1. Review for LA final To Kill a Mockingbird

3. Q: Why did Jem cry when Tom was found guilty?

4. A: Jem was in shock that the Jury could find an innocent man guilty.

5. Q: What does Atticus remind the jury in his closing remarks?

6. A: There is no medical evidence that Mayella was raped.

7. Q: When the children meet Mr. Dolphus Raymond what life lesson do they learn?

8. A: People are not always what they appear to be.

9. Q: What does Ms. Maudie think of the Radely’s?

10. A: Everyone has a right to their privacy

11. Q: How did Jem lose his pants?

12. A: He lost them on the fence when he was running from the Radley porch.

13. Q: What is the relationship between Aunt Alexandra and the children?

14. A: They do not see eye to eye and are usually at odds with each other.

15. Q: What did Dill do because he felt his parents didn’t need him?

16. A: He ran away

17. Q: Why did Ms. Maudie do to show that Jem is getting bigger?

18. A: She gives Jem a slice of the large cake while Dill and Scout get small ones.

19. Q: What happened to Bob Ewell at the end of the story?

20. A: Boo killed Bob Ewell to protect the children.

21. Q: Who stands up in court to defend Tom?

22. A: Link Deas

23. Q: Why doesn’t Aunt Alexandra want Scout to play with Walter?

24. A: She thinks the Finches are better than the Cunninghams.

25. Q: At the beginning of the story, why does Jem think Boo stays inside.

26. A: He is crazy

27. Q: What is Scouts fantasy about Boo?

28. A: Boo would be “normal” and she could say hello to him.

29. Q: What happened to Scout and Jem on the way home from the pageant?

30. A: Someone attacked them.

31. Q: Why does Heck Tate insist that Bob fell on his own knife?

32. A: He wants to protect Boo.

33. Q: At the end of the novel, why does Jem think Boo stays inside?

34. A: He doesn’t want to because the world is so mean.

35. Q: Scout says the prosecuting Boo would be like…?

36. A: Shooting a Mockingbird

37. Q: Who says in our court system, all men are created equal?

38. A: Atticus in the closing statement.

39. Q: Who does Scout take home at the end of the story?

40. A: Boo

41. Q: What does Mayella keep at the house that is the only nice thing?

42. A: Pot of geraniums

43. Q: Why does Atticus defend Tom? (2 reasons)

44. A: Judge Taylor appoints him and he knows that Tom is innocent.

46. Q: What does the mockingbird symbolize?

47. A: Innocent people

48. Q: When Jem is mad at Mrs. Dubose for calling Atticus names, what does he do?

49. A: Jem destroys her flowers.

50. Q: Why does Scout make it look like Boo is escorting her instead of the other way around?

51. A: Because she want Boo to look normal if anyone is watching.

52. Q: How does Miss Maudie’s house catch on fire?

53. A: She leaves the fires on to keep the house warm during a cold spell. It is an accident.

54. Q: How do we know that Tom couldn’t have committed the crime?

56. A: His right arm was caught in a cotton gin and he doesn’t have use of it.

57. Q: Who are two people that are a symbol of a mockingbird?

58. A: Tom Robinson and Boo Radley

59. Q: What neighbor does not go to Tom’s trial?

60. A: Miss Maudie

61. Q: Who does Scout punch in the face because of his remarks about Atticus?

62. A: Francis

63. Q: Who’s bushes does Jem cut down out of anger?

64. A: Mrs. Dubose

65. Q: Who attacks the children on the way home from the pageant?

66. A: Bob Ewell

67. Q: Who saves Atticus and Tom the night at the jail?

68. A: Scout – when she talks to Mr. Cunningham about Walter Jr. and his entailment.

69. Q: Who was a nasty old woman that just wanted to cause trouble for the children?

70. A: Mrs. Dubose

71. Q: Who does Scout discover is a hypocrite when she says one thing in the classroom and another thing after the trial.

72. Q: Pretends to drink liquor out of a coke bottle?

73. A: Dolphus Raymond

74. Q: Thinks the Finch family is better than everyone else?

75. A: Aunt Alexandra

76. Q: Won’t let people out of church until they put money in the collection for Helen Robinson?

77. Q: Defends Tom Robinson

78. A: Atticus

79. Q: Scout finds him under her bed when he runs away from home?

80. A: Dill

81. Q: The judge that appoints Atticus?

82. A: Judge Taylor

83. Q: Tries to escape prison and is shot?

84. A: Tom Robinson

85. Q: Tries to kiss Tom?

86. A: Mayella Ewell

87. Q: Kills Bob Ewell?

88. A: Boo

89. Q: Attacks the children

90. A: Bob Ewell

91. Q: What does Scout dress like at the pageant?

92. A: A ham

93. Q: Prosecutes Tom Robinson

94. A: Mr. Gilmer

95. Q: Nanny and cook for the Finch family?

96. A: Calpurnia

97. Q: Mother taught him to read and write and is also the town garbage man?

98. A: Zeebo

99. Q: The narrator of the story?

100. A: Scout

101. Vocabulary Review for the Final

102. Q: To restore something?

103. A: Refurbish

104. Q: To pull loose by force; to be nosy?

105. A: Pry

106. Q: What is a noncomfomist?

107. A: person who refuses to follow the established ideas or ways

108. Q: To swallow up, overwhelm, consume?

109. A: Engulf

110. Q: What is it to be sluggish?

111. A: lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull

112. Q: Giddy?

113. A: Dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness

114. Q: Optional

115. A: not required; left to ones choices

116. Q: A steep, narrow waterfall; something falling or rushing in quality

117. A: Cascade

118. Q: the smallest possible amount?

119. A: Minimum

120. Q: Reminisce

121. A: To recall past thoughts, feelings, or experiences

122. Q: If you are flexible you are?

123. A: Limber

124. Q: Rough and noisy in a cheerful way; high spirited?

125. A: Boisterous

126. Q: Remorse

127. A: deep and painful regret for one’s past misdeeds.

128. Q: Causing fear because of strangeness; weird; mysterious

129. A: Eerie

130. Q: to fall forward; to overturn; bring about downfall

131. A: topple

132. Q: Unimportant; trivial; narrow- minded; second in rank; minor?

133. A: Petty

134. Q: Wise; a very wise person

135. A: Sage

136. Q: To make very angry; enrage

137. A: infuriate

138. Q: A person who says one thing but does another; two-faced

139. A: Hypocrite

140. Q: A large wave; to rise or swell like a wave?

141. A: Billow

142. Q: to annoy, trouble, make weary

143. A: irk

144. Q: suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something?

145. A: famished

146. Q: Clothing; dress up

147. A: Apparel

148. Q: Easily fooled, tricked, or cheated

149. A: gullible

150. Q: To give out in small amounts; money, food, or other necessities?

151. A: dole