TKAM Questions Flashcards
Why is Scout’s first grade teacher, Miss Caroline, upset?
Scout can read and write
Atticus advises Scout that the best way to understand people is to do what?
climb into someone’s skin and walk around
Who fills the knot-hole with cement?
Nathan Radley
The first time that Scout sees snow, what does she think is happening?
she thinks the world is ending
When fire destroys her house, Miss Maudie plans to do what?
build a smaller house so her garden can be larger
Atticus encourages Scout to keep her fists down and to fight with what?
her head
Scout is no longer ashamed of her father after she watches him do what?
shoot the mad/rabid dog
Atticus believes that a person’s conscience is the one thing that does not have to do what?
abide by majority rule
Why does Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with the Finches in Maycomb?
she believes the children (especially Scout) need a woman’s touch
Atticus has Mr. Ewell write his name in court because Atticus wants to demonstrate what?
mr Ewell is left handed
Do Scout and Jem have permission to attend Tom Robinson’s trial?
no
Why does Dolphus Raymond tell Scout and Dill his deepest secret?
they are children and are trustworthy
Are Jem and Scout frightened by Bob Ewell’s threat? Why?
yes
Why does Jem feel that Boo Radley stays shut up in his house?
because he wants to stay inside
To what does Mr. Underwood compare Tom Robinson’s death?
the senseless slaughter of songbirds
Does Scout ever fully understand the meaning of “walking around in another person’s skin.”
yes
Although she has already chewed the gum that she found in the tree, Jem cautions Scout, telling her she shouldn’t do what?
touch the Radley trees because that will kill her
The best part about summer for Scout and Jem is when what happens?
Dill comes
When Scout rolls into the Radley front yard in the tire, what does she hear?
someone laughing inside the house
When Jem goes back to get his pants that are caught in the Radley’s fence, he finds what?
the pants are mended and folded
As a result of the fire at Miss Maudie’s, what does she decide to do?
Jem realizes Boo is a gentle, good man
Scout starts a fight with her cousin Francis because
he claims Atticus is ruining the family
Atticus considers it a sin to kill a mockingbird because
they bring only beauty and harm no one
Because Mrs. Dubose’s comments about Atticus angers Jem, he grabs Scout’s baton and does what?
destroys her flower bushes
Atticus defends Tom Robinson because
he wants to be true to his convictions
Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose represents what?
real courage
Jem and Scout know that Atticus is undertaking an unusual adventure when he leaves the house with a long extension cord and does what?
takes his car
The group of men at the jail disperse because
Scout brings them to their senses
When Mayella Ewell is on the stand, Atticus does what?
tries to make her admit that her father beat her up
During their encounter with Dolphus Raymond, Scout and Dill discover what?
he only pretends to be a drunk
Atticus’s final address to the jury is aimed at what?
the juror’s individual consciences
Atticus says that Mayella Ewell has broken the rigid and time-honored Southern code by doing what?
tempting a negro
When Tom Robinson is convicted, Jem is upset because
he doesnt think the verdict is fair
Who gives Jem and Scout the idea of making Boo Radley come out?
Dill
During the time period of the novel, the U.S. was involved in what historic event?
The Great Depression
The story is told in the first person through the eyes of whom?
Scout
Part 1 of the novel is primarily about what?
Scout’s childhood, school, summer (Dill), Boo Radley
The time period of the novel is set during which decade?
1930s
According to Miss Maudie, why did Atticus give up shooting?
he felt he had an unfair advantage over other living creatures
When Heck Tate investigates the scene of the attack on Scout and Jem, he finds what?
Bob Ewell was killed with a kitchen knife
When Atticus leaves the courtroom after the verdict what happens in the balcony?
everyone stands up to show Atticus respect
The church ladies in the Missionary Society are more interested in what than in their own town?
poverty in foreign lands
Scout goes to the Halloween pageant dressed as a
Ham
It is logical that Boo Radley would have been the one to save the children because
he was fond of them and often left them treasures
he watched their comings and goings from his house
they had to pass his yard on their way home from the pageant
After the children are saved, what do Atticus and the sheriff decide to tell the town?
Say Ewell fell on his own knife
