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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Scissors
Chewing gum
MaudieAtkinson
From college courses

2. Who is the narrator of the story
Two
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Scout

3. The Ewell family is
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
A mockingbird
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Heck Tate

4. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
A mockingbird
Guilty

5. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
A "****** lover"
Arthur
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

6. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
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
Mr. Underwood
Tom Robinson

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
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Black

8. What is Dills real name?
Two
MaudieAtkinson
Charles Baker Harris
They should lure boo radley out of his house

9. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
The first day of every school year
Heck Tate
They should lure boo radley out of his house

10. What is Dills 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
Air rifles
Charles Baker Harris
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

11. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Both Gum and Pennies

12. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
At least 15 years
Calpurnia
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

13. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Guilty
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
At least 15 years

14. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Radley
Arthur
Heck Tate
Chewing gum

15. Is Dill intelligent?
Because she has courage
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Yes
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

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

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17. What is scouts real name?
Jean Louise Finch
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
She can read and write

18. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Scout
Black
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
Simon Finch

19. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
September
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 punches him in the mouth
Scissors

20. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Black

21. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Heck Tate
Fur trader
Black
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

22. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Jean Louise Finch
Air rifles
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
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

23. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Simon Finch
Coca-Cola
She punches him in the mouth
They should lure boo radley out of his house

24. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
September
Jean Louise Finch
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

25. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Lawyer
Fur trader
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

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?
Both Gum and Pennies
Air rifles
Scissors
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

28. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
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
6 and 10
Chewing gum

29. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
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
Because she has courage
Mr. Underwood

30. 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
Because she has courage
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

31. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Because she has courage
Black
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
6 and 10

32. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Scissors
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Radley
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

33. what did boo stab his father with?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Scissors
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

34. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Scissors
Fur trader
Calpurnia

35. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Scissors
Because she has courage
Tom Robinson
Simon Finch

36. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Jem
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
A "****** lover"
Two

37. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
Air rifles
Arthur
The first day of every school year
Lawyer

38. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

39. 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
Fur trader
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Both Gum and Pennies

40. The first chapter focuses primarily on
They should lure boo radley out of his house
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
6 and 10

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

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42. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
MaudieAtkinson
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
Black

43. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Jem
Guilty
Radley
Lawyer

44. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
The first day of every school year
A mockingbird

45. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
At least 15 years
She punches him in the mouth
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Unhappiness or depression

46. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Arthur
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

47. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Tom Robinson
Mr. Underwood
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
At least 15 years

48. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Arthur

49. How old was scout when her mother died?
Two
From college courses
September
They should lure boo radley out of his house

50. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Coca-Cola
Tom Robinson
She can read and write
They should lure boo radley out of his house