Background
Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
What is Boo's real name?
Arthur Radley
Which is a simple sentence?
A. I went to the store to get milk, and my mom stayed home and did laundry.
B. I went to the store to get milk and bread.
Sentence B: I went to the store to get milk and bread.
What type of bird is it a "sin" to kill according to Atticus?
Mockingbird
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!
"Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty!"
Calpurnia
During the time that the novel takes place, what was going on in America?
The Great Depression
What is Miss Maudie's favorite hobby?
Gardening
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!
Which is a compound sentence?
A. Mr. Roberson went to Lamar University, and Ms. Ortega went to the University of Texas
B. Although his mom wanted him to go the University of Texas, Mr. Roberson went to Lamar University.
Sentence A: Mr. Roberson went to Lamar University, and Ms. Ortega went to the University of Texas
Jem and Scout believe their father is not particularly admirable until they learn he is great at what?
Shooting
"According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew" (149).
Atticus (about Mrs. Dubose)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!
In what decade does the story take place?
1930's
Who is known as the town gossip?
Stephanie Crawford
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!!!
Which of these is a complex sentence?
A. I forgot to submit my reference page, but I turned in my paper.
B. When I handed in my paper, I forgot to submit my reference page.
Sentence B: When I handed in my paper, I forgot to submit my reference page.
What does Walter Cunnigham put on his food, while eating at the Finch's house on the first day of school?
Syrup
Mrs. Dubose
What is the setting of the story?
Maycomb, Alabama
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!
What family only goes to school on the first day?
The Ewells
Which of these is a complex sentence?
A. I went home because it was getting late, but I had to wait on the porch for my mom to open the door.
B. I went home because it was getting late.
Sentence B: I went home because it was getting late.
The children try to deliver a note to Boo that asks him to do what.
To come out and visit, and get ice cream with them.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a true story.
No, the story is fictional.
When Scout crashed in the tire at the Radley house, she heard a faint-
laugh
Which of these sentences is a compound-complex sentence?
A. Though my mother says it doesn't matter, I am tall, and she is short.
B. My mom wishes she was tall like me, even though she is only 2 inches shorter than me.
Sentence A: Though my mother says it doesn't matter, I am tall, and she is short.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!
What happened to Boo Radley when he was a youth?
He got in trouble with the law after hanging out with the wrong kids
"Can't anybody tell what I'm gonna do lest they know me, can they, Scout?" (78)
Jem Finch