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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Fur trader
A "****** lover"
Radley
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

2. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
MaudieAtkinson
At least 15 years
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 and 10

3. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Arthur
Radley
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Lawyer

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

5. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Scissors
She punches him in the mouth
A mockingbird
Jean Louise Finch

6. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
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
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
6 and 10

7. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
They should lure boo radley out of his house
A mockingbird
Both Gum and Pennies

8. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Fur trader
Lawyer
Tom Robinson
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

9. What isAtticus Finch's profession
The first day of every school year
Lawyer
From college courses
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

10. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Chewing gum
Mr. Underwood
Mr. Underwood

11. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
September
6 and 10
Heck Tate
Tom Robinson

12. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Coca-Cola
Tom Robinson
A "****** lover"
September

13. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
From college courses
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
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
Guilty

14. Whose house burns down?

15. who is their cook?
Calpurnia
6 and 10
At least 15 years
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

16. Who is the narrator of the story
Scissors
Scout
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

17. What is Dills real name?
Because she has courage
Charles Baker Harris
September
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

18. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
Jem
Yes
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
She can read and write

19. The first chapter focuses primarily on
MaudieAtkinson
6 and 10
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
A "****** lover"

20. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
The first day of every school year
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

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

22. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Because she has courage
They should lure boo radley out of his house
A "****** lover"

23. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Black
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
A "****** lover"
Mr. Underwood

24. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Simon Finch
From college courses
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Mr. Underwood

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

26. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
Because she has courage
Yes
Jean Louise Finch

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
A mockingbird
Tom Robinson
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

28. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Jean Louise Finch
Because she has courage
Scissors
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

29. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
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
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Guilty
She can read and write

30. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Fur trader
Heck Tate
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Charles Baker Harris

31. What is Dills real name?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
She punches him in the mouth
Charles Baker Harris
A "****** lover"

32. Whose house burns down?

33. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Lawyer
A "****** lover"
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

34. What is scouts real name?
Tom Robinson
Scout
Jean Louise Finch
Jem

35. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
6 and 10
A mockingbird
At least 15 years
Air rifles

36. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
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
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
The first day of every school year
Charles Baker Harris

37. The Ewell family is
September
Heck Tate
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
They should lure boo radley out of his house

38. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Miss Maudie's
Black
Tom Robinson
At least 15 years

39. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
She punches him in the mouth
Charles Baker Harris
They should lure boo radley out of his house

40. Who Broke their arm?
Yes
Jem
MaudieAtkinson
She can read and write

41. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
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
Scout
The first day of every school year

42. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Tom Robinson
MaudieAtkinson
The first day of every school year

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

44. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Guilty
Simon Finch
Yes
Guilty

45. How old was scout when her mother died?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
A mockingbird
Two

46. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
She can read and write
Arthur
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
6 and 10

47. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Simon Finch
From college courses
Tom Robinson
She punches him in the mouth

48. what color is Calpurnia?
Black
6 and 10
Because she has courage
Jean Louise Finch

49. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
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
She punches him in the mouth

50. what did boo stab his father with?
Scissors
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Scout
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene