Trial Participants
Significant Quotes
Vocabulary
Ch 15-18
Misc
100
This character alleges that a black man raped her.
Who is Mayella Ewell
100
This character says, "I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it..."
Who is Charles Baker "Dill" Harris?
100
The meaning of "yonder".
What is "over there"
100
Who does Atticus blame for gossip?
Who is white people
100
The complete and birth-given names of Scout and Boo
What is Jean Louise Finch and Arthur Radley
200
This person appoints Atticus Finch as Tom Robinson's defense attorney.
Who is Judge Taylor?
200
This character says, "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Who is Atticus?
200
An object, idea, or person that stands for itself, and represents something else. And give one example from To Kill A Mockingbird.
What is a symbol?
200
What is Judge Taylor's weird habit?
What is Not smoking, but eating cigars during cases.
200
What did Mr.Cunningham's mob want the night before the trial?
The mob wanted Tom Robinson dead; they wanted him to be punished because they believe he raped Mayella Ewell.
300
This person testifies that Mayella Ewell's right eye was bruised on the day that Tom Robinson allegedly raped her.
Who is Sheriff Heck Tate?
300
This character says, "..... If you fine fancy gentleman don't wanta do nothin' about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards, stinkin' cowards, the lot of you."
Who is Mayella Ewell?
300
"About your writing with your left hand, are you ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell?" What is ambidextrous?
What is "equally skillful with both hands"
300
Why did Atticus massage Jem’s hair at the end of this chapter?
Scout mentions that a hair massage was Atticus’s only gesture of affection. Atticus massaged Jem’s hair at the end of the chapter because he was grateful that Jem had come to the courthouse, bringing Scout and Dill. Because of them coming, trouble was prevented, and no violence occurred.
400
This character comes to Maycomb in the summers and forms a bond with the Finch children. (Full name)
Who is Charles Baker "Dill" Harris?
400
“If your father’s anything, he’s civilized in his heart. Marksmanship’s a gift of God, a talent—I think maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things.”
Who is Mrs. Maudie Atkinson?
400
Define "Affliction" “’Jem’s got the look-arounds,’ an affliction Calpurnia said all boys caught at his age.”
What is a condition of pain, suffering, or distress.
400
How did the mob standing outside the jailhouse get broken up?
It was broken up after Scout’s awkward, one-sided conversation with Mr. Cunningham. Scout recognized Mr. Cunningham, but she was oblivious to the situation, and did not understand what was happening. It took the innocence of a child to break the mob up.
400
Give one example of how heroism is demonstrated in the book?
Answers will vary. (ex. Mrs. Dubose fighting her morphine addiction before passing away)
500
The person is the attorney for the state in the trial of Tom Robinson.
Who is Mr. Gilmer?
500
“He got it caught in a cotton gin when he was a boy…like to bled to death…tore all the muscles loose from his bones—“
Who is Reverend Sykes?
500
Mr. Gilmer interrupted with an objection: he was not irrelevant or immaterial, but Atticus was browbeating the witness. What is browbeating?
What is "intimidating someone"
500
Name both things Atticus say when Scout asks what a mixed child is.
What is 1. biracial 2. "real sad" because they don't belong on either side of Maycomb's sytrict racial divide
500
The president of the United States at the time the events of the story occur?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt