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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
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
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Simon Finch

2. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Scout
6 and 10
Coca-Cola

3. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Radley
A "****** lover"
Scout

4. The first chapter focuses primarily on
The first day of every school year
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Heck Tate
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

5. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Guilty
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Tom Robinson

6. what color is Calpurnia?
At least 15 years
Yes
Black
Simon Finch

7. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Yes
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
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

8. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Lawyer
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Black

9. Who Broke their arm?
Jem
MaudieAtkinson
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

10. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Radley
Guilty
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

11. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Heck Tate
Mr. Underwood
Chewing gum
Yes

12. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
The first day of every school year
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
The first day of every school year

13. what color is Calpurnia?
Coca-Cola
Black
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

14. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
Calpurnia
Fur trader
She punches him in the mouth
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

15. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Two
Simon Finch
Charles Baker Harris

16. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
She punches him in the mouth
A mockingbird
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
MaudieAtkinson

17. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
Simon Finch
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
A mockingbird
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

18. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
September
At least 15 years
Unhappiness or depression

19. The Ewell family is
From college courses
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Two
Chewing gum

20. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
Jem
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
A mockingbird
Coca-Cola

21. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Fur trader
Air rifles

22. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
Jem
6 and 10
Yes
Calpurnia

23. What is Dills real name?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Charles Baker Harris
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

24. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Two
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
6 and 10

25. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Scout
A "****** lover"
From college courses
Radley

26. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Jean Louise Finch
Radley
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

27. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Because she has courage
Radley
They should lure boo radley out of his house
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

28. who is their cook?
Scout
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Mr. Underwood
Calpurnia

29. What is scouts real name?
Heck Tate
A "****** lover"
Jean Louise Finch
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

30. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
A mockingbird
She punches him in the mouth
Heck Tate

31. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Simon Finch
Fur trader
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

32. What is Boo's real name?
Arthur
Scissors
Fur trader
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

33. What is scouts real name?
Scout
Miss Maudie's
MaudieAtkinson
Jean Louise Finch

34. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Miss Maudie's
She can read and write
Air rifles
Unhappiness or depression

35. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Guilty
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
She can read and write
Simon Finch

36. Whose house burns down?

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37. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Guilty
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
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

38. Who is the narrator of the story
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
MaudieAtkinson
Scout
Lawyer

39. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Black
Unhappiness or depression
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Scissors

40. what did boo stab his father with?
Air rifles
Scissors
September
From college courses

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

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42. Is Dill intelligent?
Yes
Charles Baker Harris
Arthur
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

43. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
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
A mockingbird
Chewing gum

44. who is their cook?
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
Calpurnia
From college courses

45. What isAtticus Finch's profession
Both Gum and Pennies
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
September
Lawyer

46. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Because she has courage
The first day of every school year
Arthur
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

47. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Jem
MaudieAtkinson

48. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Tom Robinson
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
A mockingbird

49. 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
Yes
6 and 10
Because she has courage

50. How old was scout when her mother died?
The first day of every school year
Two
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