Historical Context
What is the name of the laws that enforced segregation in the Southern United States?
What is Jim Crow?
Identify the speaker: "Walter's one of the Cunninghams, Miss Caroline."
Who is Scout?
Name THREE "mockingbirds" in the story.
Who are Tom Robinson, Arthur "Boo" Radley, Scout, Dill and Jem?
What is ONE rumor that the town circulates about Arthur Radley?
What is that he was almost sent to an asylum, that he stabbed his father with scissors, he eats squirrels, he only comes out at night, etc.?
Choose TWO characters that are not present in the film version of TKAM.
Who are Dolphus Raymond, Aunt Alexandra, Uncle Jack, Francis, Zeebo, Mr. Underwood, etc.?
What famous supreme court case deemed segregation as "separate but equal?"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Identify the speaker: "This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home."
Who is Atticus?
Why do the "foot-washing Baptists" curse Mrs. Maudie's lawn?
What is because they believe all forms of pleasure are sinful?
Who is responsible for the red geraniums in the Ewell yard?
Who is Mayella Ewell?
What is the linguistic process that we see in Calpurnia's church?
What is code-switching?
What is the name of the era that immediately followed the Civil War?
What is the Reconstruction Era?
Identify the speaker: "Don't you say hey to me, you ugly girl!"
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
What is symbolic about Arthur Radley's nickname (and appearance)?
What is that his nickname is "Boo" and looks pale and "ghost-like." Maycomb and his family have made him this way through keeping him inside and spreading rumors.
What does Dolphus Raymond lie about and why?
What is that he is an alcoholic and lying about this gives Maycomb a reason to make sense of the way he lives his life?
***DAILY DOUBLE***
What is the name of the town on which Harper Lee based her fictional town of Maycomb? (town, state)
What is Monroeville, Alabama?
What specific myths and fears were used to justify the lynching of Black men?
What is that they were luring and assaulting White women?
***DAILY DOUBLE***
Identify the speaker: "the cooks and the field hands are just dissatisfied, but they're settling down now--they grumbled all next day after the trial."
Who is Mrs. Merriweather?
What is symbolic about Arthur giving Scout and Jem the broken watch and spelling bee medal?
What is that it demonstrates Arthur Radley's "arrested development"?
Which character in the Radley family dies during the course of the book, and what is the reaction from Maycomb?
Who is Mrs. Radley, and Maycomb barely reacts?
How old are Scout and Jem when the story begins vs. when it ends?
What is 5/6 and 9/10 and 9 and 13, respectively?
When was the book published and what was happening socially/politically at the time?
What is 1960 and the Civil Rights Movement?
Identify the speaker: "Jean Louise, there is no doubt in my mind that they're good folks. But they're not our kind of folks."
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
What is symbolic about the mad dog that Atticus shoots?
What is that the mad dog is symbolic of hate and injustice that Atticus perceives in Maycomb. Maycomb's hatefulness is like a disease.
What is Bob Ewell's full name and why is it significant?
What is Robert E. Lee Ewell and Robert E. Lee was a confederate general during the Civil War?
Though we learn later that Bob Ewell is responsible for attacking the children, what hint do we get in the scene that suggests it is Bob?
What is the attacker smells like whiskey?
What detail do we get in the first chapter that foreshadows Bob Ewell's attack on Scout and Jem?
What is Jem's broken arm?