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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is Boo's real name?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Air rifles
Jem
Arthur

2. 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
Guilty
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
Air rifles

3. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
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
Simon Finch
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

4. The first chapter focuses primarily on
She punches him in the mouth
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Jem

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

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6. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Miss Maudie's
Both Gum and Pennies
Chewing gum
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

7. 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
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
Charles Baker Harris
Coca-Cola

8. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Scout
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
From college courses
At least 15 years

9. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Both Gum and Pennies
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Unhappiness or depression
She punches him in the mouth

10. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Yes
Radley
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Two

11. The first chapter focuses primarily on
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Unhappiness or depression

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

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13. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
From college courses
Scout
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Radley

14. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Simon Finch
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
She punches him in the mouth

15. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Guilty
Miss Maudie's
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

16. who is their cook?
Calpurnia
She can read and write
Coca-Cola
MaudieAtkinson

17. Who is the narrator of the story
Coca-Cola
6 and 10
Two
Scout

18. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Both Gum and Pennies
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Mr. Underwood
Charles Baker Harris

19. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Coca-Cola
Unhappiness or depression
Jean Louise Finch
From college courses

20. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
Scout
Yes
She can read and write
MaudieAtkinson

21. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Chewing gum
Yes
Guilty
Heck Tate

22. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Two
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
They should lure boo radley out of his house
At least 15 years

23. How old was scout when her mother died?
Two
From college courses
Chewing gum
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

24. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Black
Coca-Cola
September
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

25. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
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
A mockingbird
Two
She can read and write

26. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
At least 15 years
Radley
Scissors

27. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
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
Tom Robinson
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Coca-Cola

28. Is Dill intelligent?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
From college courses
Miss Maudie's
Yes

29. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
The first day of every school year
Mr. Underwood
She punches him in the mouth
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

30. What is Boo's real name?
Arthur
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Unhappiness or depression
A "****** lover"

31. What is Dills real name?
Charles Baker Harris
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

32. 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
Tom Robinson
Mr. Underwood
Jem

33. what color is Calpurnia?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
From college courses
Black
Yes

34. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Black
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
A "****** lover"
Heck Tate

35. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Two
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Unhappiness or depression

36. Whose house burns down?

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37. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Jem
Black
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
A "****** lover"

38. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Simon Finch
Two
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
She can read and write

39. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
She can read and write
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 it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
A "****** lover"

40. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
A "****** lover"
Coca-Cola
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
The first day of every school year

41. what did boo stab his father with?
Guilty
Jean Louise Finch
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Scissors

42. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Scout
Jean Louise Finch
Because she has courage
They should lure boo radley out of his house

43. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Jean Louise Finch
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
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
Two

44. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Radley

45. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Calpurnia
Lawyer
Jean Louise Finch
MaudieAtkinson

46. what did boo stab his father with?
Yes
The first day of every school year
Scissors
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

47. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Yes
Guilty
Charles Baker Harris
Jem

48. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
At least 15 years
She can read and write
Scout
Scissors

49. What is scouts real name?
She can read and write
Jean Louise Finch
MaudieAtkinson
A mockingbird

50. Who is the narrator of the story
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
Guilty
Scout
Fur trader