?
Dill dares Jem to knock on the Radley front door (but settles on just touching the Radley front gate)
Which character gives the following life lesson?
"There's some folks who don't eat like us, but you ain't called to contradict 'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' company..."
Calpurnia
This character is the narrator's older brother. He is 10 years old, acts mature for his age, and has touched the Radley front gate before.
Who is Jem Finch
This Radley family member took over the Radley household after his father passed away to care for Boo.
Who is Nathan Radley
This woman is Scout's first grade teacher. She comes from a wealthier and more developed County, "smells like a Peppermint drop," and does not like the fact that Scout can read.
Who is Miss Caroline
What does Atticus catch Jem, Scout and Dill "playing" one day in the yard with a pair of scissors.
They kids are playing "Boo Radley" by acting out all of the gossip and stories surrounding the family history.
Which character gives this life lesson?
"If you can learn a simple trick, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you climb into his skin and walk around in it..."
Atticus
This child in Scout's class is from a poor, white family. He and his dad always pay people back in "stuff" rather than money. He prefers syrup on his meat and vegetables.
Who is Walter Cunningham
This Radley family member was a tyrant as a teen. He was once locked up for 15 years, then kept as a shut-in inside the creepy old house near the Finch family. Who is he? (Extra 100 points for your team if you know his real name)
Arthur "Boo" Radley
Which "mistake" does Miss Caroline make during lunchtime at school on the first day?
She tries to loan Walter Cunningham a quarter to buy lunch.
How does Scout end up on the Radley front steps?
Scout is pushed in a tire by Jem a bit too hard, and rolls all the way to the Radley house.
Which character gives this life lesson?
"A Hot Steam's somebody who can't get to Heaven, just wallows around on lonesome roads an' if you walk through them, when you die you'll be one too... and you'll go around at night suckin' people's breath--"
Jem Finch
This "mean, filthy" character only comes to school on the first day every year. His dad spends the family food stamps on whiskey, and he scares Miss Caroline by coming to school with head lice.
Who is Burris Ewell
This well-known neighbor of the Finch family defends Boo Radley. She has known him for a long time and tells the children not to believe all of the crazy rumors that surround the Radleys.
Who is Miss Maudie
After discovering lice on Burris' head, what following event in the classroom causes Miss Caroline to start crying?
Burris Ewell storms out of the classroom and "cusses" her out.
Which items have been found by Scout and Jem in the knothole of the Radley oak tree?
Which character gives this life lesson?
"Sometimes it's better to bend the law a little in special cases... it's why Mr. Ewell is allowed to hunt and trap out of season."
Atticus Finch
These two characters act as role models for Jem and Scout. One of them was home-schooled, then became a lawyer. The other character cooks and cleans for the Finch family. Who are they?
Who are Atticus and Calpurnia
This woman is the town gossip. She started and spread multiple rumors about the Radley family, and always has her nose in other people's business.
Who is Miss Stephanie Crawford
What secret compromise does Atticus make with Scout to get her to keep going to school?
If Scout keeps going to school, he will read with her every night.
What do Dill, Jem, and Scout attempt to do in order to communicate with Boo Radley?
They write him a note and attach it to a fishing pole.
Which character gives this life lesson?
"Sometimes a Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of another....There are just some kind of men who're so busy worrying about the next world, they've never learned to live in this one."
Miss Maudie