Characters
Which character struggles with the societal expectations related to gender?
Scout
Where does Scout's family go for Christmas Break?
Aunt Alexandra's house
"His voice was like the winter wind" (138)
(Atticus calls Jem to come home after finding out that Jem cut off Ms. Dubose's flowers)
Simile (Voice like the winter wind shows Atticus's anger and harsh response to Jem's action)
Who is the character who works in a courtroom and defends a black man?
Atticus Finch (Jem and Scout's father)
Why does Jem have to go read to Miss Dubose every single day for a month?
He cut the heads off the Camellias
"I suggested that one could be a ray of sunshine in pants just as well, but Aunty said that one had to behave like a sunbeam, that I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year" (108)
(Aunt Alexandra condemning Scout for not acting like a typical girl aka the sunbeam)
Metaphor (Acting like a girl is considered acting like a sunbeam which Scout is not)
Miss Maudie
What do Jem and Scout complain about regarding Atticus compared to other fathers?
His old age and inability to do anything "cool"
"'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird'" (119)
(Atticus speaking to Jem regarding the new air rifles they received for Christmas)
Symbolism (Mockingbird represents innocence and harmlessness which applies to Characters like Boo Radley who suffer because of other's cruelty)
Who is the adult who punishes Scout for cursing and learns a lesson about parenting from Scout?
Uncle Jack
Why does Atticus believe that the court case regarding Tom Robinson is impossible to win?
"'-he just gets passed around from relative to relative, and Miss Rachel keeps him every summer'" (110)
(Francis making fun of Dill while talking to Scout)
Irony (Francis gets pased around from relative to relative just like Dill does)
Who gives Atticus the gun to shoot the mad dog?
Mr. Tate or the Police Officer
What does Jem buy for Scout at the store, and later breaks?
The Baton
"Every night Atticus would read us the sports pages of the newspapers. Alabama might go to the Rose Bowl again this year, judging from its prospects, not one of whose names we could pronounce" (147)
(Atticus reading to Scout and Jem)
Hint: (Look at the bold)
(The Rose Bowl is a real-life event referenced in the novel)