Character identification | True or False | Who Said It? | Facts about the novel | Literary Terms |
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What is Scout
narrator of the novel
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What is FALSE
Miss Maudie left fires going for warmth and her house burned down. She was devastated by the fire and the loss of her home.
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What is Scout
"He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham."
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What is Harper Lee
She is the author of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird
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What is simile
"Miss Rachel went off like the town siren."
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What is Jem
this person is Scout's older brother
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What is FALSE
Helen Robinson was a troublemaker
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What is Calpurnia
"How'd you and Mister Jem like to come to church with me tomorrow?"
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What is 1950s
This novel was written during this time period.
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What is point of view
"We lived on the main residential street in out town-Atticus, Jem and I, plus Calpurnia our cook."
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What is Atticus
This man defends a black man who is accused of rape
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What is TRUE
Scout wanted Boo Radley to be normal.
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What is Tom Robinson
"Mr. Finch, I was runnin' so fast I didn't know what happened."
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What is father.
Atticus Finch's character is based on which relative of Harper Lee.
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What is setting
"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it."
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What is Mayella Ewell
She was allegedly raped
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What is FALSE
The bruises on Mayella's right side of her face indicated that Tom Robinson was guilty.
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What is Jem
"It ain't right, Atticus. How could they do it, how could they?"
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What is Scout
This character is loosely based on the author herself.
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What is internal conflict
Jem growing up and slowly trying to understand how the real world works is an example of this type of conflict.
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What is Bob Ewell
This man attacks the children on their way home from a school pageant
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What is FALSE
Heck Tate's mob wanted to get Tom Robinson and inflict their own justice.
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What is Atticus
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
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What is Pulitzer Prize.
Harper Lee won this award for fiction in 1961.
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What is symbol
"He likened Tom's death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children."
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