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Trivia: To Kill A Mockingbird

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1. Why doesAtticus admire Mrs. Dubose?
Because she has courage
MaudieAtkinson
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
MaudieAtkinson

2. How old was scout when her mother died?
The first day of every school year
Mr. Underwood
Two
Chewing gum

3. what color is Calpurnia?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Black
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
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

4. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
Miss Maudie's
From college courses
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
She punches him in the mouth

5. The Ewell family is
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
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'
Calpurnia

6. What is the best reason for whyAtticus accepts a case that he knows he will lose?
From college courses
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Scout
Scout

7. Who is the narrator of the story
Scout
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
They all pretend to be various members of the Radley family and act out the stabbing scene
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

8. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities
Charles Baker Harris
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
She punches him in the mouth

9. What isAtticus Finch's profession
6 and 10
She punches him in the mouth
Lawyer
Mr. Underwood

10. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Radley
6 and 10
Simon Finch
At least 15 years

11. Who founded Finch's Landing?
Both Gum and Pennies
Air rifles
Heck Tate
Simon Finch

12. When Jem and Scout get their air guns - what doesAtticus tell them it is a sin to shoot?
Coca-Cola
Scissors
A mockingbird
Guilty

13. What is Dills real name?
Lawyer
Two
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Charles Baker Harris

14. What is the reason for the author's choice of a young narrator?
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
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Scout
Scissors

15. Whose house burns down?

16. Whose house burns down?

17. Is Dill intelligent?
Yes
The first day of every school year
Miss Maudie's
To maintain his conscience and his integrity

18. Which two characters are the 'outcasts' of the novel - maligned by Maycomb society?
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
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
Coca-Cola

19. Scout is unusual for a first grader because:
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
She can read and write
Unhappiness or depression
A mockingbird

20. Is Dill intelligent?
Miss Maudie's
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Yes
At least 15 years

21. Superstition causes the children to be afraid of which family's house?
Radley
Coca-Cola
Miss Maudie's
Unhappiness or depression

22. Which of the following are parallels in the novel?
6 and 10
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
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
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?
MaudieAtkinson
Coca-Cola
Tom Robinson
Atticus is 'a ****** lover'

24. Why doesAtticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
Scissors
Fur trader
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

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

26. how long has Boo stayed inside?
Charles Baker Harris
Charles Baker Harris
At least 15 years
Air rifles

27. When Jem and Dill start to exclude Scout from their activities - with whom does she spend more time?
MaudieAtkinson
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
She punches him in the mouth
Both Gum and Pennies

28. The first chapter focuses primarily on
A mockingbird
6 and 10
Tieing each of the individual characters to their family and history
Jem

29. who is their cook?
Scissors
Air rifles
From college courses
Calpurnia

30. Who insists that Bob Ewell's death is an accident?
Arthur
Heck Tate
Chewing gum
Two

31. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
6 and 10
She can read and write
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

32. The school setting in the second chapter allows Lee to:
6 and 10
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
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county

33. What is the verdict in the Tom Robinson case?
Charles Baker Harris
To maintain his conscience and his integrity
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man
Guilty

34. Mr. Radley's plugging up the knot-hole best symbolizes which of the following?
MaudieAtkinson
Simon Finch
Jean Louise Finch
The loss of childhood pleasures and the transition to adulthood responsibilities

35. What is Boo's real name?
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Arthur
Jean Louise Finch
Two

36. Who Broke their arm?
Jem
Guilty
His role as being a defender of the truth for the entire community
Because she has courage

37. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
Scout
Chewing gum
BothAtticus and Scout fighting communal tradition and Tom and Boo being ostracized
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

38. When Jem thinks about his dead mother what emotion does he usually feel?
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
Both Gum and Pennies
Fur trader
Unhappiness or depression

39. Who is the editor of the local newspaper?
Mr. Underwood
Black
She punches him in the mouth
The first day of every school year

40. Aunt Alexandra's grandson Francis callsAtticus a "******-lover"; how does Scout react?
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
Calpurnia
She punches him in the mouth
Because it is the word of a black man against a white man - and the jury will listen to the white man

41. what color is Calpurnia?
Black
September
They should lure boo radley out of his house
A "****** lover"

42. What items to Scout and Jem take from the knot-hole in one of the oak trees in the Radley's front yard?
Air rifles
She can read and write
Both Gum and Pennies
Tom Robinson

43. Scout and Jem are how old when the novel begins?
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 mockingbird
Lawyer
6 and 10

44. What does Dill suggest that causes alot of trouble?
From college courses
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson
They should lure boo radley out of his house
The first day of every school year

45. Walter Cunningham surprises Scout when he
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
A mockingbird
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

46. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
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
Fur trader
Introduce the reader to the various families - as well as their peculiarities - in Maycomb county
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

47. What month does Dill leave Maycomb?
The poorest - least educated families in Maycomb
Arthur
Mr. Underwood
September

48. Scouts first anscestor Simon Finch was a
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window
Fur trader
Mr. Underwood
September

49. 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
September
Scout
They sneak into the Radley yard and try to peak into a window

50. What isAtticus accused of being because of Calpurnia?
A "****** lover"
Calpurnia
Chewing gum
Scout