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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Unhappiness or depression
Mr. Underwood
A "****** lover"
Lawyer

2. Is Dill intelligent?
Calpurnia
Because she has courage
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

3. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Because she has courage
Black
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

4. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Simon Finch
Black
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
She can read and write

5. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Heck Tate
From college courses
Fur trader
Mr. Underwood

6. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Air rifles
Because she has courage
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

7. What is Boo's real name?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Arthur
Scout
Mr. Underwood

8. The first chapter focuses primarily on
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
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Arthur

9. 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
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
Simon Finch

10. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Guilty
Mr. Underwood
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

11. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Both Gum and Pennies
Tom Robinson

12. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Lawyer
Scout
Charles Baker Harris

13. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
From college courses
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
Scissors

14. What is Boo's real name?
Both Gum and Pennies
Arthur
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

15. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Heck Tate
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
The first day of every school year

16. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Chewing gum
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
Heck Tate

17. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
Scout
Because she has courage
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
Mr. Underwood

18. 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
A mockingbird
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

19. Who founded Finch's Landing?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
At least 15 years
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Simon Finch

20. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
September
Jean Louise Finch
The first day of every school year
Tom Robinson

21. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Mr. Underwood
Tom Robinson
Two
Both Gum and Pennies

22. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
6 and 10
September
6 and 10
Air rifles

23. 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
Simon Finch
Heck Tate
Guilty

24. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
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
Tom Robinson
Heck Tate

25. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Arthur
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Radley
Coca-Cola

26. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Tom Robinson
Calpurnia

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

28. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
6 and 10
Jem
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Arthur

29. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
A mockingbird
A "****** lover"
Air rifles

30. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
From college courses
Tom Robinson
6 and 10
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

31. who is their cook?
Fur trader
Calpurnia
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Scout

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

33. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Air rifles
Two
Yes
Guilty

34. who is their cook?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Miss Maudie's
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Calpurnia

35. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Radley
Fur trader
Unhappiness or depression
Tom Robinson

36. Is Dill intelligent?
Radley
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Yes
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

37. Whose house burns down?

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38. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Both Gum and Pennies
6 and 10
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Chewing gum

39. what did boo stab his father with?
Chewing gum
Scissors
Charles Baker Harris
A "****** lover"

40. Who Broke their arm?
Guilty
Jem
Fur trader
Heck Tate

41. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
A "****** lover"
Both Gum and Pennies
She can read and write
6 and 10

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

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43. Who Broke their arm?
Calpurnia
Jem
Chewing gum
Two

44. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
A "****** lover"
6 and 10
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

45. what color is Calpurnia?
Black
Chewing gum
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
A mockingbird

46. what did boo stab his father with?
Miss Maudie's
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Scissors

47. 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
Simon Finch
Unhappiness or depression

48. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Air rifles
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Mr. Underwood
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

49. What is Dills real name?
Simon Finch
Radley
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Charles Baker Harris

50. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
Radley
She can read and write
Tom Robinson
Arthur