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
