Quotes | Chapter 12 - 16 Part 1 | End of the Book | Chapter 12-16 Part 2 | General Questions |
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Who is Calpurnia?
"There's some folks who don't eat like us, but you ain't called on to contradict'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear?"
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Who is Helen Robinson?
The person Reverend Sykes was collecting donations at First Purchase Baptist Church, because her husband was in jail and she could not find work to support her children.
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Who is Boo Radley?
Stabbed his father with scissors, causing the sheriff to lock him in the courthouse basement?
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What is talking to him kindly?
What Scout does to Walter Cunningham to keep him from harming her father.
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Who is Nathan Radley?
Filled the knot-hole in the oak tree, because he believed it was dying.
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Who is Miss Caroline?
"Now you tell your father not to teach you any more. It's best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I'll take over from here and try to undo the damage."
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What is rape?
The question Atticus answers for Scout instead of Calpurina because he can explain it better.
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Who is Mr. Cunningham?
Atticus' client, this allows Scout to have special knowledge of the family.
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Who is Miss Maudie?
Says, “’It’s morbid watching a poor devil on trial for his life” and refuses to go
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What is Miss Maudie's house fire?
Causes the town of Maycomb to be awaken in the middle of the night.
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Who is Jem?
"When I went back for my breeches--they were all in a tangle when I was gettin' out of 'em loose. When I went back, they were folded across the fence... like they were expectin' me."
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Who is Dill?
The name of the "snake" hidden under Scout's bed.
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What is play acting Boo Radley's stories?
The favorite pastime of Jem, Scout, and Dill in the summer.
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Where is the balcony?
Scout and Jem sit here with the black people during Tom Robinson's trial?
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What is bad language?
Scout uses this causing Uncle Jack to be angry when Aunt Alexandra.
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Who is Atticus?
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it;s a sin to kill a mocking bird."
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What is "The telephone’s ringing!”
The statement Jem makes to break up the group of men, avoiding his father trouble, at the Finches' door.
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What is a lawyer?
Like his father, what Jem wants to be one day.
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What is appointed?
The reason why Atticus is Tom Robinson's lawyer?
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Who is Mrs. Dubose?
Her garden was destroyed by Jem after criticizing Atticus for defending a black man.
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Who is Mrs. Dubose
"Don't you say hi to me, you ugly girl!"
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What is sitting outside the Maycomb County jail?
Atticus does this to protect Tom Robinson from the angry townspeople.
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What is attempting to peek through Boo's window?
What Jem and Dill were doing, causing Nathan Radley shoots at them.
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What is chewing an unlit cigarette?
Judge Taylor practices this interesting habit.
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What is too little money raised for Helen Robinson?
The reason why Reverend Sykes locks the door of the church and will not let the congregation leave.
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