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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Heck Tate
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
From college courses
Scissors

2. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Jean Louise Finch
Calpurnia
Unhappiness or depression
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

3. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
MaudieAtkinson
At least 15 years
Because she has courage

4. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Because she has courage
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
Tom Robinson

5. What is Boo's real name?
Two
MaudieAtkinson
6 and 10
Arthur

6. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
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
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Scissors
Calpurnia

7. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Coca-Cola
They should lure boo radley out of his house
She punches him in the mouth
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. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Because she has courage
Coca-Cola
Black
Lawyer

9. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Charles Baker Harris
Simon Finch
Mr. Underwood
A mockingbird

10. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Charles Baker Harris
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Simon Finch

11. Is Dill intelligent?
Heck Tate
Two
Scout
Yes

12. Whose house burns down?

13. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Black
The first day of every school year
Because she has courage
Radley

14. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Fur trader
Fur trader
Both Gum and Pennies
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

15. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Charles Baker Harris
Because she has courage
Heck Tate

16. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Guilty
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Jem
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

17. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Arthur
Scout
The first day of every school year

18. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
6 and 10

19. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
MaudieAtkinson
The first day of every school year
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

20. 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
Air rifles
Radley
A "****** lover"

21. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
She punches him in the mouth
Scout
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

22. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Scout
Chewing gum
Jean Louise Finch
Unhappiness or depression

23. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Black
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Simon Finch

24. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Guilty
A "****** lover"
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

25. What is Dills real name?
Charles Baker Harris
Yes
Yes
Air rifles

26. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
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
Scout
Fur trader

27. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
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
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Because she has courage

28. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Lawyer
Jean Louise Finch
A mockingbird
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

29. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Mr. Underwood
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
A mockingbird
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

30. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Chewing gum
A "****** lover"
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Black

31. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Jem
They should lure boo radley out of his house
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
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

32. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Calpurnia
Arthur
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
Mr. Underwood

33. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
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
Because she has courage

34. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Simon Finch
Air rifles
Guilty
Calpurnia

35. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
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
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Air rifles

36. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Simon Finch
Scissors
Both Gum and Pennies
6 and 10

37. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Scissors
Scout
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

38. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Air rifles
From college courses
Lawyer
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

39. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Heck Tate
Unhappiness or depression
She can read and write
Lawyer

40. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Chewing gum
September
A "****** lover"
Unhappiness or depression

41. The first chapter focuses primarily on
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Radley
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Lawyer

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

43. The Ewell family is
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Air rifles
A mockingbird
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

44. Who Broke their arm?
From college courses
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Jem
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

45. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Miss Maudie's
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
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
A mockingbird

46. What is Boo's real name?
Arthur
Both Gum and Pennies
Miss Maudie's
Jean Louise Finch

47. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Miss Maudie's
Guilty
From college courses
Two

48. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
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
Guilty
The first day of every school year
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

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

50. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
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
She punches him in the mouth
6 and 10