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Who was the only ancestor the Finch’s could trace? What did he do?

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Simon Finch, Fur-trapping apothecary

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Where did Atticus go to practice law?

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Maycomb

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How far was it from Finch’s Landing?

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20 miles

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Who were Atticus Finch’s first two clients?

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Haverfords

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What were they accused of?

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1st degree murder

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What was Maycomb like?

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Tired, old town, dull

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Who was Calpurnia?

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The Cook

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Describe Calpurnia

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She was a motherly like figure in Scout and Jem’s life. All angles and bones, near-sighted.

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What happened to Atticus’ wife?

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She died from a sudden heart attack.

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What was the age difference between Atticus and his wife?

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15 years

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Who was Dill? Where was he from?

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Charles Baker Harris. Meridian, Mississippi

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What did Dill look like?

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He wore blue linen shorts that buttoned to his shirt, his hair was Snow white stuck to his head like a duck fluff, blue eyes, and a Year older than Scout.

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What was unusual from the beginning about the Radley’s behavior?

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They didn’t go to church, weren’t social, very secret and didn’t like to be seen.

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What trouble did Arthur Radley get into when he was young?

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He resisted arrest, locked Mr. Conner in the courthouse outhouse, stabbed his dad in the leg with scissors.

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How did his Father punish him?

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He kept him locked in a house for 15 years

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According to Miss Stefanie, how do Arthur (Boo) attack his father 15 years later?

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He stabbed scissors into his leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, then acted like nothing happened.

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17
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Who was Nathan Radley?

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Boo Radley’s brother

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18
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Who was especially curious about the Radley’s ?

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Dill

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What was Jem’s description of Boo?

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He was 6.5 feet tall, at raw squirrels and any cat he could catch, he had blood stained hands, a long scar across his face, yellow teeth, his eyes popped out and he drooled.

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How did Dill get Jem to touch the Radley’s house?

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He bet that she couldn’t get any further than the Radley gate.

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What did Atticus say when questioned about the Radley’s?

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If he wanted to come out he would.

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Who was Scout?

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Jem’s younger sister, the main character, and Atticus’s daughter

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Who was Scout’s teacher?

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Miss Caroline

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What did she want Atticus to do?

