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Back Dat Up Theme Say What? Who am I? The Plot Thickens Figurative Language
In what city/state did Harper Lee grow up? A 100
Monroeville, Alabama A 100
What is the name of Harper Lee’s childhood friend on whom Dill is loosely based? A 200
Truman Capote A 200
What is the name of the trial that served as Harper Lee’s inspiration for the novel? A 300
The Scottsboro Trials A 300
What major U.S. crisis has recently befallen the town of Maycomb? A 400
The Great Depression A 400
In what year does the story begin? A 500
1933 A 500
B 100 Name one subject/main idea addressed in the novel that becomes a theme by the novel’s end.
-Racism/Prejudice -Injustice -Coming of Age -Courage -Hypocrisy -Trials -Treatment of others B 100
This quote shows Harper Lee’s opinion on which of the novel’s main ideas? “It’s hard to explain – ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody’s favoring Negroes over and above themselves” (Lee 144). B 200
Racism/Prejudice B 200
The following theme statement is successfully supported by Harper Lee in the novel, True or False? “Courage has no roots in violence.” B 300
True B 300
What subject/main idea is present in both To Kill a Mockingbird and the short story “Poison?” B 400
Racism/Prejudice B 400
Create a theme statement based on one of the major subjects/main ideas presented in the novel. B 500
Teacher’s Discretion B 500
Who said the following quote: “Atticus is a gentleman, just like me” (Lee 131). C 100
Jem C 100
Who said the following quote: “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand” (Lee 149). C 200
Atticus C 200
Who said the following quote: “…a mob’s always made up of people no matter what” (Lee 210). C 300
Atticus C 300
Who said the following quote: “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy” (Lee 119). C 400
Miss Maudie C 400
Who said the following quote: “Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin’” (Lee 283). C 500
Rev. Sykes C 500
The following quote provides a description for which character: “The cootie’s host showed not the faintest interest in the furor he had wrought” (Lee 26). D 100
Burris Ewell D 100
The following quote provides a description for which character: “She hated her house: time spent indoors was time wasted. She was a widow, a chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men’s coveralls.” D 200
Miss Maudie D 200
The following quote provides a description for which character: “She was all angles and bones: she was nearsighted; she squinted; her hand was wide as a bed slate and twice as hard.” D 300
Calpurnia D 300
The following quote provides a description for which character: “He boarded across the street from Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose’s house. Besides making change in the collection plate every Sunday, he sat on the porch every night until nine o’clock and sneezed.” D 400
Mr. Avery D 400
The following quote provides a description for which character: “…it came to me that she must be the loneliest person in the world. She was even lonelier that Boo Radley.” D 500
Mayella Ewell D 500
At what point does Atticus become a hero to Scout and Jem? E 100
When he shoots Tim Johnson, Harry Johnson’s dog. E 100
E 200 What made the mob abandon their goal?
Scout’s innocent actions toward Mr. Cunningham. E 200
E 300 * DOUBLE JEOPARDY* Why did they decide Tom was guilty?
Because he said he felt sorry for Mayella. E 300
What does Dolphus Raymond drink and why? E 400
Coca-Cola; because he wants to give the town a reason for the judgment they already pass on him. E 400
E 500 Who stabs Bob Ewell?
Boo Radley E 500
F 100 “Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacups with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum” (Lee 5).
Simile F 100
F 200 Boo being called a “malevolent phantom” is an example of what literary element?
A Metaphor F 200
F 300 “Thus we came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin” is an example of what literary device?
Allusion F 300
F 400 “Our first days of freedom, and we were tired” (Lee 36).
Situational Irony F 400
F 500 “Jem said he ‘bought cotton,’ a polite term for doing nothing.” Contains an example of what literary device?
Euphemism F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Theme Statements Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin
Create a theme statement based on one of the main symbols presented in the novel? Click on screen to continue
Teacher’s Discretion
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