TKM 1-6

How old is Scout at the beginning of the book?

6

How old is Dill at the beginning of the book?

7

How old is Jem at the beginning of the book?

10

What is the quote about climbing in to one's skin and who said it?

Quote said by Atticus '"First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get a lot better with all kinds of folks. 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." (33)

Difference between Miss. Stephanie and Miss Maudie

Miss Maudie is not quick to judge others, and does not gossip about Boo Radley; while Miss Stephanie gossips about everyone.

Difference between Nathan and Arthur Radley

Nathan is very similar to his father and Arthur never leaves the house while Nathan does

How does Jem lose his pants?

They get stuck on the fence while running away from the gunshot at the Radley house.

What does Dill say when Atticus asks about Jem's pants?

He says he won them in strip poker

Who is Walter Cunningham?

His family is very poor, they live off of what they have, and they don't take anything they can't pay back. He causes Scout to get into trouble

Who is Little Chuck Little?

Very poor but a gentleman. He stands up for Burris Ewell.

Who is Burris Ewell?

Scout says "he was the filthiest human I have ever seen". He leaves after the first day of school. Atticus says his family is a disgrace to Maycomb.

What was left in the nook of the tree?

Gum without the wrapper and a wedding ring box with two pennies

Who taught Scout to read?

Atticus

Who taught Scout to write?

Calpurnia

Scout and Walter

Walter made Scout tell the teacher that his family doesn't have a lot of money which caused Scout to get hit with a ruler.

Scout and Cecil

Scout nearly starts a fight with a classmate named Cecil Jacobs after Cecil uses an offensive racial slur to declare that Atticus defends black people

Disgrace of Maycomb

The Ewells

Which character is associated with summer?

Dill

What sound did Scout hear in the Radley house?

laughter

How did Scout's mother die?

Heart attack when Scout was two

Who is meanest women in town?

Mrs. Dubose

What is Finch's social class?

highest social class

What character has false teeth?

Miss Maudie has a partial denture that is attached with gold prongs

What was the Scottsboro trial?

nine black teens were accused of raping two white women aboard a train

When and where did the trial take place?

Near Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931

What is the case similar to in the book?

Tom Robinson's case

Why did Jem chose that night in raid Radley house?

Because if they died they would miss school not the summer, no one could see them at night, and Atticus was probably reading so he could not hear them

Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?

Harper Lee

When was To Kill a Mockingbird published?

1960

What award did To Kill A Mockingbird win?

Pulitzer Prize

How many years does To Kill A Mockingbird cover?

three

What did Dill bet Jem to do that Jem went through with?

He bet Jem to touch the house.

Why can Walter not pass first grade?

Walter says he leaves school in the spring to help his father with "the choppin".

What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about some kind of men?

"Some men are so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one" (45)

What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about the bible?

That it can be more dangerous than a bottle of whiskey in another's hand

What is Jem and Dill's plan to contact Boo Radley?

To use a fishing rod to put a letter through the blinds of the house to ask him to come out.