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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
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Radley
Radley

2. who is their cook?
Black
Calpurnia
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

3. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Heck Tate
Both Gum and Pennies
Mr. Underwood
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

4. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Chewing gum
Heck Tate
Unhappiness or depression
Coca-Cola

5. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Calpurnia

6. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She can read and write
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Fur trader
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

7. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
A mockingbird
Heck Tate

8. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
She can read and write
Guilty
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

9. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
The first day of every school year
Chewing gum
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

10. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
The first day of every school year
MaudieAtkinson
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Calpurnia

11. 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
Jean Louise Finch
Jem
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

12. The first chapter focuses primarily on
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
Miss Maudie's
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

13. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Jem
September
Mr. Underwood
Simon Finch

14. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Heck Tate
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
At least 15 years
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

15. How old was scout when her mother died?
Two
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Jem
Arthur

16. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Yes
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Radley
Arthur

17. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
From college courses
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Charles Baker Harris

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

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19. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Because she has courage
Mr. Underwood
Two
Coca-Cola

20. How old was scout when her mother died?
Two
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
Atticus is '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

21. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Black
Heck Tate
Lawyer
A mockingbird

22. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
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
Unhappiness or depression
From college courses

23. Whose house burns down?

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24. What is Dills real name?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Charles Baker Harris
At least 15 years
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

25. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Boo Radley and 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
Heck Tate
September

26. Whose house burns down?

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27. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Lawyer
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Both Gum and Pennies
Arthur

28. what color is Calpurnia?
Black
Lawyer
She punches him in the mouth
Fur trader

29. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
From college courses
Charles Baker Harris
Air rifles
Tom Robinson

30. The Ewell family is
Both Gum and Pennies
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Jem
Fur trader

31. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
The first day of every school year
Coca-Cola
Chewing gum
She can read and write

32. Who Broke their arm?
Jean Louise Finch
Jem
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Miss Maudie's

33. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Mr. Underwood
A mockingbird
Simon Finch
Two

34. 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
Calpurnia
Charles Baker Harris
At least 15 years

35. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Fur trader
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

36. What is scouts real name?
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
She can read and write
Jean Louise Finch
Scissors

37. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Charles Baker Harris
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
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

38. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
September
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Because she has courage

39. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Arthur
Mr. Underwood
Jean Louise Finch

40. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Mr. Underwood
Unhappiness or depression
September

41. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Scissors
Charles Baker Harris
Fur trader
They should lure boo radley out of his house

42. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Mr. Underwood
Yes
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Because she has courage

43. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Scout
Air rifles
Miss Maudie's
A mockingbird

44. Is Dill intelligent?
Yes
Coca-Cola
Scissors
Jem

45. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
Both Gum and Pennies
Guilty
At least 15 years

46. What is Dills real name?
Unhappiness or depression
MaudieAtkinson
Scissors
Charles Baker Harris

47. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Fur trader
Tom Robinson
Chewing gum
A mockingbird

48. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Simon Finch
Unhappiness or depression
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

49. What is Boo's real name?
Arthur
A "****** lover"
She can read and write
Unhappiness or depression

50. who is their cook?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Calpurnia
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'