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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
She punches him in the mouth
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

2. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
A mockingbird
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

3. Who Broke their arm?
Guilty
A "****** lover"
Jem
A mockingbird

4. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Tom Robinson
Simon Finch
Jean Louise Finch
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

5. Is Dill intelligent?
Fur trader
Because she has courage
Yes
6 and 10

6. What isAtticus Finch's profession
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Lawyer
Yes
Two

7. What is Dills real name?
Jean Louise Finch
Yes
Charles Baker Harris
Lawyer

8. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Chewing gum
A mockingbird

9. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
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
Because she has courage
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 should lure boo radley out of his house

10. How old was scout when her mother died?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Jem
Because she has courage
Two

11. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Both Gum and Pennies
MaudieAtkinson
Unhappiness or depression

12. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Guilty
Coca-Cola
Radley
Two

13. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
A mockingbird
September
Calpurnia
From college courses

14. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Scout
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

15. Who Broke their arm?
Chewing gum
She punches him in the mouth
Jem
She punches him in the mouth

16. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Chewing gum
A "****** lover"
She can read and write
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

17. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Because she has courage
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Coca-Cola
Simon Finch

18. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Two
Both Gum and Pennies
Air rifles
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

19. 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
Guilty
Because she has courage
Lawyer

20. Whose house burns down?

21. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
They should lure boo radley out of his house
The first day of every school year
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

22. what did boo stab his father with?
Scissors
They should lure boo radley out of his house
The first day of every school year
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

23. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Coca-Cola
Fur trader
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 "****** lover"

24. What is scouts real name?
Scout
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Jean Louise Finch

25. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
6 and 10
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized

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

27. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
They should lure boo radley out of his house
6 and 10
She can read and write
Simon Finch

28. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She can read and write
Jean Louise Finch
Tom Robinson
Arthur

29. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
The first day of every school year
Air rifles
MaudieAtkinson
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

30. what color is Calpurnia?
MaudieAtkinson
Black
She can read and write
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

31. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
September
Coca-Cola

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

33. What is Boo's real name?
Miss Maudie's
At least 15 years
Because she has courage
Arthur

34. Is Dill intelligent?
6 and 10
Mr. Underwood
Yes
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

35. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Air rifles
MaudieAtkinson
Guilty
Tom Robinson

36. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
She punches him in the mouth
Coca-Cola
Chewing gum
Fur trader

37. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
She can read and write
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
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

38. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Simon Finch
Guilty
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

39. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Both Gum and Pennies
Tom Robinson
Jem
They should lure boo radley out of his house

40. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
At least 15 years
Lawyer
Unhappiness or depression

41. Whose house burns down?

42. What isAtticus Finch's profession
At least 15 years
Heck Tate
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
Lawyer

43. Who is the narrator of the story
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
Scout
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
MaudieAtkinson

44. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
Guilty
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
MaudieAtkinson

45. What is Boo's real name?
A "****** lover"
Radley
Arthur
Scout

46. what did boo stab his father with?
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
Scissors
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

47. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Calpurnia
They should lure boo radley out of his house
She punches him in the mouth
September

48. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Mr. Underwood
Miss Maudie's
From college courses
She punches him in the mouth

49. who is their cook?
Jem
6 and 10
Air rifles
Calpurnia

50. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Fur trader
At least 15 years
6 and 10
They should lure boo radley out of his house