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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Lawyer
Scout
From college courses
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

2. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Tom Robinson
Chewing gum
Heck Tate
Fur trader

3. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
September
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 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
Jem

4. The first chapter focuses primarily on
She punches him in the mouth
Two
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Yes

5. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
MaudieAtkinson

6. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Heck Tate
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
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

7. Who founded Finch's Landing?
She can read and write
Tom Robinson
A mockingbird
Simon Finch

8. how long has Boo stayed inside?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
From college courses
At least 15 years
Fur trader

9. 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
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Black
Jem

10. Is Dill intelligent?
Scout
A "****** lover"
Lawyer
Yes

11. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Arthur
Arthur
Heck Tate
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

12. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Scissors
Guilty
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

13. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Jem
Heck Tate
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Charles Baker Harris

14. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
At least 15 years
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Air rifles
Both Gum and Pennies

15. Whose house burns down?

16. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Jem
From college courses
Mr. Underwood
They should lure boo radley out of his house

17. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Jean Louise Finch
Fur trader
Both Gum and Pennies
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

18. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
At least 15 years
Miss Maudie's
Simon Finch

19. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Unhappiness or depression
Yes
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

20. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Chewing gum
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

21. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
The first day of every school year
Lawyer
Jem

22. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
She can read and write
Both Gum and Pennies
Unhappiness or depression
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

23. what did boo stab his father with?
Because she has courage
MaudieAtkinson
Scissors
They should lure boo radley out of his house

24. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Two
Coca-Cola
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Simon Finch

25. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
MaudieAtkinson
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Guilty
Jean Louise Finch

26. what did boo stab his father with?
Scissors
Charles Baker Harris
A mockingbird
Miss Maudie's

27. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Calpurnia
Tom Robinson
Arthur
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

28. Who is the narrator of the story
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Radley
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
Scout

29. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Mr. Underwood
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
She punches him in the mouth

30. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Calpurnia
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

31. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Radley
MaudieAtkinson
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

32. Who Broke their arm?
Jem
From college courses
Unhappiness or depression
Yes

33. How old was scout when her mother died?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Two
Because she has courage
Scout

34. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Black
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
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

35. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
At least 15 years
She can read and write
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
A "****** lover"

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

37. who is their cook?
Calpurnia
She can read and write
Black
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

38. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Mr. Underwood
Jean Louise Finch
Calpurnia

39. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
Scout
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
A "****** lover"

40. What isAtticus Finch's profession
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Coca-Cola
Lawyer
Unhappiness or depression

41. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Scissors
Radley
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

42. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Arthur
She punches him in the mouth
Radley

43. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
She can read and write
Both Gum and Pennies
Scout
MaudieAtkinson

44. Is Dill intelligent?
The first day of every school year
Yes
Jean Louise Finch
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

45. What is scouts real name?
Air rifles
Scout
Jean Louise Finch
At least 15 years

46. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Coca-Cola
Tom Robinson
Fur trader
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

47. What is Boo's real name?
Arthur
Lawyer
Guilty
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

48. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Because she has courage
A mockingbird
Coca-Cola

49. Who is the narrator of the story
Scout
At least 15 years
A mockingbird
Two

50. What is Boo's real name?
Both Gum and Pennies
Yes
Arthur
Jem