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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Both Gum and Pennies
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
Arthur

2. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Fur trader
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Heck Tate
Lawyer

3. what did boo stab his father with?
Lawyer
Scissors
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Simon Finch

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

5. Whose house burns down?

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6. What is Dills real name?
Jem
The first day of every school year
Heck Tate
Charles Baker Harris

7. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
6 and 10
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Unhappiness or depression
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

8. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Heck Tate
Unhappiness or depression
Chewing gum

9. 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
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
A mockingbird
Both Gum and Pennies

10. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Coca-Cola
Black
Scissors
From college courses

11. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Air rifles
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
Charles Baker Harris

12. who is their cook?
Simon Finch
She can read and write
Calpurnia
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

13. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Scissors
Fur trader
MaudieAtkinson

14. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Arthur
She punches him in the mouth
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

15. What is Boo's 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
Lawyer
Scout

16. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Heck Tate
From college courses
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

17. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
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
Yes
MaudieAtkinson
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

18. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Arthur
Air rifles
The first day of every school year
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

19. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
Yes
Radley
She can read and write
The first day of every school year

20. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Scout
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Guilty

21. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Simon Finch
Chewing gum
Yes

22. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
The first day of every school year
Mr. Underwood
Tom Robinson
Simon Finch

23. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Mr. Underwood
Fur trader
Unhappiness or depression
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

24. What is Dills real name?
Charles Baker Harris
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
From college courses
Scissors

25. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Heck Tate
Mr. Underwood
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

26. Is Dill intelligent?
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
September
She can read and write
Yes

27. how long has Boo stayed inside?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Coca-Cola
At least 15 years
Calpurnia

28. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
The first day of every school year
She punches him in the mouth
Mr. Underwood
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

29. What is scouts real name?
Tom Robinson
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Jean Louise Finch

30. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
A mockingbird
At least 15 years
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

31. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Charles Baker Harris
MaudieAtkinson
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Chewing gum

32. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
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
Scissors
Air rifles
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

33. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Arthur
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

34. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
From college courses
Tom Robinson
Air rifles

35. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Because she has courage
Simon Finch
Unhappiness or depression
Both Gum and Pennies

36. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Mr. Underwood
Radley
From college courses
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

37. what color is Calpurnia?
Arthur
Black
The first day of every school year
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

38. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Scout
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Fur trader
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

39. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
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
Fur trader

40. Is Dill intelligent?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Both Gum and Pennies
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Yes

41. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Charles Baker Harris
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
A "****** lover"
Air rifles

42. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Two
Yes
September
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

43. The Ewell family is
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Mr. Underwood
Charles Baker Harris
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

44. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
A mockingbird
Radley
Tom Robinson
Air rifles

45. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
The first day of every school year
Yes
Guilty
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

46. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Jean Louise Finch
Heck Tate
They should lure boo radley out of his house
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

47. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
September
From college courses
A "****** lover"
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

48. how long has Boo stayed inside?
At least 15 years
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Radley
MaudieAtkinson

49. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
She can read and write
A mockingbird
MaudieAtkinson
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

50. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Mr. Underwood
Coca-Cola
Both Gum and Pennies
From college courses