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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
Unhappiness or depression
Miss Maudie's
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
The first day of every school year

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

3. 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
At least 15 years
Simon Finch
The first day of every school year

4. 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
Air rifles
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

5. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Tom Robinson
The first day of every school year
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. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
6 and 10
Calpurnia
Yes
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

7. 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
6 and 10
A mockingbird
Calpurnia

8. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Jean Louise Finch
They should lure boo radley out of his house
A "****** lover"

9. How old was scout when her mother died?
September
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Miss Maudie's
Two

10. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Unhappiness or depression
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

11. what did boo stab his father with?
Scissors
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Air rifles
Because she has courage

12. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Scout
Lawyer
Coca-Cola
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

13. What is Dills real name?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Tom Robinson
Scout
Charles Baker Harris

14. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
MaudieAtkinson
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
From college courses

15. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Black
Lawyer
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

16. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
The first day of every school year
September
6 and 10

17. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Tom Robinson
6 and 10
A mockingbird

18. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
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
Fur trader
MaudieAtkinson

19. Whose house burns down?

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20. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
A "****** lover"
From college courses
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

21. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
At least 15 years
Lawyer
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

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

23. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
At least 15 years
Lawyer
A "****** lover"

24. Who is the narrator of the story
Scout
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Simon Finch
Unhappiness or depression

25. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Chewing gum
Jean Louise Finch
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Fur trader

26. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
Miss Maudie's
A "****** lover"
Lawyer

27. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
A mockingbird
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
The first day of every school year

28. How old was scout when her mother died?
Scout
Lawyer
Scissors
Two

29. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Black
Lawyer

30. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
A mockingbird
Heck Tate
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Black

31. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
She punches him in the mouth
A "****** lover"
Both Gum and Pennies
Radley

32. who is their cook?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
They should lure boo radley out of his house
MaudieAtkinson
Calpurnia

33. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Both Gum and Pennies
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
Scout
At least 15 years

34. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Lawyer
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
She punches him in the mouth

35. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Jean Louise Finch
Both Gum and Pennies
Calpurnia
Arthur

36. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
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
Chewing gum
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

37. What is Dills real name?
Charles Baker Harris
Jem
From college courses
Because she has courage

38. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Fur trader
Mr. Underwood
Radley

39. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
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
Calpurnia
Unhappiness or depression
Arthur

40. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
Mr. Underwood
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Two
6 and 10

41. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
She punches him in the mouth
September
Jem
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

42. Is Dill intelligent?
MaudieAtkinson
Yes
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
She punches him in the mouth

43. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Yes
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
At least 15 years
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

44. Whose house burns down?

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45. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Arthur
Heck Tate
MaudieAtkinson
Radley

46. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
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
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
She can read and write

47. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Simon Finch
Jean Louise Finch
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
6 and 10

48. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Jean Louise Finch
Radley
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

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

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50. Is Dill intelligent?
Tom Robinson
MaudieAtkinson
Heck Tate
Yes