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1) Who was the author of To Kill a Mockingbird?
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Harper Lee
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What is the name of Scout’s older brother
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Jem
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What is Scouts real name?
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Jean
Louise Finch
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What is the name of Jem and Scout’s best friend
who lives in Maycomb only during the summers with his Aunt Rachel? His goal
throughout the novel was to get the reclusive Boo Radley to come out of his
house. He promises to marry Scout and
they become “engaged.”
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Dill
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To Kill a Mockingbird is set in what town and
state?
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Maycomb,
Alabama
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What is the name of Scout and Jem’s father? He is
a well known attorney in Maycomb. He is very wise and teaches the children many
lessons throughout the novel. He defended Tom Robinson during his trial.
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Atticus
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What is the name of the Finch family’s housekeeper
whom the children love and Atticus deeply respects? She acts as a strict mother
figure to Jem and Scout. She is one of the few black characters in the novel
who can read and write. In fact, she taught Scout how to write.
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Calpurnia
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What is the name of the widowed neighbor that
lives across the street from the Finches? Scout often goes to her for
advice. She explained to Scout what
Atticus meant when he said it was a sin to kill a mockingbird. She told Scout and
Jem about Atticus being able to play the Jew’s harp and
being the best shot in Maycomb County. She showed great courage when her house
burned down.
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Miss
Maudie Atkinson
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What is the name of the elderly woman who lives
near the Finches? She is hated by Jem and Scout, who run by her house to avoid
her. She calls Atticus some unkind names to his children. Jem becomes so upset
that he tears up her camellias. As punishment, Jem has to read to her every day
for a month, which turns into a month and one week. After she dies, Atticus tells Jem that by his
reading to her, he helped her overcome her morphine addiction and die free of
pain killers. She leaves Jem a box with
a camellia in it as her dying wish.
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Mrs.
Dubose
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What is the name of the man who is convicted of raping
and beating Mayella Ewell simply because he is black and she is white, even
though the evidence against him proves his innocence? He has a deformed left arm
from getting his hand caught in a cotton gin when he was twelve. This deformity
would make it nearly impossible for him to of beat Mayella on the right side of
her face. He was shot seventeen times and killed in an attempt to escape from
prison camp.
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Tom
Robinson
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What is the name of the alcoholic father who
poaches game to feed his family, because he spends whatever money he gets from his
“relief checks” on alcohol? He accuses Tom Robinson of raping his daughter
and eventually has him thrown into jail.
After being humiliated at the trial, he seeks revenge on Atticus, Judge
Taylor, and Tom Robinson’s wife. He attempts to kill Jem and Scout to complete
his revenge, but they are saved by Boo Radley. During the attack he is killed
by Boo Radley, but Heck Tate puts in his official report that he fell on his
own knife.
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Bob
Ewell
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What is the name of the nineteen and a half year
old accuser of Tom Robinson? She is the oldest daughter of Bob Ewell who has to
take care of her siblings because her father is an alcoholic. She attempts to seduce Tom Robinson, but it
goes wrong when Tom resists her and her father comes home finding them
together. She accused Tom of Rape.
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Mayella
Violet Ewell
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When does To Kill A Mocking Bird Take Place?
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In
the 1930’s during the Great Depression
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What is the name of the character who is the
sheriff of Maycomb. At the end of the novel, he is the one who comes up with
the story of how Bob Ewell died by falling on his own knife.
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Heck
Tate
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What is the name of the character that is the narrator
of the book? She is smart for her age, because she can read and write before
beginning the first grade. She is a tomboy who solves her problems by fighting.
She is the only one out of Dill and Jem who actually get to see and talk to Boo
Radley. After she sees Boo, she realizes
that he is harmless and therefore learns the valuable lesson that you should
get to know someone before you judge them by “getting in their shoes and
walking around in it.”
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Scout
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