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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 Dills real name?
Charles Baker Harris
Jem
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

2. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Miss Maudie's
6 and 10
Lawyer
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

3. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Radley
Guilty
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

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

5. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Chewing gum
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Scout
A "****** lover"

6. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
September
Jean Louise Finch
Tom Robinson
From college courses

7. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Two
Heck Tate
Unhappiness or depression
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

8. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Chewing gum
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
Fur trader

9. How old was scout when her mother died?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
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
Two

10. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Scissors
Radley
At least 15 years
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

11. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
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
Lawyer
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

12. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She punches him in the mouth
Because she has courage
She can read and write
Because she has courage

13. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Guilty
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Unhappiness or depression

14. What isAtticus accused of being because of 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
A "****** lover"
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Jem

15. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
From college courses
MaudieAtkinson
Because she has courage
She can read and write

16. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Miss Maudie's
MaudieAtkinson
Heck Tate
6 and 10

17. Whose house burns down?

18. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Miss Maudie's
Guilty
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

19. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
A mockingbird
Two
From college courses
Mr. Underwood

20. What is Boo's real name?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Arthur
Black
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

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

22. The Ewell family is
Fur trader
Arthur
Jem
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

23. what did boo stab his father with?
MaudieAtkinson
Scissors
Mr. Underwood
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

24. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Because she has courage
Charles Baker Harris
From college courses
Tom Robinson

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
She can read and write
Calpurnia
Mr. Underwood

26. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
The first day of every school year
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Two
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

27. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Yes
Charles Baker Harris
Coca-Cola
Guilty

28. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
MaudieAtkinson
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
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
Radley

29. 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
Two
Black
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

30. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
She can read and write
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Yes

31. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
At least 15 years
From college courses
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

32. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
From college courses
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Both Gum and Pennies

33. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Miss Maudie's
A mockingbird
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Guilty

34. what color is Calpurnia?
Black
From college courses
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Guilty

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

36. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Yes
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
6 and 10

37. Who Broke their arm?
Tom Robinson
Scissors
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Jem

38. What is Dills real name?
Mr. Underwood
Black
Both Gum and Pennies
Charles Baker Harris

39. What is scouts real name?
Jean Louise Finch
Charles Baker Harris
From college courses
Tom Robinson

40. Who is the narrator of the story
Scout
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'
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

41. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
The first day of every school year
Scissors
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Scout

42. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Both Gum and Pennies
Radley
She punches him in the mouth
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

43. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
September
Lawyer
Two
Calpurnia

44. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Lawyer
A mockingbird
Miss Maudie's
Chewing gum

45. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Miss Maudie's
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
Coca-Cola
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

46. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Black
Scout
Lawyer

47. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
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
MaudieAtkinson
Heck Tate
Coca-Cola

48. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Unhappiness or depression
September
Tom Robinson
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

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

50. 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
Chewing gum
Chewing gum
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man