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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
September
Fur trader
Unhappiness or depression
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

2. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
September
Heck Tate
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

3. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
Calpurnia
Scissors
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

4. What is Boo's real name?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Because she has courage
Scissors
Arthur

5. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Scissors
Because she has courage
Heck Tate

6. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Tom Robinson
Calpurnia
Both Gum and Pennies
6 and 10

7. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
6 and 10
Yes
From college courses
Miss Maudie's

8. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
They should lure boo radley out of his house
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

9. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Simon Finch
Heck Tate
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

10. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
MaudieAtkinson
A "****** lover"

11. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
September
Black
A "****** lover"

12. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
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
Charles Baker Harris
Because she has courage

13. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Fur trader
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Yes
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

14. How old was scout when her mother died?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Miss Maudie's
Two
They should lure boo radley out of his house

15. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Both Gum and Pennies
Calpurnia
They should lure boo radley out of his house

16. how long has Boo stayed inside?
At least 15 years
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
6 and 10
Tom Robinson

17. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Fur trader
Jem
Yes
MaudieAtkinson

18. Who founded Finch's Landing?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Simon Finch
Lawyer
Miss Maudie's

19. The first chapter focuses primarily on
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Air rifles
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

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

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21. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Atticus is '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
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
From college courses

22. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
A mockingbird
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

23. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Coca-Cola
6 and 10
She punches him in the mouth
Unhappiness or depression

24. who is their cook?
Calpurnia
6 and 10
Scout
Mr. Underwood

25. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Lawyer
Scout
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

26. Is Dill intelligent?
Charles Baker Harris
Yes
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Jean Louise Finch

27. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Fur trader
Coca-Cola
Because she has courage
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

28. Whose house burns down?

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29. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
Miss Maudie's
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Scout
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

30. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Calpurnia
Black
Mr. Underwood
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

31. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Fur trader
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Heck Tate
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

32. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
A "****** lover"
6 and 10
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

33. Who Broke their arm?
The first day of every school year
Coca-Cola
Jem
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

34. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
From college courses
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
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Heck Tate

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

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36. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She can read and write
Arthur
MaudieAtkinson
Scout

37. how long has Boo stayed inside?
At least 15 years
Arthur
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
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

38. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
6 and 10
Radley

39. How old was scout when her mother died?
Heck Tate
Scout
Two
Because she has courage

40. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
The first day of every school year
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Jem

41. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Tom Robinson
September
Arthur

42. who is their cook?
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
The first day of every school year
Calpurnia

43. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Fur trader
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Because she has courage

44. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
The first day of every school year
At least 15 years
Mr. Underwood

45. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
They should lure boo radley out of his house
She can read and write
Jem
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

46. What is Dills real name?
Arthur
They should lure boo radley out of his house
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Charles Baker Harris

47. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Heck Tate
Mr. Underwood
Air rifles
Unhappiness or depression

48. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
At least 15 years

49. The Ewell family is
Fur trader
Jem
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
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

50. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
A mockingbird
A "****** lover"
Heck Tate
MaudieAtkinson