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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. who is their cook?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Coca-Cola
Calpurnia

2. what did boo stab his father with?
Lawyer
They should lure boo radley out of his house
6 and 10
Scissors

3. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Calpurnia
She can read and write
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

4. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
MaudieAtkinson
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
At least 15 years

5. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Unhappiness or depression
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Scissors
Coca-Cola

6. Who is the narrator of the story
Scout
Heck Tate
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
The first day of every school year

7. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
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
Both Gum and Pennies
She punches him in the mouth

8. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Heck Tate
Yes
Two
Yes

9. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
A "****** lover"
Miss Maudie's
MaudieAtkinson

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

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11. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Black
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Fur trader

12. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
MaudieAtkinson

13. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
From college courses
September
Unhappiness or depression
Heck Tate

14. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
From college courses
Both Gum and Pennies
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

15. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Miss Maudie's
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

16. Who is the narrator of the story
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Chewing gum
Scout
Miss Maudie's

17. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Air rifles
Two
Guilty
Simon Finch

18. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Heck Tate
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
They should lure boo radley out of his house
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

19. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Calpurnia
A "****** lover"
Two
Yes

20. 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
Guilty
Simon Finch

21. Is Dill intelligent?
Two
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Yes

22. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Simon Finch
September
Jean Louise Finch
They should lure boo radley out of his house

23. What is scouts real name?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Jean Louise Finch
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Lawyer

24. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Miss Maudie's
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Calpurnia

25. How old was scout when her mother died?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Two
Mr. Underwood

26. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Air rifles
Both Gum and Pennies
Heck Tate
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

27. what color is Calpurnia?
A mockingbird
She punches him in the mouth
Black
She punches him in the mouth

28. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Simon Finch
Jem
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

29. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Guilty
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

30. Whose house burns down?

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31. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Simon Finch
The first day of every school year

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

33. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
She can read and write
6 and 10
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Coca-Cola

34. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
From college courses
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Guilty
Miss Maudie's

35. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Two
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
September
Arthur

36. Who Broke their arm?
Heck Tate
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
Jem
Unhappiness or depression

37. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
6 and 10
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Air rifles
Black

38. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Tom Robinson
Unhappiness or depression
Unhappiness or depression
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

39. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Tom Robinson
From college courses
Coca-Cola
She punches him in the mouth

40. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Yes
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
The first day of every school year
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

41. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Lawyer
Coca-Cola
Black
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

42. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Mr. Underwood
Arthur
MaudieAtkinson

43. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
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
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Coca-Cola

44. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Both Gum and Pennies
They should lure boo radley out of his house

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

46. Whose house burns down?

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47. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
Calpurnia
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Guilty
She can read and write

48. 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
Arthur
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

49. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
They should lure boo radley out of his house
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

50. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Tom Robinson
Two
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'