2015 - Freshmen Mid Term Exam Flashcards
What is another term for almost always silent?
Taciturn
What is another term for the study of the history of man?
Anthropology
What is another term for a particular set of skills?
Repertoire
What is another term for angry?
Indignation
What is another term for to surrender to another authority for trial?
Extradite
What is another term for a doctrine of the Church?
Dogma
What is another term for being particular to a certain region or country?
Indigenous
What is another term for prejudice?
Bias
What is another term for a jar like container to spit into?
Spittoon
What is another term for jouney?
Sojourn
What is another term for old-fashioned?
Passe
What is another term for kind or charitable?
Benevolent
What is another term for group?
Covey
What is another term for great foolishness?
Imbecilities
What is another term for friendly?
Amiable
What is another term for sad, gloomy?
Melancholy
What is another term for the study of the history of earth through rocks?
Geology
What is a term for a court attendant in charge of prisoners?
Baliliff
What is a term for someone who wanders from place to place?
Vagrant
What is a term for powerless?
Impotent
What is a term for illegal?
Illicit
What is a term for easy to understand?
Discernable
What is a term for hide?
Conceal
What is a term for always ready to argue or fight?
Contentious
What is a term for irregular?
Erratic
What is a term for to get back?
Recover
What is a term for disrespect toward God or religion?
Blasphemy
What is another term for left handed?
Southpaw
What is another term for an agreement in which both parties agree to give something up?
compromise
What is a term for someone who believes contrary to church teaching?
Heretic
What is a term for to make up for some kind of wrong or mistake?
Redeem
What is the term for ill-will or hatred?
Animosity
What is the term for violently disturbed, chaotic or stormy?
Turbulent
What is a term for evil?
Malevolent
What is a term for a man known as father or founder?
Patriarch
What is a term for heaven or skies?
Firmament
What is the term to formally charge for a crime or offense?
Indict
What is the term for suspenders?
Galluses
What is the term for rumor - something heard from another?
Hearsay
What is another term for boldness, daring?
Aduacity
Who is the father of two young children - an attorney charged with defending an innocent man?
Atticus Finch
Who is the town sheriff and first witness at the trial?
Heck Tate
Who is the Narrator of the novel?
Scout
Who is the founder of the Finch family plantation?
Simon Finch
Who is a model character and moral leader in the novel who treats his children like adults and teaches them valuable life lessons?
Atticus
What is the nickname of Arthur Radley?
Boo
Who pretends to be a drunk but is not really dinging alcohol out of a paper bag?
Dolphus Raymond
Who is the innocent man who is accused falsely of a vicious crime?
Tom Robinson
Who is disillusioned by the results of the trial - this character’s little sister doesn’t quite understand?
Jem
Who is Charles Baker Harris - visits his aunt every summer in Maycomb?
Dill
Who is the young girl and possible victim herself - - falsely accuses a man of rape?
Mayella
Who takes over for his father in keeping Arthur in the house after his father dies?
Nathan
Who is the aunt to the two young Finch children?
Alexandra
Who is the local drunk and town white trash that beats his daughter?
Bob Ewell
Who is the Finch family housekeeper and friend of the family - - helped raise the children after their mother died?
Capurnia
Who is the only character that is familiar to the narrator during the mob scene outside of the jail?
Walter Cunningham
Who is the young girl who is not quite mature enough to understand the full weight of what is happening during the trail?
Scout
Who is the wife of the defendant - having trouble finding work and taking care of the kids while the town is discriminating against my innocent man?
Helen Robinson
Where does To Kill a Mockingbird take place?
Maycomb Alabama
What does Scout see for the first time in her life during one winter - - the day before Miss Maudie’s house fire?
Snow
According to Atticus - - where are all men created equal?
A court of law
What spooks the three kids one night after sneaking into the Radley yard - - as they were running away?
The hear a shot in the distance
Who did the author model the character of Atticus Finch?
Her father
When does Scout’s story take place - - during what very trying time in American History?
Great Depression
What is Scout wrapped in mysteriously during the house fire that took Miss Maudie’s house?
a blanket
When do the kids know it is time to worry?
