Prejudice

Question 1

Old Town

Answer 1

‘Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.’

Question 2

Stealthy Crimes

Answer 2

‘Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work.’

Question 3

Initial

Answer 3

‘people still looked at the Radley Place, unwilling to discard their initial suspicions.’

Question 4

Disease

Answer 4

‘I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease.’

Question 5

Stark Raving Mad

Answer 5

‘Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand.’

Question 6

Latch

Answer 6

‘It helps folks if they can latch on to a reason.’

Question 7

Cope

Answer 7

‘We’ve made it this way for them, they might as well learn to cope with it…It’s just as much Maycomb County as missionary teas.’

Question 8

Typical

Answer 8

‘To Maycomb, Tom’s death was typical. Typical of a nigger to cut and run. Typical of a nigger’s mentality to have no plan, no thought for the future, just run blind first chance he saw…Nigger always comes out in ‘em.’

Question 9

Hitler

Answer 9

‘Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home-’

Question 10

Real Nice

Answer 10

‘Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn’t done any of those things…Atticus, he was real nice..’ ‘Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.’