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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 does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
September
Fur trader
At least 15 years
Coca-Cola

2. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Tom Robinson
6 and 10
Coca-Cola
She can read and write

3. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
MaudieAtkinson
She can read and write
Charles Baker Harris
Because she has courage

4. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
Yes
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
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

5. Whose house burns down?

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6. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Scissors
A "****** lover"
Unhappiness or depression
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

7. Who Broke their arm?
Jem
Miss Maudie's
Air rifles
At least 15 years

8. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Air rifles
A "****** lover"
Black

9. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Fur trader
Lawyer
Simon Finch
September

10. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
A mockingbird
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Coca-Cola

11. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Miss Maudie's
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Simon Finch

12. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Tom Robinson
Guilty
Yes
Calpurnia

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

14. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Because she has courage
Coca-Cola
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
A "****** lover"

15. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Calpurnia
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
September

16. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
Calpurnia
Unhappiness or depression
She can read and write
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

17. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Unhappiness or depression
Simon Finch
Air rifles
Guilty

18. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
The first day of every school year
Arthur
Arthur
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

19. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
6 and 10
Scout
A "****** lover"
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

20. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Fur trader
Jean Louise Finch
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Calpurnia

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

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22. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Tom Robinson
Chewing gum
At least 15 years

23. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
She punches him in the mouth
A "****** lover"
Charles Baker Harris
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

24. Who is the narrator of the story
Scout
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
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

25. who is their cook?
Calpurnia
From college courses
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
A mockingbird

26. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
From college courses
Air rifles
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

27. Who is the narrator of the story
Simon Finch
Charles Baker Harris
Scout
At least 15 years

28. what did boo stab his father with?
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
Scissors
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Coca-Cola

29. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
September
Guilty
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
A mockingbird

30. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
A "****** lover"
6 and 10
Jean Louise Finch

31. 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
Yes
She punches him in the mouth
MaudieAtkinson

32. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Scissors
MaudieAtkinson
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

33. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Miss Maudie's
Simon Finch
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

34. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Both Gum and Pennies
Jem
Fur trader

35. The Ewell family is
Heck Tate
Both Gum and Pennies
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Scout

36. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Mr. Underwood
The first day of every school year
A "****** lover"

37. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Guilty
Unhappiness or depression
From college courses
Both Gum and Pennies

38. What is scouts real name?
6 and 10
Air rifles
Jean Louise Finch
Yes

39. 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
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
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

40. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Jem
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Radley

41. Is Dill intelligent?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Yes
September
Simon Finch

42. what color is Calpurnia?
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'
Heck Tate
Black

43. What is Dills real name?
Charles Baker Harris
Guilty
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Scout

44. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Unhappiness or depression
Both Gum and Pennies
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
A mockingbird

45. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
She punches him in the mouth
She can read and write
Chewing gum
A mockingbird

46. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Unhappiness or depression
Arthur
Radley
September

47. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Both Gum and Pennies
At least 15 years
Black

48. Who Broke their arm?
Calpurnia
Jem
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
The first day of every school year

49. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Chewing gum
Jean Louise Finch
The first day of every school year

50. what color is Calpurnia?
Coca-Cola
Black
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Scissors