To Kill A Mocking Bird Test Review Flashcards
The narrator and protagonist of the story.
Jean Louise (Scout) Finch
a lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family
Atticus Finch
Where does the novel take place?
Maycomb, Alabama
Scout’s brother and constant playmate at the beginning of the story
Jeremy Atticus (Jem) Finch
places items in the tree, is scary to the children, He is one of the novel’s “mockingbirds,” a good person injured by the evil of mankind.
Arthur (Boo) Radley Jr.
The Finches’ Black cook; a stern disciplinarian and the children’s bridge between the white world and their own Black community.
Calpurnia (Cal)
A drunken, mostly unemployed member of Maycomb’s poorest family. In his knowingly wrongful accusation that Tom Robinson raped his daughter, represents the dark side of the South: ignorance, poverty, squalor, and hate-filled racial prejudice.
Robert (Bob) E. Lee Ewell
Jem and Scout’s summer neighbor and friend; a diminutive, confident with an active imagination; becomes fascinated with Boo Radley and represents the perspective of childhood innocence throughout the novel.
Charles Baker (Dill) Harris
The Finches’ neighbor, a sharp-tongued widow, and an old friend of the family; almost the same age as Atticus’s younger brother.; She shares Atticus’s passion for justice and is the children’s best friend among Maycomb’s adults.
Miss Maudie Atkinson
Atticus’s sister, a strong-willed woman with a fierce devotion to her family; the perfect Southern lady, and her commitment to propriety and tradition often leads her to clash with Scout
Aunt Alexandra Hancock
abused, lonely, unhappy daughter. Though one can pity ____ because of her overbearing father, one cannot pardon her for her shameful indictment of Tom Robinson.
Mayella Violet Ewell
The Black field hand accused of rape. is one of the novel’s “mockingbirds,” an important symbol of innocence destroyed by evil.
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson’s employer. In his willingness to look past race and praise the integrity of Tom’s character, epitomizes the opposite of prejudice.
Link Deas
An elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches. Although Jem believes that is a thoroughly bad woman, Atticus admires her for the courage with which she battles her morphine addiction.
Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose
what object brings the book full circle?
The Gray Ghost book
Boo Radley’s older brother. he plugs up the knothole in which Boo leaves presents for the children.
Nathan Radley
The sheriff of Maycomb and a major witness at Tom Robinson’s trial; a decent man who tries to protect the innocent from danger.
Heck Tate
The publisher of Maycomb’s newspaper.
Mr. Braxton Underwood
A wealthy white man who lives with his Black mistress and multiracial children. pretends to be a drunk so that the citizens of Maycomb will have an explanation for his behavior. In reality, he is simply jaded by the hypocrisy of white society and prefers living among Black people.
Dolphus Raymond
A poor farmer and part of the mob that seeks to kill Tom Robinson at the jail. displays his human goodness when Scout’s politeness compels him to disperse the men at the jail.
Walter Cunningham Sr.
Who waits by the jail wanting to kill Tom
The old sarum bunch
Dill’s aunt and the Finches’ next door neighbor
Miss Rachel Haverford
the founder of Finch’s Landing, ancestor of the finch
Simon Finch
known as the central source of gossip in Maycomb
Miss Stephanie Crawford
the first-grade teacher and is new to Alabama and its ways
Miss Caroline Fisher
a child who is almost as old as Jem but is in Scout’s class. He lives on a farm. He is too poor to even pay off a 25-cent debt because the Great Depression hit his poor family hard
Walter Cunningham Jr.
the producer of the play in which Scout plays as a ham; most devout women in Maycomb
Grace Merriwether
an African-American woman with a dislike for white people. She doesn’t like the idea of Calpurnia bringing Atticus Finch’s children, Jem and Scout
Lula
the father of Nathan Radley and Arthur Radley Jr.
Arthur Radley Sr.
the mother of Nathan Radley and Arthur Radley Jr.
Mrs. Radley
a son of Bob Ewell and behaves rudely when she told him to go home, wash his hair to get rid of his head lice, and come back clean the next day.
Burris Ewell
the overweight man who boards across the street from Mrs. Dubose’s house and sneezes on his porch. The children built a snowman of him.
Mr. Avery
is Maycomb’s most prominent telephone operator. She sends out public announcements, invitations, and activates the fire alarm.
Eula May
the person who teased Jem and Scout over the Tom Robinson trial. Scared Jem and Scout as they walked down to the Halloween Pageant
Cecil Jacobs
is the younger brother of Atticus and Alexandra. He is about 40. And is a childless doctor who can always make Scout and Jem laugh, and they adore him.
Uncle Jack Finch
is married to Aunt Alexandra Hancock. And is Francis’s grandpa.
Uncle Jimmy Hancock
is Aunt Alexandra’s spoiled grandson, the son of her son Henry. And gets into a fight with Scout on Christmas.
Francis Hancock
is Uncle Jack Finch’s cat
Rose Aylmer
is a dog belonging to Harry Johnson. And is infected by rabies and gets killed by Atticus.
Tim Johnston
is Mrs. Dubose’s black nurse.
Jessie
is a girl whom Scout and her friends at church tied to a chair in the furnace room of the church.
Eunice Ann Simpson