When Atticus worries
What strange sound did Scout hear in the Radley house after she landed in the Radley yard when rolled in a tire?
Laughing
What was Atticus Finch called as a young man because of his skill in shooting - as evidenced from the mad dog incident?
One-shot Finch
Why is Scout more advanced that the other students in her class?
Because she can read and write
How old are Jem and Scout when the novel begins?
Scout is 6 and Jem is 10
Who is the Author of the book?
Harper Lee
Who saves the children’s lives when they are attacked by Bob Ewell?
Boo
What happens to baseball that are hit into the Radley yard?
They are gone forever
How many times was Tom Robinson shot?
17 times
When does Atticus hesitantly demonstrate his shooting skills by killing it with the sheriff’s shotgun?
When the town is threatened by a mad dog
How old is Atticus - - which is one of the reasons that the kids are led to believe that he is feeble?
50 years old
What does Mayella Ewell grow that shows she may be different from the rest of the family?
flowers
What is the Finch family plantation called?
Finch’s Landing
What did Nathan Radley do that made Jem cry (secretly)?
Filled the knot hole with cement
What items did Scout and Jem find in the tree in the Radley year?
Gum Ball of Twine Soap carvings Broken watch on knife chain Indian head pennies Spelling bee medal
How do the children try to contact or see Boo Radley?
Rolling a tire Touch the house Role playing games Fishing pole with a note Peak in the window
Why is Jem upset after returning home after fetching his pants from the Radley fence?
the hole in his pants were sewn and folded over the fence
What is it about the conversation at the tea part and the class discussion about Hitler that confuses Scout?
It shows her all the Hypocrisy of the town and the people
What are the real names of Jem and Scout?
Jem - - Jeremy
Scout - - Jean Louise
Why does Dill cry when Tom Robinson is testifying during his trial?
Because he does not like the way Mr. Gilmer is treating Tom
What is Dophus Raymond drinking out of his paper bag?
Coke
What do the people in the colored section - do as Atticus is leaving the court room - - why?
The stand - - they are showing respect and gratitude
Why was Tom Robinson killed?
He tried to escape - - be cause he had lost all hope
Why does Jem want Scout to leave the roly poly bug alone?
Because it did not do anything to her
What are the three strange events that happened after the trial that involved Bob Ewell?
Judge Taylor’s house
Stalking of Helen Robinson
The attack on Scout and Jem
What is Scout’s costume in the school pageant?
Ham
What is the one thing that Boo Radley says during this novel?
Can you take me home?
Why doesn’t Walter Cunningham take the quarter from the teacher for lunch?
Because a Cunningham does not take anything that they cannot pay back
What two pieces of evidence does Atticus focus on while Heck Tate is on the stand?
They did not have Mayella looked at by a doctor
The Bruises on the Right side - which means she was beaten by a man who is left handed
Why is Capurnia’s church call the First Purchase Church?
It was the first thing purchase with the money of freed slaves
What is physically significant about Tom Robinson?
His left arm is crippled because it got caught in a cotton gin when he was 12 - - so he could not have bruised the right side of Mayella
How was Jem disillusioned by the outcome of the trial?
He believed in the justice system - - and that the evidence indicated that Tom was innocent - - they judged him by the color of his skin not by the facts
What is the story for 1st person point of view - a country barber who is easily amused?
Haircut
What was the theme of Drummond’s defense of Bert Cates?
Man’s right to think
Who was the 1st causality of the Revolutionary war?
Crispus Attucks
What story was the theme - all that glitters is not gold - it it’s a lie, show it up for what it really is?
Golden Dancer
Who was the author of the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
Where is the following from - he that trouble the his own house, shall inherit the wind?
Proverbs 11:29
Who was the author of Macabre - originator of the detective story who is perhaps more famous for his creepy, gory stories of the 19th century?
Edgar Allan Poe
What is a limited perspective - sometimes causes the reader to lose information?
1st person point of view
Using evidence to reach a conclusion?
Deductive reasoning
In what short story did Young Laurie go off to kindergarten?
Charles
