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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
She punches him in the mouth
Scissors
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson

2. The first chapter focuses primarily on
She punches him in the mouth
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Calpurnia

3. How did Miss Caroline learn her educational techniques?
Guilty
From college courses
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
September

4. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
They should lure boo radley out of his house
Miss Maudie's
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Charles Baker Harris

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

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6. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Chewing gum
Lawyer
Because she has courage

7. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
A "****** lover"
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
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 all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene

8. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
Jean Louise Finch
MaudieAtkinson
6 and 10
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb

9. The Ewell family is
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
September
Fur trader
Both Gum and Pennies

10. what did boo stab his father with?
Scissors
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Heck Tate

11. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
MaudieAtkinson
She can read and write
Black
Mr. Underwood

12. What is Boo's real name?
Simon Finch
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
Arthur
Simon Finch

13. what color is Calpurnia?
Unhappiness or depression
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Black
Lawyer

14. How old was scout when her mother died?
Simon Finch
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Two
Scout

15. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Fur trader
Mr. Underwood
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Heck Tate

16. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Radley
Because she has courage
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Two

17. Is Dill intelligent?
Simon Finch
The first day of every school year
Yes
Two

18. What is Dills real name?
Charles Baker Harris
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
6 and 10
A "****** lover"

19. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
Black
Heck Tate
Mr. Underwood
They should lure boo radley out of his house

20. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
She can read and write
Guilty
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
From college courses

21. how long has Boo stayed inside?
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
At least 15 years
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

22. What isAtticus Finch's profession
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
A "****** lover"
Lawyer

23. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Simon Finch
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Jean Louise Finch
Guilty

24. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Radley
Both Gum and Pennies

25. How much time do the Ewell children spend in school?
She punches him in the mouth
September
The first day of every school year
She can read and write

26. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Simon Finch
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Both Gum and Pennies

27. What is Dills real name?
Calpurnia
Charles Baker Harris
Fur trader
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community

28. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Chewing gum
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
Scissors

29. The first chapter focuses primarily on
Yes
Heck Tate
Radley
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history

30. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
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 all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Unhappiness or depression
A mockingbird

31. Whose house burns down?

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32. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
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
Mr. Underwood
Charles Baker Harris
Radley

33. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Miss Maudie's
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Heck Tate
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

34. Who Broke their arm?
Scissors
Jem
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Simon Finch

35. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Scissors
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
She punches him in the mouth

36. What is Boo's real name?
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Arthur
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

37. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
Scout
6 and 10
Radley
Charles Baker Harris

38. Whose house burns down?

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39. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
A "****** lover"
Miss Maudie's
From college courses
Chewing gum

40. 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
A mockingbird
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

41. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
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
Scissors
September

42. Is Dill intelligent?
Yes
Coca-Cola
Arthur
Scout

43. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
Arthur
She punches him in the mouth
Because she has courage
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

44. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
MaudieAtkinson

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

46. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Guilty
At least 15 years
Heck Tate

47. Which character is most like a mockingbird in the metaphorical sense?
Mr. Underwood
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Lawyer
Tom Robinson

48. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
Heck Tate
Tom Robinson
Fur trader
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

49. What is scouts real name?
At least 15 years
From college courses
Jean Louise Finch
A mockingbird

50. what did boo stab his father with?
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
Scissors
Both Gum and Pennies
Air rifles