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To Kill a Mockingbird

Terms in this set (50)

Mockingbird
What is a long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds.
Jem
Scout's older brother and loses his pants at the Radley's.
Dill
Who is Jem and Scout's summer neighbor and friend? He is a diminutive, confident boy with an active imagination. He becomes fascinated with Boo Radley and represents the perspective of childhood innocence throughout the novel.
Scout
Who is the narrator? As it begins, this character is six years old. This character is the offspring of Atticus Finch.
Boo Radley
This character is a recluse who lives near to the Finches. This character is the subject of various rumors that this character is a ghost, or a murderer. All of the kids in Maycomb are afraid of this character. This character is just very shy and this character does not wish to interact with the townspeople.
Miss Caroline
Who is Scout's 1st grade teacher, mad that she can read, sensitive, culture-shocked in Maycomb
Calpurnia
Who is the Finch's housekeeper; acts as a mother-figure to Jem and Scout?
Atticus
Who is Jem and Scout's father?
Azaleas
What is a flowering shrub with clusters of brightly colored flowers
Alabama
What is a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico where the Crimson Tide play football?
Racism
What is the disease of Macomb according to Atticus?
Tom Robinson
Who is an African-American field hand accused of rape? He is one of the novel's "mockingbirds," an important symbol of innocence destroyed by evil.
Rape
What charge is Tom Robinson is facing on trial?
Miss Maudie
Who gardens and unfortunately had her house burn down?
Walter Cunningham
Wouldn't accept a loan from Ms Caroline because he couldn't pay it back.
Scissors
Weapon of choice for Boo Radley
Macomb
City in which To Kill a Mockingbird is set or the setting.
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird and friend of Truman Capote.
Read Stories
What is Jem's punishment for cutting off the top of Mrs. Dubose's flowers?
Rabid Dog
What animal does Atticus shoot?
Beat him up
How does Scout want to fix Jem's moody middle school aged behavior?
Reverend Sykes
Who locks the doors to church until they get $10 for Helen and her family through the week?
Dill's mom didn't want him around anymore.
What did Scout and Dill talk about in bed?
To read a newspaper outside the jail.
Why does Atticus take a light bulb down to the jail?
Scout kicking and talking to Mr. Cunningham.
Who gets the men to leave their lynching of the jail and Tom Robinson?
Mr. Underwood
Who was Atticus's sniper outside the jail?
Coffee
What is an evil brew according to Cal?
One
How many drops of negro blood do you need to have in Macomb to be considered black or African-American?
Mayella Ewell
Who accuses Tom Robinson of raping her?
Heck Tate
Who is the sheriff who is called over and finds Mayella Ewell?
Right
Which eye does Heck Tate say was bruised in the trial?
Garbage Dump
Where did the Ewell's live behind?
Burned
What happened to Miss Maudie's house?
Judge John Taylor
Who appoints Atticus to defend Tom Robinson?
Called ma'am
Why did Mayella think she had been "sassed" by Atticus?
Chiffarobe
What is a large cabinet with drawers and a place for hanging clothes?
Injured in a cotton gin and is 12 inches shorter than the right.
What happened to Tom Robinson's left arm?
Bob Ewell beat up Mayella.
What is Tom Robinson's defense?
Shot 17 times
What happened to Tom Robinson after the trial?
Boo Radley
Who saves the children at the end?
Laziness
Why does Bob Ewell get fired from the WPA?
A Ham
What part does Scout get in Mrs. Merriweather's tribute to agriculture?
Stabbed to death
How does Bob Ewell die?
Jem
Who breaks his arm and gets a concussion in the attack?
Torn or slashed by a knife
What is wrong with Scout's dress after the tribute to agriculture?
Jem
Who does Atticus think killed Bob Ewell?
Sheriff Heck Tate says that he died falling on his own knife.
Why isn't there a trial for Bob Ewell?
Scout
Who walks Boo Radley home arm in arm?
Algebra
What is the last thing Scout thinks she has left to learn?
Real nice
What are most people according to Jem when you truly see them?
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