TKAM Study Guide

4. I usually keep to myself.  I had to come back to Maycomb after my parents died to take care of my brother. Who am I?

Boo Radley got into trouble with the law, and then his father imprisoned him in his own house-what did he do

I own the town newspaper.  I am classified as racist, however I believe that Tom deserves a fair trial.

11. I am new to Maycomb.  I am Scout's first grade teacher. 

97. What fatal mistake did Tom make on the stand?

120. Which element of plot is this?   The characters are introduced and the setting is established.

Atticus says that even if Jem hadn't gotten into trouble, he still would have made Jem read to Mrs. Dubose because...

53. Who attacked the children on the way home?

27. What mysterious thing happened when Jem went back to the Radley house to get his pants?

68. What does Miss Maudie have in common with Atticus?

28. Scout thought the world was ending because...

26. What is Dill's plan to meet Boo Radley?

10. I am a neighbor to the Finch family.  I am very disappointed in Jem for destroying my camellia bushes. 

3. I am the housekeeper for the Finch Family. 

 I lost my pants in the Radley's backyard.  I get my arm broken late in the book. 

“…if I had gone alone to the Radley Place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been held the next afternoon.

42. By establishing that Mayella was beaten on the right side of her face, Atticus shows that...

76. Why doesn’t Atticus hunt?

121. Which element of plot is this?    “He was real nice…” “Most people are Scout, when you finally see them.”

47. Jem is devastated by the verdict because 

70. Why did the “Foot washers” tell Miss Maudie she was “going to Hell”?

23. Jem and Scout's mother.....

73. How does Atticus respond when Scout asks him if he is going to win the case with Tom Robinson? 2 are correct

Summer was everything good to eat; ..... but most of all, summer was Dill-what does this mean

122. Which element of plot is this?    Scout still struggles with feeling empathy for others.

25. Which one did the children NOT find in the tree

61. Based on our study of To Kill a Mockingbird, what genre does it belong to?

131. I am Scout's third grade teacher.  I am racist, but I have compassion for the Jews. 

3. I am the housekeeper for the Finch Family.

98. Why was Tom’s mistake considered fatal?

29. What happened when Miss Maudie's house was burning

33. Who tells the children, "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.

101. What does UNMITIGATED TEMERITY mean

119. Which element of plot is this?   Scout needs to learn how it feels to walk around in someone else’s shoes.

51. Why aren't Atticus and Aunt Alexandra at the pageant

123. Who am I?    I pretend to drink booze, but I am really just sipping soda.

110. When Scout ran to where Jem was when he screamed, what did she find?

114. Who is the true “mockingbird” at the end of the novel?

72. How is the tree a symbol of Boo Radley?

132. I am the most devout Christian in all of Maycomb County.  Why J. Grimes Everett told me that himself. 

49. Tom Robinson is eventually 

2. I am the sheriff of Maycomb County. 

112. What misunderstanding goes on between Heck Tate and Atticus?

103. Who said, "Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed."

60. What is the point of view for the novel?

8. I am from Mississippi.  I get to  spend each summer in Maycomb with my Aunt. 

32. Who tells the children, "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

66. What is the tone of this novel?

7. Why does Jem think Boo Radley stays shut up inside his house?

14. I am an attorney by profession.  I have two children. Who am I?

7. I am a neighbor to the Finch Family.  I adored those children.  I am Dill's aunt.  Who am I?

4. I usually keep to myself.  I had to come back to Maycomb after my parents died to take care of my brother. Who am I?

20. I am Atticus and Alexandra's younger brother.  Who am I?

31. Mr. Cunningham tells the lynch mob to go home because....

102. What type of irony was Atticus using with the words “unmitigated temerity”?

1. I am a sister and daughter. I am a Tom Boy who hates dresses.  I am the narrator to this novel.  Who am I?

9. I am a poor farmer's kid. I am kind.   I got to go home with Jem and Scout for lunch one day.

12. I am a mystery to the children of the neighborhood.  I stabbed my father in the leg with a pair of scissors.

115. What is unusual about the interactions between Boo and Scout at the end of the novel?

54. Who saved the children from the attack?

79. Why did Atticus say, "'I don't think the children have suffered one bit from her having brought them up.

118. How did the setting of this novel affect the plot?

95. Which event proves that Mayella’s interaction with Tom WASN'T spontaneous?