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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird
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1. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Black
Black
Mr. Underwood
At least 15 years
2. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Tom Robinson
MaudieAtkinson
Chewing gum
From college courses
3. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
Because she has courage
MaudieAtkinson
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
Charles Baker Harris
4. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Heck Tate
Mr. Underwood
Because she has courage
A mockingbird
5. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
A mockingbird
Mr. Underwood
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
6. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Black
She can read and write
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
7. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
6 and 10
Tom Robinson
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
8. who is their cook?
She punches him in the mouth
Calpurnia
Lawyer
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
9. After Atticus Finch agrees to defend Tom Robinson - what does Scout hear at school?
10. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Air rifles
She can read and write
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
11. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She can read and write
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Unhappiness or depression
Guilty
12. What does Dill find in Dolphus Raymond's bottle?
Jem
Mr. Underwood
Coca-Cola
A mockingbird
13. Who Broke their arm?
Arthur
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Jem
Miss Maudie's
14. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Jem
Both Gum and Pennies
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Calpurnia
15. 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
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
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
16. Who is the narrator of the story
Unhappiness or depression
Scout
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
A mockingbird
17. How old was scout when her mother died?
Two
She can read and write
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Lawyer
18. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Scout
Fur trader
Miss Maudie's
Coca-Cola
19. 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
Both Gum and Pennies
She can read and write
A mockingbird
20. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Simon Finch
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Air rifles
21. 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
Charles Baker Harris
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
22. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Black
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
23. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
MaudieAtkinson
6 and 10
Yes
A "****** lover"
24. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Simon Finch
The first day of every school year
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Unhappiness or depression
25. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Simon Finch
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
26. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Jean Louise Finch
Chewing gum
Air rifles
Radley
27. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Coca-Cola
They should lure boo radley out of his house
28. For Christmas - Jem and Scout receive what presents while staying with their Uncle Jack?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
6 and 10
Air rifles
She can read and write
29. How old was scout when her mother died?
September
Charles Baker Harris
Two
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
30. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
September
Two
Both Gum and Pennies
31. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Unhappiness or depression
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
She punches him in the mouth
She can read and write
32. Atticus' role in shooting the rabid dog best foreshadows what future role that he will assume?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Lawyer
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
33. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Scout
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
A "****** lover"
34. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
6 and 10
She punches him in the mouth
Chewing gum
Arthur
35. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Air rifles
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Chewing gum
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
36. What activity do Dill - Scout and Jem frequently like to play with respect to the Radley family?
Both Gum and Pennies
Guilty
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Yes
37. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Guilty
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Because she has courage
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
38. Who is the narrator of the story
Mr. Underwood
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Black
Scout
39. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Heck Tate
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
September
40. what color is Calpurnia?
Chewing gum
Black
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
Jean Louise Finch
41. who is their cook?
Calpurnia
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
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
42. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Unhappiness or depression
A mockingbird
Both Gum and Pennies
Both Gum and Pennies
43. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Chewing gum
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Heck Tate
Jean Louise Finch
44. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Arthur
MaudieAtkinson
The first day of every school year
45. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Simon Finch
MaudieAtkinson
Chewing gum
46. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Air rifles
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Unhappiness or depression
6 and 10
47. Who Broke their arm?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Jem
Calpurnia
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
48. What is Dills real name?
Unhappiness or depression
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Radley
Charles Baker Harris
49. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Jem
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Calpurnia
50. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Both Gum and Pennies
Scout
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson