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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. The first chapter focuses primarily on
6 and 10
Scout
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Mr. Underwood

2. 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
Chewing gum
From college courses
Unhappiness or depression

3. 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
Heck Tate
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
6 and 10

4. The first chapter focuses primarily on
6 and 10
She can read and write
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Tom Robinson

5. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Fur trader
Yes
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Mr. Underwood

6. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
Black
Miss Maudie's
Black

7. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Mr. Underwood
Jem
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Air rifles

8. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Unhappiness or depression
Chewing gum
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
At least 15 years

9. what color is Calpurnia?
Jean Louise Finch
Jem
Black
Mr. Underwood

10. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
A "****** lover"
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
September
She punches him in the mouth

11. The Ewell family is
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Calpurnia
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
They should lure boo radley out of his house

12. who is their cook?
6 and 10
Fur trader
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Calpurnia

13. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
MaudieAtkinson
Heck Tate
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Tom Robinson

14. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Miss Maudie's
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
From college courses
Heck Tate

15. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
MaudieAtkinson
Miss Maudie's
Two

16. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Because she has courage
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
From college courses
Tom Robinson

17. What is Dills real name?
Scout
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
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
Charles Baker Harris

18. The Ewell family is
Tom Robinson
Chewing gum
Coca-Cola
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

19. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Lawyer
She can read and write
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

20. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Calpurnia
She punches him in the mouth
Fur trader
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

21. Who Broke their arm?
From college courses
Lawyer
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Jem

22. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Because she has courage
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Both Gum and Pennies

23. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Because she has courage
They should lure boo radley out of his house
MaudieAtkinson
Both Gum and Pennies

24. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Scout
A "****** lover"

25. Who is the narrator of the story
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Scout
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

26. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
A "****** lover"
They should lure boo radley out of his house
The first day of every school year
Two

27. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Unhappiness or depression
A "****** lover"
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Simon Finch

28. Is Dill intelligent?
Because she has courage
Calpurnia
Yes
Radley

29. what did boo stab his father with?
Unhappiness or depression
Black
Scissors
At least 15 years

30. How old was scout when her mother died?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
They should lure boo radley out of his house
The first day of every school year
Two

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

32. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Black
Heck Tate
Simon Finch
Unhappiness or depression

33. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Arthur
A mockingbird
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Jean Louise Finch

34. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
The first day of every school year
Coca-Cola
Guilty
Radley

35. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Miss Maudie's
A "****** lover"
Guilty
Charles Baker Harris

36. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Mr. Underwood
She can read and write
Unhappiness or depression

37. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Scout
Tom Robinson
Two
Unhappiness or depression

38. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Charles Baker Harris
Unhappiness or depression
Heck Tate
They should lure boo radley out of his house

39. What do Jem - Dill and Scout do that causes Mr. Radley to shoot at them?
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
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

40. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
The first day of every school year
She punches him in the mouth
A mockingbird
Both Gum and Pennies

41. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
6 and 10
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Calpurnia
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

42. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
A mockingbird
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Calpurnia

43. How old was scout when her mother died?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Two
A mockingbird
She punches him in the mouth

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

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45. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Miss Maudie's
Both Gum and Pennies
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Radley

46. Whose house burns down?

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47. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Both Gum and Pennies
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Black
Tom Robinson

48. who is their cook?
Calpurnia
Scissors
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Simon Finch

49. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
A "****** lover"
The first day of every school year
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

50. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
A mockingbird
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
September