Characters
What are the names of the children that taunt/make fun of Scout because Atticus is defending Tom Robinson, a black man.
Who are Cecil Jacobs and Francis.
Jem's punishment for destroying Mrs. Dubose's flowers was to ______________?
What is read to her.
What is Mrs. Dubose suffering from?
What is a morphine addiction.
What state is Maycomb in?
What is Alabama?
What type of literature is To Kill a Mockingbird is a
What is a novel.
Atticus believes that ______________ was a brave person.
Who is Mrs. Dubose.
The children are shocked when they find out that Atticus can _______.
What is shoot/that he is the best shot in Maycomb County for his time.
This is Boo's older brother who also seals up the knothole in the tree on their property.
Who is Mr. Nathan Radley?
What did Tim Johnson have? (What was wrong with him)
What is rabbies.
The author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Harper Lee
This person died when Scout was two and Jim was six.
Who was Scout and Jem's mother.
Scout and Jim received _______________ for Christmas.
What are air rifles
For what does Uncle Jack reprimand Scout for on Christmas Eve?
What was cursing.
Miss Caroline Fisher is new in Maycomb... what doesn't she like about Scout?
What is that she can read and write.
Laws that segregate black and white people.
What are Jim Crow laws
Jem destroy's this old lady's camellia bushes for calling Atticus awful names.
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
It's a sin to kill a _________ because they are harmless and make beautiful music that people enjoy.
What is a mockingbird?
This person's approach to parenting is understanding and patient.
Who is Atticus Finch.
What reason did Mr. Nathan Radley give Jem when asked why he filled the tree knot with cement.
What is the tree's dying.
This person is the Sheriff of Maycomb.
Who is Heck Tate.
This person lost her home to a fire.
Who is Ms. Maudie Atkinson?
Using textual evidence from page 39 what important lesson does Atticus teach Scout about getting along with different people.
Atticus tells his daughter, "If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. 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."
When Atticus states that Mrs. Dubose is a model of real courage, what does he mean? Use textual evidence from pages 124-125 to support your response.
Atticus believes that Mrs. Dubose was the bravest person that he ever knew. To his son he said, " I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what."