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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
At least 15 years
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Guilty
Heck Tate

2. Is Dill intelligent?
Yes
Scout
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Air rifles

3. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Heck Tate
A mockingbird
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
6 and 10

4. How old was scout when her mother died?
Chewing gum
Two
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 loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

5. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Arthur
Lawyer
Unhappiness or depression
Radley

6. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
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
Unhappiness or depression
From college courses
Guilty

7. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She can read and write
Unhappiness or depression
Both Gum and Pennies
Fur trader

8. What is Boo's real name?
Scissors
Arthur
A mockingbird
Yes

9. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Arthur
Unhappiness or depression
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

10. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Charles Baker Harris
Chewing gum
Both Gum and Pennies

11. What is scouts real name?
Jean Louise Finch
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Black
Both Gum and Pennies

12. Who is the narrator of the story
She punches him in the mouth
Yes
Scout
Jem

13. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Arthur
Black
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
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

14. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
A mockingbird
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
She punches him in the mouth

15. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
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
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
They should lure boo radley out of his house

16. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Scissors
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
Because she has courage

17. Whose house burns down?

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18. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
The first day of every school year
Because she has courage
Charles Baker Harris
Guilty

19. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Both Gum and Pennies
Arthur
6 and 10

20. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
Guilty
Simon Finch
A mockingbird

21. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Miss Maudie's
Fur trader
Simon Finch
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

22. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Because she has courage
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
At least 15 years

23. The Ewell family is
Miss Maudie's
MaudieAtkinson
Air rifles
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

24. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
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
From college courses
Mr. Underwood

25. The Ewell family is
Guilty
Jem
They should lure boo radley out of his house
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

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

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27. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
A mockingbird
Mr. Underwood
She punches him in the mouth
The first day of every school year

28. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Chewing gum
A mockingbird
Heck Tate
At least 15 years

29. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Simon Finch
At least 15 years
Arthur
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

30. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
From college courses
6 and 10
Charles Baker Harris
Unhappiness or depression

31. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Heck Tate
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Black

32. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
A "****** lover"
Because she has courage
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

33. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Heck Tate
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Unhappiness or depression

34. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Unhappiness or depression
Chewing gum
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
September

35. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Guilty
Tom Robinson
Because she has courage
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

36. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Air rifles
Coca-Cola
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

37. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
From college courses
Guilty
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

38. Whose house burns down?

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39. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Fur trader
Yes
Tom Robinson
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

40. how long has Boo stayed inside?
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
Lawyer
A mockingbird
At least 15 years

41. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
September
Scissors
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Guilty

42. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Because she has courage
6 and 10
Mr. Underwood
Chewing gum

43. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
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
Air rifles
A mockingbird
Two

44. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Simon Finch
MaudieAtkinson
Coca-Cola
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

45. who is their cook?
Scissors
Calpurnia
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

46. what color is Calpurnia?
Black
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
Both Gum and Pennies
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

47. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
6 and 10
Scout
She can read and write
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

48. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
At least 15 years
Black
Heck Tate
Guilty

49. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
Scissors
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
MaudieAtkinson
Calpurnia

50. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
September
From college courses
Guilty
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community