To Kill A Mockingbird Review

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Characters 1 for 100:Based on these characteristics and comments, name that character:

the neighborhood gossip.

Miss Stephanie Crawford

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Characters for 200:Based on these characteristics and comments, name that character:

Angry, name caller. Object of vandalism. Person of courage. Sent a white flower in a box as a parting

gift.

Mrs. Dubose

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Characters for 300:Based on these characteristics and comments, name that character: Saved up nickels for ice cream. Liked to grow red geraniums.

Wanted friends.

Mayella Ewell

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Characters for 400:Based on these characteristics and comments, name that character: Won a pretty baby contest. Felt

unwanted by parents. Proposed to Scout.

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Dill

Characters for 500:Based on these characteristics and comments, name that character:

Drank mysterious liquid from paper bag. Involved in a town myth about

relations with a colored woman.

Dolphus Raymond

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Significant Quotes for 100After you tell who said this line, describe when in the story it is said and how it is important to

the story and the theme.“Your father’s right. Mockingbirds don’t do one

thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in

corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a

mockingbird.” Here, as Miss Maudie is repeating Uncle Jack’s safe

firearms instruction, she is talking about literal mockingbirds. Consider how a mockingbird could

be figurative and represent a kind of person.

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Significant Quotes for 200After you tell who said this line, describe when in the story it is said and how it is important to

the story and the theme.

“Hey Mr. Cunningham. How’s your entailment getting’ along?”

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Consider what was happening right before Scout saidthis and what happened as a result of her having a short

conversation with Walter Cunningham’s father.

Significant Quotes for 300After you tell who said this line, describe when in the story it is said and how it is important to the

story and the theme.

“I may not be much but I am still sheriff of Maycomb County and Bob Ewell fell on his

knife.”

As Heck Tate makes this declaration to Atticus after Bob Ewell’s attack on Jem and Scout,

consider how Bob Ewell really died and why it might be important to just call the death an

accident.

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Significant Quotes for 400After you tell who said this line, describe when in the story it is said and how it is important to the

story and the theme. You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillin here-they got their church, we got our’n. It is

our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal?”

As Lulu questions Calpurnia on the propriety of bringing white children to an African-American church, what

new perspectives on prejudice are introduced?

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Significant Quotes for 500After you tell who said this line, describe when in the story it is said and how it is important to the story and the theme.

“You are too young to understand it, but sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of – oh your father.”

As Miss Maudie mixes philosophy with gardening and conversation with her friends, Jem and Scout, she might be suggesting that too strict religious beliefs need to be tempered with tolerance.

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Irony Examination for 100 PointsDescribe the irony present in this line from the book

or in the situation surrounding it.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 …” Think about how Miss Caroline is a school

teacher and about what she is advising Scout NOT to do. What message does she send with

this advice?

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Irony Examination for 200 PointsDescribe the irony present in this line from the book or in the situation surrounding it.Maudie: You and Jem have the benefit of your father’s age. If your father was thirty you’d find life quite different.Scout: I sure would. Atticus can’t do anything …”

Atticus’ children don’t think their creaky old father can do anything. In reality, what kinds of things can he do?.

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Irony Examination for 300 PointsDescribe the irony present in this line from the book or in the situation surrounding it.Tom Robinson: “Yes, suh. I felt sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em..”

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What could be wrong about defendant Tom Robinson being concerned over the work and burden he felt that Mayella Ewell shouldered?

Irony Examination for 400 PointsDescribe the irony present in this line from the

book or in the situation surrounding it.“A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up. I am confident that you gentlemen will review without passion the evidence you have heard, come to a

decision, and restore this defendant to his family. In the name of God, do your duty.”

How reasonable is Atticus in these last sentences of his closing remarks to the jury in the Tom Robinson case? What is he asking the jury to do and what do they do?

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Consider how the society ladies treat their “hired help,” what they expect of them, and how they interpret Christian behavior.

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Irony Examination for 500 PointsDescribe the irony present in this line from the book or in the situation surrounding it.Mrs. Merriweather faced Mrs. Farrow: “Gertrude, I tell you there’s nothing more distracting than a sulky darky. Their mouths go down to here. Just ruins your day to have one of ‘em in the kitchen. You know what I said to my Sophy, Gertrude? I said, “Sophy,” I said, ‘you simply are not being a Christian today. Jesus Christ never went around grumbling.’ I tell you, Gertrude, you never out to let an opportunity go by to witness for the Lord.

Your response could be about how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they do no harm to anyone. You could link this theme of right vs. wrong to both the way Tom Robinson is persecuted by the town and jury and to the way the children treat Boo Radley.

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Theme Determination for 100 PointsExplain the novel’s title. What theme does it address in the book? Which characters in the book would the theme deal with specifically?

Your response could be that the theme is prejudice and that it applies not only to racial differences, (Calpurnia & her church), but others as well such as religion (Radleys vs neighbors), wealth (Cunninghams), education (Ewells)

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Theme Determination for 200 PointsAtticus tells Scout that you never really know a person until you “walk around in their shoes”. What theme does this quote introduce and which events in the book deal with the theme?

Your response could be that the theme is racism. The jury was racist and the unwritten social laws of the time and place made it impossible for them to reach any other verdict. These conditions could include: 1930s, pre-civil-rights, depression, lack of education, peer pressure…

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Theme Determination for 300 PointsAtticus presented a clear-cut case that Tom Robinson was innocent. Why, then, did the jury convict Tom Robinson? What theme does this situation illustrate? What conditions contributed to the jury’s verdict?

Your response could be that the theme is fairness/not to judge others before you know their situation. Jem learns this lesson through caring for Mrs. Dubose or that Scout learns it

about Boo when she walks him home…or another example…

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Theme Determination for 400 PointsAtticus says the most people are nice “when you finally see them”. What theme does this quote illustrate? Explain what he means by this and give examples from the story when the children learn this lesson.

Your response could be that the book is still relevant because we all still deal with prejudice/injustice, (think not just of racial prejudice, but also based on wealth, education, talents & abilities, etc.). It could also be that this is a “coming-of-age” novel and so it is relevant to a teen audience.

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Theme Determination for 500 PointsWhy do you think this book is still taught in high school classrooms today? What themes are still relevant? Why? Give examples.

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Trivia for 100The novel spans this many years

in Scout’s life.

The prison grounds

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Trivia for 200Tom Robinson is shot at this

location.

Cecil Jacobs

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Trivia for 300This classmate of Scout’s called

Atticus a n****r lover.

Gum, two carved soap dolls, two indian-head pennies, gray twine ball, tarnished medal, packet watch on chain, aluminum

knife

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Trivia for 400List the items that the children

found in the tree.

Truman Capote

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Trivia for 500This is the real famous person on

which Harper Lee based the character of Dill

Jean Louise “Scout” Finch

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Characters 2 for 100

This is the narrator of the book.

Jem Finch

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Characters 2 for 200This character’s arm was broken.

This was referenced at the beginning of the book and the end, making it a circular story.

Cecil Jacobs

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Characters 2 for 300Scout’s classmate whom she

fought with and who also likes to play pranks

Tom Robinson

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Characters 2 for 400Was crippled from an accident

and was shot 17 times

Mr. Gilmer

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Characters 2 for 500Mayella Ewell’s attorney