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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
Lawyer
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

2. Is Dill intelligent?
Heck Tate
Yes
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Charles Baker Harris

3. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Black
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Simon Finch

4. what did boo stab his father with?
Scissors
Unhappiness or depression
Black
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

5. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Both Gum and Pennies
A mockingbird
At least 15 years

6. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Jean Louise Finch
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

7. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Simon Finch
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Both Gum and Pennies
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. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Chewing gum
Two
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
She punches him in the mouth

9. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
MaudieAtkinson
She punches him in the mouth
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Mr. Underwood

10. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
She can read and write
The first day of every school year
Radley
A mockingbird

11. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Mr. Underwood
At least 15 years
A "****** lover"
Radley

12. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Mr. Underwood
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Calpurnia

13. Whose house burns down?

14. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Calpurnia
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Both Gum and Pennies
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

15. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Tom Robinson
Lawyer
Simon Finch
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

16. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
Coca-Cola
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Because she has courage

17. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
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
Coca-Cola
The first day of every school year

18. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
She can read and write
Fur trader
Air rifles
A "****** lover"

19. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Fur trader
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
September
Unhappiness or depression

20. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
A "****** lover"
At least 15 years
Tom Robinson

21. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
She can read and write
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Heck Tate

22. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Air rifles
The first day of every school year
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Scissors

23. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Guilty
A "****** lover"

24. who is their cook?
Tom Robinson
Calpurnia
Mr. Underwood
Jem

25. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
A mockingbird
Mr. Underwood
September
They should lure boo radley out of his house

26. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
She punches him in the mouth
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Air rifles
She can read and write

27. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
A "****** lover"
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Black
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

28. 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
Calpurnia
Yes

29. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Heck Tate
Because she has courage
Simon Finch
From college courses

30. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She can read and write
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Simon Finch

31. Whose house burns down?

32. Who founded Finch's Landing?
A "****** lover"
Simon Finch
She punches him in the mouth
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

33. what did boo stab his father with?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Scissors
Miss Maudie's
Air rifles

34. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
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
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Arthur

35. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
A "****** lover"
At least 15 years
Because she has courage

36. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Tom Robinson
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Heck Tate
Arthur

37. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Chewing gum
Coca-Cola
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

38. Is Dill intelligent?
Yes
Radley
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Calpurnia

39. What is Boo's real name?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
6 and 10
Arthur
She can read and write

40. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
A "****** lover"
Because she has courage
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
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

41. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Air rifles
A "****** lover"

42. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Miss Maudie's
Simon Finch
The first day of every school year

43. what color is Calpurnia?
Charles Baker Harris
Chewing gum
Black
Jem

44. Who is the narrator of the story
Charles Baker Harris
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
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

45. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
September
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
At least 15 years
Fur trader

46. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
From college courses
Mr. Underwood
Heck Tate
A mockingbird

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

48. What is scouts real name?
Guilty
Jean Louise Finch
Miss Maudie's
Guilty

49. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
MaudieAtkinson
Unhappiness or depression
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

50. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
From college courses
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history