Review for LA final To Kill a Mockingbird
Q: Why did Jem cry when Tom was found guilty?
A: Jem was in shock that the Jury could find an innocent man guilty.
Q: What does Atticus remind the jury in his closing remarks?
A: There is no medical evidence that Mayella was raped.
Q: When the children meet Mr. Dolphus Raymond what life lesson do they learn?
A: People are not always what they appear to be.
Q: What does Ms. Maudie think of the Radely’s?
A: Everyone has a right to their privacy
Q: How did Jem lose his pants?
A: He lost them on the fence when he was running from the Radley porch.
Q: What is the relationship between Aunt Alexandra and the children?
A: They do not see eye to eye and are usually at odds with each other.
Q: What did Dill do because he felt his parents didn’t need him?
A: He ran away
Q: Why did Ms. Maudie do to show that Jem is getting bigger?
A: She gives Jem a slice of the large cake while Dill and Scout get small ones.
Q: What happened to Bob Ewell at the end of the story?
A: Boo killed Bob Ewell to protect the children.
Q: Who stands up in court to defend Tom?
A: Link Deas
Q: Why doesn’t Aunt Alexandra want Scout to play with Walter?
A: She thinks the Finches are better than the Cunninghams.
Q: At the beginning of the story, why does Jem think Boo stays inside.
A: He is crazy
Q: What is Scouts fantasy about Boo?
A: Boo would be “normal” and she could say hello to him.
Q: What happened to Scout and Jem on the way home from the pageant?
A: Someone attacked them.
Q: Why does Heck Tate insist that Bob fell on his own knife?
A: He wants to protect Boo.
Q: At the end of the novel, why does Jem think Boo stays inside?
A: He doesn’t want to because the world is so mean.
Q: Scout says the prosecuting Boo would be like…?
A: Shooting a Mockingbird
Q: Who says in our court system, all men are created equal?
A: Atticus in the closing statement.
Q: Who does Scout take home at the end of the story?
A: Boo
Q: What does Mayella keep at the house that is the only nice thing?
A: Pot of geraniums
Q: Why does Atticus defend Tom? (2 reasons)
A: Judge Taylor appoints him and he knows that Tom is innocent.
Q: What does the mockingbird symbolize?
A: Innocent people
Q: When Jem is mad at Mrs. Dubose for calling Atticus names, what does he do?
A: Jem destroys her flowers.
Q: Why does Scout make it look like Boo is escorting her instead of the other way around?
A: Because she want Boo to look normal if anyone is watching.
Q: How does Miss Maudie’s house catch on fire?
A: She leaves the fires on to keep the house warm during a cold spell. It is an accident.
Q: How do we know that Tom couldn’t have committed the crime?
A: His right arm was caught in a cotton gin and he doesn’t have use of it.
Q: Who are two people that are a symbol of a mockingbird?
A: Tom Robinson and Boo Radley
Q: What neighbor does not go to Tom’s trial?
A: Miss Maudie
Q: Who does Scout punch in the face because of his remarks about Atticus?
A: Francis
Q: Who’s bushes does Jem cut down out of anger?
A: Mrs. Dubose
Q: Who attacks the children on the way home from the pageant?
A: Bob Ewell
Q: Who saves Atticus and Tom the night at the jail?
A: Scout – when she talks to Mr. Cunningham about Walter Jr. and his entailment.
Q: Who was a nasty old woman that just wanted to cause trouble for the children?
A: Mrs. Dubose
Q: Who does Scout discover is a hypocrite when she says one thing in the classroom and another thing after the trial.
Q: Pretends to drink liquor out of a coke bottle?
A: Dolphus Raymond
Q: Thinks the Finch family is better than everyone else?
A: Aunt Alexandra
Q: Won’t let people out of church until they put money in the collection for Helen Robinson?
Q: Defends Tom Robinson
A: Atticus
Q: Scout finds him under her bed when he runs away from home?
A: Dill
Q: The judge that appoints Atticus?
A: Judge Taylor
Q: Tries to escape prison and is shot?
A: Tom Robinson
Q: Tries to kiss Tom?
A: Mayella Ewell
Q: Kills Bob Ewell?
A: Boo
Q: Attacks the children
A: Bob Ewell
Q: What does Scout dress like at the pageant?
A: A ham
Q: Prosecutes Tom Robinson
A: Mr. Gilmer
Q: Nanny and cook for the Finch family?
A: Calpurnia
Q: Mother taught him to read and write and is also the town garbage man?
A: Zeebo
Q: The narrator of the story?
A: Scout
Vocabulary Review for the Final
Q: To restore something?
A: Refurbish
Q: To pull loose by force; to be nosy?
A: Pry
Q: What is a noncomfomist?
A: person who refuses to follow the established ideas or ways
Q: To swallow up, overwhelm, consume?
A: Engulf
Q: What is it to be sluggish?
A: lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull
Q: Giddy?
A: Dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness
Q: Optional
A: not required; left to ones choices
Q: A steep, narrow waterfall; something falling or rushing in quality
A: Cascade
Q: the smallest possible amount?
A: Minimum
Q: Reminisce
A: To recall past thoughts, feelings, or experiences
Q: If you are flexible you are?
A: Limber
Q: Rough and noisy in a cheerful way; high spirited?
A: Boisterous
Q: Remorse
A: deep and painful regret for one’s past misdeeds.
Q: Causing fear because of strangeness; weird; mysterious
A: Eerie
Q: to fall forward; to overturn; bring about downfall
A: topple
Q: Unimportant; trivial; narrow- minded; second in rank; minor?
A: Petty
Q: Wise; a very wise person
A: Sage
Q: To make very angry; enrage
A: infuriate
Q: A person who says one thing but does another; two-faced
A: Hypocrite
Q: A large wave; to rise or swell like a wave?
A: Billow
Q: to annoy, trouble, make weary
A: irk
Q: suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something?
A: famished
Q: Clothing; dress up
A: Apparel
Q: Easily fooled, tricked, or cheated
A: gullible
Q: To give out in small amounts; money, food, or other necessities?
A: dole