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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Simon Finch
At least 15 years
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

2. what color is Calpurnia?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
The first day of every school year
Black

3. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Mr. Underwood
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Fur trader

4. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Tom Robinson
From college courses

5. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
6 and 10
Air rifles
MaudieAtkinson

6. Whose house burns down?

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7. Is Dill intelligent?
Yes
Charles Baker Harris
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Both Gum and Pennies

8. Is Dill intelligent?
Coca-Cola
MaudieAtkinson
Yes
MaudieAtkinson

9. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Coca-Cola
She can read and write
Unhappiness or depression
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

10. 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
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
MaudieAtkinson
Radley

11. What is Dills real name?
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
Because she has courage
Heck Tate

12. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
September
Guilty
Jem

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

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

15. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Guilty
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

16. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
She punches him in the mouth
Radley
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Two

17. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Unhappiness or depression
Calpurnia
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
The first day of every school year

18. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
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
Air rifles
Heck Tate

19. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
From college courses
Yes
The first day of every school year
6 and 10

20. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Simon Finch
September
Yes
The first day of every school year

21. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Jean Louise Finch
Chewing gum
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

22. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
The first day of every school year
Miss Maudie's
Chewing gum
Fur trader

23. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
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
They should lure boo radley out of his house
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

24. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
At least 15 years
Lawyer
Jem
A mockingbird

25. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
Heck Tate
Miss Maudie's
Unhappiness or depression
6 and 10

26. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
A mockingbird

27. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
The first day of every school year
She punches him in the mouth
Miss Maudie's
Arthur

28. Who is the narrator of the story
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Radley
Scout
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

29. Who is the narrator of the story
Chewing gum
Scout
Because she has courage
Radley

30. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Yes
Both Gum and Pennies
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

31. How old was scout when her mother died?
Mr. Underwood
Two
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Unhappiness or depression

32. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
The first day of every school year
Arthur
Tom Robinson
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

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

34. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
Chewing gum
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
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

35. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Simon Finch
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Fur trader

36. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Heck Tate
September
A mockingbird

37. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
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
6 and 10
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
A "****** lover"

38. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Radley
Calpurnia
Scissors

39. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Miss Maudie's
Chewing gum
Yes

40. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
A "****** lover"
MaudieAtkinson
Calpurnia
The first day of every school year

41. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Coca-Cola
Scissors
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
MaudieAtkinson

42. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Lawyer
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
She punches him in the mouth
Mr. Underwood

43. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
She punches him in the mouth
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Black

44. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
From college courses
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
They should lure boo radley out of his house

45. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Miss Maudie's
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

46. What is Dills real name?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
A mockingbird
Charles Baker Harris
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

47. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
She punches him in the mouth
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Charles Baker Harris

48. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
MaudieAtkinson
Guilty
Simon Finch

49. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Coca-Cola
Mr. Underwood
Simon Finch
Yes

50. what did boo stab his father with?
Arthur
Scissors
Tom Robinson
Air rifles