"People moved slowly then. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County."
What is the setting?
100
"He's not company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham."
Who is Scout?
100
To entice or tempt
What is allure?
100
This symbol represents the fragile innocence in life and throughout the story we see how this symbol is damaged and injured.
What is the mockingbird?
100
"One Shot Finch"
Who is Atticus Finch?
200
"He was the filthiest human I had ever seen. His neck was dark gray, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black deep into the quick."
What is a metaphor?
200
"It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived."
Who is Scout?
200
An opposite truth
What is a paradox?
200
This character represents ignorance and prejudice throughout the story and the ugliness of society.
Who is Bob Ewell?
200
Reenactments of different scenes of the Radley family.
What is the Boo Radley game?
300
"Jem ran up to the Radley house and you could hear footsteps of thump, thump, thump."
What is onomatopoeia?
300
"Atticus says you can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't."
Who is Jem?
300
To drive away
What is to dispel?
300
This character represents the moral conscious of the town of Maycomb and everything hopeful in the society.
Who is Atticus Finch?
300
He is originally from Meridian, Mississippi but visits every summer with his Aunt Stephanie.
Who is Dill Baker Harris?
400
"Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft tea-cakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum."
What is a simile?
400
"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Who is Ms. Maudie?
400
Spacious
What is commodious?
400
This character represents the idea of rejecting social norms by embracing what most of society hates.
Who is Mr. Dolphus Raymond?
400
Tom Robinson had his arm caught in the cotton gin when he was 12 years old.
What is Tom's handicap? What is the reason Tom couldn't have hit Mayella?
500
"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hands."
What is a metaphor?
500
“Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.”
Who is Reverend Sykes?
500
To brag.
What is to gloat?
500
This character represents the societal norms of Maycomb County but doesn't fit in with the moral values of Atticus, Jem and Scout.
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
500
He was shot 17 times while trying to escape from jail.