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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
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
Heck Tate

2. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
September
Yes
Fur trader
Two

3. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
Jem
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Unhappiness or depression

4. what color is Calpurnia?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Black
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Coca-Cola

5. Is Dill intelligent?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Yes
Jem
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

6. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Yes
From college courses
Both Gum and Pennies

7. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Air rifles
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

8. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Calpurnia
Charles Baker Harris
They should lure boo radley out of his house

9. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
6 and 10
Scissors
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Chewing gum

10. What is Boo's real name?
Arthur
Mr. Underwood
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Jem

11. What is Dills 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
Arthur
Charles Baker Harris
Yes

12. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Air rifles
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Lawyer
Simon Finch

13. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
Fur trader
6 and 10
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Tom Robinson

14. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
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
The first day of every school year
The first day of every school year

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

16. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Mr. Underwood
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Coca-Cola

17. What is Boo's real name?
Jean Louise Finch
Arthur
Guilty
6 and 10

18. what did boo stab his father with?
Fur trader
Simon Finch
Scissors
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

19. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Chewing gum
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Yes
At least 15 years

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

21. Who Broke their arm?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Jem
Fur trader
A "****** lover"

22. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Two

23. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Coca-Cola
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Jean Louise Finch

24. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's 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
Arthur
Radley
From college courses

25. What is Dills real name?
Lawyer
6 and 10
Charles Baker Harris
A mockingbird

26. who is their cook?
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
Calpurnia
Lawyer
Chewing gum

27. The first chapter focuses primarily on
A "****** lover"
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
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Heck Tate

28. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Radley
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
At least 15 years
Black

29. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
A "****** lover"
She punches him in the mouth

30. How old was scout when her mother died?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Two
The first day of every school year
From college courses

31. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
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
A mockingbird
Jem

32. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
Lawyer
Yes
A mockingbird
MaudieAtkinson

33. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Miss Maudie's
Yes
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

34. What is scouts real name?
Jean Louise Finch
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Mr. Underwood
Simon Finch

35. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
They should lure boo radley out of his house
From college courses
Fur trader
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

36. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Jean Louise Finch
Calpurnia
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
At least 15 years

37. what color is Calpurnia?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Black
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

38. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
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
September
Because she has courage
Black

39. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Heck Tate
She can read and write
Fur trader
A "****** lover"

40. what did boo stab his father with?
A mockingbird
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Scissors
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

41. What isAtticus Finch's profession
September
Lawyer
From college courses
She can read and write

42. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
At least 15 years
Air rifles
Scissors
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

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

44. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
A "****** lover"
A mockingbird
Jem
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

45. What is scouts real name?
Jean Louise Finch
Charles Baker Harris
Air rifles
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

46. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Jean Louise Finch
From college courses
Scissors
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

47. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
From college courses
A "****** lover"
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

48. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Guilty
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Black
Scissors

49. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
A mockingbird
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
Radley
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

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