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To stop teaching Scout

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What did Jem advise Scout to do?
To keep reading but they wouldn't tell Miss Caroline Fisher
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What did Scout tell her teacher about the Cunninghams?
That they were very poor and would not accept anything that they could not payback
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What did the teacher do to Scout's hand?
She smacked it with a ruler.
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How did Scout's first day of school go?
She had to read the alphabet and then she was told to tell her father not to teach her to read and write anymore. Then she got in trouble for telling her teacher about the Cunninghams and was slapped with a ruler and put in the corner.
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Who did Jem invite home for lunch the first day of school?
Walter Cunningham and because he didn't have any lunch and Scout was being mean to him
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What did Atticus and their guest discuss over lunch?
Farm and Crops
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What did the guest put on his vegetables?
Molasses
32
Why did Calpurnia scold Scout during lunch?
She was being rude to Walter and she asked him why he poured molasses all over his food
33
Although the first grade class assumed Miss Caroline was scared of a mouse, what did she really refer to when she screamed. "It's alive."
Bugs in the Ewells hair
34
What was peculiar about the school attendance records of the Ewells?
They only came to school on the first day
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In what ways did Atticus say the law was bent for the Ewells?
They were allowed to hunt and trap out of season , and they didn't have to go to school
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What compromise did Atticus and Scout work out concerning her attending school and their reading together?
If Scout goes to school, they can still continue on reading
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What did Scout find in the knothole of a tree in the Radley yard?
Two pieces of gum
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What did Jem decide to do with the two Indian head pennies also found in the knothole?
To leave them in the tree
39
When Dill came for the second summer, how he had changed?
He was heavier and wore pants with a belt
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How did Scout accidentally end up right in front of the Radley house steps?
Jem pushed her to far in the tire
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What was the Boo Radley game?
They made a play
42
What was it that Scout heard and never told anyone that day she rolled into the Radley yard?
Laughter
43
Who asked Scout to marry him?
Dill
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How did Miss Maudie explain the term "foot washing Baptists"?
Anything that's a pleasure to someone they thought was a sin
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Why would a foot washing baptist disapprove of Miss Maudie's flowers?
She was always in her flower garden
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How did the children plan to deliver the note to Boo?
They put it on fishing pole and tried to stick it in a loose shutter
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What did the note say?
It asked him to come out and say what he did while he was locked up in his house and they wouldn't hurt him, but buy him ice cream
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Who discovered them at their little prank?
Atticus
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What did Jem yell after Atticus when he made sure Atticus was out of ear shot?
He didn't want to be a lawyer
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Why did Dill and Jem choose Dill's last night to look in the window at Boo?
No one could see them at night, if they got killed they didn't have to go to school, and Atticus was deep in his book
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What did Jem see while he was on the Radley porch?
A shadow of a man
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How did Jem lose his pants?
His pants were caught on a fence
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What lie did Dill tell to cover up how Jem really lost his pants?
They were playing Strip Poker
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What did Jem mean when he said "I- it's like this Scout. Atticus ain't ever whipped me since I can remember. I wanta keep it that way," in explaining why he had to go back out into the night.
He doesn't want Atticus to punish him or be disappointed in him
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Why did Jem have to go back out? What did he have to get?
To get his pants, so he wouldn't get in trouble
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What did Jem reveal about the way he found his pants when he went back for them?
He found his pants folded across the fence | "Like they were expectin me "
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What shape were the soap figures carved into?
Little dolls of themselves
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Name one other thing found in the knothole?
Pocket watch
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What finally stopped the gifts in the knothole?
Mr. Radley filled it with cement
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How did Scout react to the first snow she saw?
She thought the world was ending
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How did Jem and Scout make the snowman?
They gathered mud and snow from Miss Maudie's yard
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Why did Atticus want the snowman altered?
It looked like Mr. Avery
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Why did Atticus wake Scout up in the middle of the night?
Miss Maudie's house was on fire
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Where did Mr. Avery get stuck during the fire?
In one of the windows
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Where did the mysterious blanket that appeared around Scout's shoulders come from?
Boo
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How did Miss Maudie handle the burning of the house? What was her philosophy about it?
She was happy because she wanted a bigger house and a bigger yard
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What did Cecil Jacobs say about Atticus that made Scout want to hit him?
He was a negro lover
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What was their cousin Francis like?
Full of himself and not very nice
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How did uncle Jack manage to remove a splinter from Scout's for it without pain?
He told her a story about a fat priest who did not like going to church and while she was laughing he pulled it out
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What phase was Scout going through at Christmas time?
She was going through a cussing phase
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What did Jim and Scout get for Christmas?
A rifle
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Where did the family spend Christmas Day?
Finch landing
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What things made aunt Alexandra disapprove of Scout?
She wasn't lady like and wore overalls
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Tell about the fight between Scout and Francis.
Francis said bad things about Atticus
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How did uncle Jack punish Scout?
He pinned her down
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Why wasn't he fair in his handling of the whole situation?
He only listen to Francis's side of the story
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Why did scout think Atticus was feeble?
He was 50 and didn't do much but read
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What talents did Miss Maudie say Atticus had?
He played the Jew heart, had airtight wills, and played checkers
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What was wrong with the dog Scout and Jem saw down the street?
It had rabies
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Who did Cal call?
Mr. Finch
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Who killed the dog? How?
Mr. Finch, by shooting in it
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How did this change Scout's opinion of Atticus?
She was proud of her father
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Why did the kids hate Mrs. Dubose?
She was really mean
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What did Jem do to Mrs. Dubose's camellias?
He cut them
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What did Atticus think of what Jem did?
He did not like it at all and made him go over and apologize
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What did Mrs. Dubose want Jem to do?
Read to her
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For how long?
For a month
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What book did Jem take with him?
Ivanhoe
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How did Mrs.Dubose act at the end of the month or so of reading?
Nice because she was off her medicine
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What happened to Mrs. Dubose then?
She died
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What drug did she use?
Morphine
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What did Jem do with the candy box?
He threw it in the fire
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Who is Jem? How old is he?
Scout's Brother, 13
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According to Atticus, why should you never kill a mockingbird?
He thinks it's a sin because they don't do any harm to us, but they make pretty music for us

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