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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Guilty
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Scissors
A mockingbird

2. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Chewing gum
Yes
A "****** lover"

3. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Scout
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Heck Tate

4. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
The first day of every school year
Yes
Air rifles

5. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
A mockingbird
6 and 10
Air rifles
Miss Maudie's

6. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
From college courses
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

7. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
A mockingbird
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
September
Both Gum and Pennies

8. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
From college courses
Because she has courage
Coca-Cola
Scout

9. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Guilty
Lawyer
September
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

10. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
Unhappiness or depression
Radley
Calpurnia
She can read and write

11. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
MaudieAtkinson
Coca-Cola
September
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm

12. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Mr. Underwood
Lawyer
Yes
Air rifles

13. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Arthur
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Simon Finch
6 and 10

14. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
A "****** lover"
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
Coca-Cola
A mockingbird

15. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
Radley
To allow the story to be presented by someone who cannot take an active role - To remove moral bias from the story - To allow the narrator to mature as the story progresses
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Jem

16. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Unhappiness or depression
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
She can read and write
Yes

17. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
Scout
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Arthur

18. What is Dills real name?
Arthur
Charles Baker Harris
Air rifles
Lawyer

19. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
MaudieAtkinson
Jean Louise Finch
Air rifles
Tom Robinson

20. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Arthur
Radley
Scissors
Mr. Underwood

21. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Coca-Cola
Charles Baker Harris
Air rifles
Yes

22. Whose house burns down?

23. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
The first day of every school year
Radley
6 and 10
MaudieAtkinson

24. Who founded Finch's Landing?
6 and 10
She can read and write
Simon Finch
Miss Maudie's

25. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
She can read and write
Two
MaudieAtkinson
Air rifles

26. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
6 and 10
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

27. What is scouts real name?
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
Black
From college courses
Jean Louise Finch

28. who is their cook?
Scissors
Guilty
Calpurnia
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

29. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
A "****** lover"
Scissors
Yes
She punches him in the mouth

30. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Heck Tate
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
A "****** lover"
Radley

31. How old was scout when her mother died?
Yes
Two
Both Gum and Pennies
Fur trader

32. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
Air rifles
Scissors
Fur trader

33. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Heck Tate
A mockingbird
At least 15 years
Air rifles

34. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Heck Tate
Chewing gum
Mr. Underwood

35. Who is the narrator of the story
Scout
Guilty
Both Gum and Pennies
Both Gum and Pennies

36. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Calpurnia
6 and 10
A "****** lover"
Because she has courage

37. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Black
Lawyer
Fur trader
Radley

38. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Charles Baker Harris
A "****** lover"
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
September

39. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Mr. Underwood
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
Two
Heck Tate

40. what did boo stab his father with?
Scissors
Jem
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Arthur

41. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
A mockingbird
A "****** lover"
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm

42. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
They should lure boo radley out of his house
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Calpurnia

43. how long has Boo stayed inside?
At least 15 years
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

44. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
He discusses farming in a very mature way with Atticus - He pours molasses onto his food - He failed to pass first grade due to his having to leave to work on the farm
To allow the story to be presented by someone who cannot take an active role - To remove moral bias from the story - To allow the narrator to mature as the story progresses
Tom Robinson
Unhappiness or depression

45. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
A mockingbird
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
A "****** lover"

46. After Atticus Finch agrees to defend Tom Robinson - what does Scout hear at school?

47. Who Broke their arm?
She can read and write
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Jem
MaudieAtkinson

48. Whose house burns down?

49. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Two
Simon Finch
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Heck Tate

50. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Mr. Underwood
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities