Vocabulary
Chapter 10
Scout
Jem
Potpourri
100
This word means "to puzzle" or "to confuse".
What is perplex?
100
Jem and Scout were disappointed and embarrassed that their father would not be participating in this town-wide event.
What is a football game?
100
When Jem rolled her forcefully in the tire, Scout thought that he was getting back at her for contradicting him about this.
What are Hot Steams?
100
This is Jem's actual first name.
What is Jeremy?
100
This TKAM character had an intense interest in Boo Radley, who drew him "as the moon draws water."
Who is Dill?
200
This word means "to explain" or "clarify".
What is "elucidate"?
200
Atticus told Jem and Scout that, while they shouldn't kill a mockingbird, they could kill all of these that they wanted.
What are bluejays?
200
Scout made Miss Caroline upset on the first day of school because she could do this.
What is read/write?
200
According to Jem, the Egyptians invented a couple of things. Name one of them.
What is "perpetual embalming" or "toilet paper"?
200
This character is fanatical on the subject of how Scout dresses.
Who is Aunt Alexandra?
300
A mountain that needs climbed, an opponent, or a task could all be describe with this word.
What is "formidable"?
300
This was Tim Johnson's problem.
What is rabies?
300
This is Scout's birth name (first and middle name, please).
What is Jean Louise?
300
According to Jem, the new way that the school is teaching reading is called this.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
300
Atticus doesn't have much positive to say about this Maycomb family.
Who are the Ewells?
400
To be dislikeable and mean would be the opposite of this word.
What is "amiably"?
400
According to Miss Maudie, people in their right minds never take pride in their ___________.
What is talents?
400
Atticus told Scout that you never really understand a person until you do this.
What is "see things from his point of view" or "climb into his skin and walk around in it"?
400
At 2 a.m., Jem went to retrieve these from the Radley back yard.
What is his pants?
400
When talking to this character, Scout said it gave her the sensation of "settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean."
Who is Francis?
500
Since he teaches the subject, it could be assumed that Mr. Varner has this for Science.
What is "prowess"?
500
According to Atticus, this was the "tribal curse of the Finches."
What is left eyes/blindness?
500
Of all the items Scout found in the knothole of the tree, these are FOUR of them.
What are: 1. gum 2. pennies 3. twine 4. watch with chain and knife 5. spelling medal 6. soap dolls
500
After he saw this creation, Atticus told Jem that he wasn't sure whether Jem would grow up to be "an engineer, a lawyer, or a portrait painter".
What is a snowman?
500
Atticus hopes that Scout and Jem won't catch this, a phrase Atticus uses to describe how upset people get when they assume that a black person has wronged a white person.
What is "Maycomb's usual disease"?