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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird
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1. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Fur trader
Coca-Cola
Radley
2. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
September
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Because she has courage
3. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Coca-Cola
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
Charles Baker Harris
Lawyer
4. What is Dills real name?
Two
Charles Baker Harris
Air rifles
Both Gum and Pennies
5. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Guilty
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Air rifles
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
6. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
Calpurnia
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
Jem
Guilty
7. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
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
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Radley
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
8. Who is the narrator of the story
Scout
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Radley
9. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
6 and 10
She punches him in the mouth
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
10. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Mr. Underwood
Tom Robinson
Jem
Unhappiness or depression
11. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She can read and write
Jem
Jean Louise Finch
Chewing gum
12. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
She can read and write
Miss Maudie's
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
13. How old was scout when her mother died?
A mockingbird
Two
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Chewing gum
14. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
She can read and write
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Two
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
15. what color is Calpurnia?
Scout
Arthur
Black
Coca-Cola
16. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Heck Tate
Arthur
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
17. Whose house burns down?
18. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
At least 15 years
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
19. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Coca-Cola
September
A mockingbird
Simon Finch
20. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Heck Tate
Mr. Underwood
Two
21. What is Dills real name?
Charles Baker Harris
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Jem
Scissors
22. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Charles Baker Harris
From college courses
Radley
23. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Jean Louise Finch
Black
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Fur trader
24. Who Broke their arm?
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
The first day of every school year
Jem
She punches him in the mouth
25. What is scouts real name?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Jean Louise Finch
6 and 10
Mr. Underwood
26. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Scout
Tom Robinson
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
27. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
They should lure boo radley out of his house
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Both Gum and Pennies
28. who is their cook?
Yes
The first day of every school year
Jem
Calpurnia
29. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Simon Finch
September
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
A "****** lover"
30. Who Broke their arm?
Jem
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Chewing gum
Coca-Cola
31. what did boo stab his father with?
Both Gum and Pennies
Scissors
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Yes
32. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
The first day of every school year
Both Gum and Pennies
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
33. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
A "****** lover"
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Fur trader
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
34. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
She punches him in the mouth
September
They should lure boo radley out of his house
She can read and write
35. The first chapter focuses primarily on
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
She can read and write
36. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
September
Radley
MaudieAtkinson
She can read and write
37. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
From college courses
Calpurnia
38. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
At least 15 years
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Air rifles
39. who is their cook?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Calpurnia
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
40. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
MaudieAtkinson
From college courses
Because she has courage
41. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
The first day of every school year
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
From college courses
Tom Robinson
42. what did boo stab his father with?
From college courses
A mockingbird
Air rifles
Scissors
43. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
At least 15 years
Yes
Guilty
44. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
Radley
6 and 10
Two
A mockingbird
45. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
A "****** lover"
Mr. Underwood
Yes
46. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
A "****** lover"
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
She punches him in the mouth
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
47. What is scouts real name?
The first day of every school year
Black
Air rifles
Jean Louise Finch
48. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Miss Maudie's
Arthur
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Lawyer
49. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Mr. Underwood
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Coca-Cola
They should lure boo radley out of his house
50. How old was scout when her mother died?
Two
Scout
September
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county