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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Yes
Because she has courage
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Jean Louise Finch

2. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Simon Finch
Miss Maudie's
The first day of every school year

3. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Tom Robinson
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
Unhappiness or depression

4. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
From college courses
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Yes
Chewing gum

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

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6. What is Boo's real name?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Tom Robinson
Arthur

7. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Charles Baker Harris
Arthur
A mockingbird
Tom Robinson

8. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
Both Gum and Pennies
MaudieAtkinson
A "****** lover"
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

9. The first chapter focuses primarily on
A "****** lover"
Calpurnia
Chewing gum
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

10. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Radley
Because she has courage
Scout
Air rifles

11. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Arthur
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

12. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Because she has courage
The first day of every school year
Charles Baker Harris
Radley

13. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Jean Louise Finch
Simon Finch
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Arthur

14. What isAtticus Finch's profession
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Calpurnia
Lawyer
A mockingbird

15. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
A "****** lover"
Heck Tate
From college courses
Tom Robinson

16. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Simon Finch
Heck Tate
Mr. Underwood

17. What is Dills real name?
Scissors
Calpurnia
Because she has courage
Charles Baker Harris

18. Is Dill intelligent?
From college courses
Yes
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson

19. Who is the narrator of the story
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Scout
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Jean Louise Finch

20. What is Dills real name?
6 and 10
Charles Baker Harris
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
They should lure boo radley out of his house

21. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Chewing gum
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
Jean Louise Finch

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

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23. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
From college courses
She can read and write
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
At least 15 years

24. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Fur trader
Calpurnia
Mr. Underwood
Black

25. How old was scout when her mother died?
Black
The first day of every school year
Two
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

26. How old was scout when her mother died?
Mr. Underwood
Simon Finch
Guilty
Two

27. 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
Charles Baker Harris
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

28. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
She punches him in the mouth
Because she has courage
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Air rifles

29. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Coca-Cola
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Lawyer
They should lure boo radley out of his house

30. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Jean Louise Finch
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
From college courses
Tom Robinson

31. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Miss Maudie's
A mockingbird
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Scissors

32. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Chewing gum
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
From college courses

33. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
6 and 10
Scout
She can read and write
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

34. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Radley
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
Chewing gum

35. What is scouts real name?
Lawyer
September
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Jean Louise Finch

36. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Chewing gum
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Coca-Cola
A "****** lover"

37. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Fur trader
Unhappiness or depression
Scout
Guilty

38. what did boo stab his father with?
A mockingbird
Scissors
Calpurnia
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

39. Whose house burns down?

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40. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
Miss Maudie's
Arthur
The first day of every school year
Scout

41. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
6 and 10
Tom Robinson
Scout
Coca-Cola

42. The Ewell family is
Black
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Coca-Cola
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

43. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Because she has courage
Black
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

44. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Charles Baker Harris
Unhappiness or depression
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

45. Who Broke their arm?
6 and 10
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
Guilty
Jem

46. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
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
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

47. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Coca-Cola
Heck Tate
Scout
At least 15 years

48. Whose house burns down?

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49. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
Air rifles
Scissors
Miss Maudie's
6 and 10

50. What is scouts real name?
Jean Louise Finch
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Guilty
She can read and write