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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
From college courses
Heck Tate
A "****** lover"

2. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Scout
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

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

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4. Whose house burns down?

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5. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
At least 15 years
Jem
Both Gum and Pennies
Calpurnia

6. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
MaudieAtkinson
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
Both Gum and Pennies

7. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Black
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
They should lure boo radley out of his house
September

8. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Arthur
Unhappiness or depression
Heck Tate
Fur trader

9. What isAtticus Finch's profession
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Black
Lawyer
Jean Louise Finch

10. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Two
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Coca-Cola

11. Is Dill intelligent?
Yes
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Fur trader
MaudieAtkinson

12. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
A mockingbird
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Radley
They should lure boo radley out of his house

13. what color is Calpurnia?
Both Gum and Pennies
Two
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Black

14. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
Calpurnia
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 maintain his conscience and his integrity

15. Who founded Finch's Landing?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Fur trader
Simon Finch
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

16. what color is Calpurnia?
Simon Finch
She punches him in the mouth
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Black

17. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
A mockingbird
Coca-Cola
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
Yes

18. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Black
Tom Robinson
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Simon Finch

19. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Calpurnia
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Calpurnia
Mr. Underwood

20. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
September
Lawyer
She punches him in the mouth
Unhappiness or depression

21. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
A mockingbird
She punches him in the mouth
Scout
At least 15 years

22. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
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
Coca-Cola
From college courses

23. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
September
They should lure boo radley out of his house
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 loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

24. how long has Boo stayed inside?
At least 15 years
Radley
From college courses
A mockingbird

25. 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
They should lure boo radley out of his house

26. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Jean Louise Finch
Yes
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Mr. Underwood

27. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Two
A "****** lover"
Both Gum and Pennies
Unhappiness or depression

28. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Guilty
The first day of every school year
A "****** lover"
Air rifles

29. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
6 and 10
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Black
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

30. what did boo stab his father with?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Scissors
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
She can read and write

31. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Scout
Scissors
Guilty

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

33. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
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
Miss Maudie's
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

34. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Radley
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

35. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Mr. Underwood
Because she has courage
She can read and write
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

36. The first chapter focuses primarily on
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Lawyer

37. What isAtticus Finch's profession
6 and 10
Chewing gum
A mockingbird
Lawyer

38. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Guilty
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
A mockingbird

39. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
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
Heck Tate
Miss Maudie's

40. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Simon Finch

41. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Miss Maudie's
Mr. Underwood
Two
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

42. What is Dills real name?
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
She can read and write
Charles Baker Harris
MaudieAtkinson

43. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
Arthur
MaudieAtkinson
Simon Finch
Miss Maudie's

44. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Fur trader
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
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

45. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Black
Fur trader
Radley
The first day of every school year

46. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
6 and 10
She punches him in the mouth
Unhappiness or depression
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

47. who is their cook?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Both Gum and Pennies
Radley
Calpurnia

48. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Jean Louise Finch
A mockingbird
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

49. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

50. Who Broke their arm?
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
Jem
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'