To Kill A Mockingbird Test Review
This flashcard set introduces key characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, highlighting their roles, relationships, and defining traits. It includes members of the Finch family and close figures like Calpurnia, providing essential context for understanding the novel’s themes and dynamics.
- lawyer defending Tom Robinson
- Scout and Jem's single father
- tells Scout they'll keep reading at night if she keeps going to school
Atticus
Key Terms
- lawyer defending Tom Robinson
- Scout and Jem's single father
- tells Scout they'll keep reading at night if she keeps going to school
Atticus
Jean Louise Finch
- tomboy who likes to fight
Scout
Atticus' brother who is a doctor
- spanks Scout for punching Francis and cussing but apologizes later when he finds out why she did it
Uncle Jack
Atticus' sister
- comes to live with the Finches to give Scout a female role model
- thinks Scout should think and act like a girl
- won't let Scout visit Cal's house
- think Atticus should let Cal go
Aunt Alexandra
- the Finches' cousin who Scout gets into a fight with when he calls Atticus names
Francis
- the Finches' cook who is also like a second mother to the children
- African American woman who takes them to her church
Calpurnia
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
- lawyer defending Tom Robinson | Atticus |
Jean Louise Finch | Scout |
Atticus' brother who is a doctor | Uncle Jack |
Atticus' sister | Aunt Alexandra |
- the Finches' cousin who Scout gets into a fight with when he calls Atticus names | Francis |
- the Finches' cook who is also like a second mother to the children | Calpurnia |
- Black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell | Tom Robinson |
- preacher at First Purchase who sits with the kids at the trial and locks his congregation in the church until they take up enough money for the Robinson family | Reverend Sykes |
- Calpurnia's son who leads the singing at First Purchase | Zeebo |
- Charles Baker Harris | Dill |
- sheriff in Maycomb | Heck Tate |
- nice Baptist neighbor who makes the kids 3 little cakes and takes good care of her flowers | Miss Maudie |
- addict who Atticus said was the bravest person he ever knew | Mrs. Dubose |
- white man who has mixed children | Dolphus Raymond |
- rabid dog that Atticus shoots | Tim Johnson |
- accuses Tom Robinson of raping her | Mayella Ewell |
- town drunk who uses his relief checks on alcohol instead of caring for his children | Bob Ewell |
- has "cooties" (lice) | Burris Ewell |
- Boo's brother who keeps him in the house and fills up the tree hole where the kids had been getting presents | Nathan Radley |
- town "phantom" that is rarely seen | Boo Radley |
- pays for Atticus' services with nuts instead of money | Mr. Walter Cunningham |
- Scout rubbed his nose in the dirt on the first day of school for getting her in trouble | Walter Cunningham |
- was guarding the jail with a shotgun | Mr. Underwood |
Scout's first grade teacher who doesn't want her to read with Atticus anymore | Miss Caroline |
What is the setting of TKAM? | Maycomb, Alabama, 1930s |
When was TKAM published? | 1960 |
Why does Calpurnia get angry with Scout at the lunch table? | For making fun of Walter when he puts syrup on his food |
What is Atticus' advice for Scout to get along with people better? | 1. To walk a mile in their shoes |
What kinds of things do the kids find in the tree? | gum, pennies, spelling medal, ball of string, old watch |
What does Scout hear when she rolls up to the Radley yard in the tire? | someone laughing |
At first, Jem is disappointed in Atticus because he won't play ___________, but then he finds out he's the best ________ in Maycomb County. | football; shot |
What do you know about First Purchase (Cal's church)? | - no hymn books |
What is Atticus' dangerous question? And what does that mean? | "Do you really think so?" What Atticus is really saying is that he does not agree with Mr. Deas' views about Tom's trial, and has no intention of abandoning Tom regardless of what threats he (Atticus) must face. |
What point of view is the novel told from? | First person |
Who is the narrator of the story? | Scout |
How does Atticus convince Scout to keep going to school? | He tells her they will still read together every night. |
How do the kids try to communicate with Boo Radley? | A note at the end of a fishing pole that they put up to the window |
What happens to Jem's pants? | The children have to run when Nathan Radley comes out of his house shooting. When they run under the fence, Jem loses his pants. |
What is different about Jem's pants when he goes back to get them later that night? | They are sewn up and folded across the fence |
Why does Nathan Radley say he is filling the knot-hole? | He says the tree is dying. |
Why does Scout think the world is ending? | It's snowing! |
Who is Cecil Jacobs? | He is a kid who gives Scout a hard time about her dad defending Tom Robinson. |
What is Cecil Jacob's current events article about toward the end of the story? | It is about Hitler persecuting the Jews. |
Who is Miss Gates and how does she confuse Scout? | She is Scout's third grade teacher. |
What reason does Atticus give the kids for defending Tom Robinson? | He says he wouldn't be able to tell them what to do anymore if he didn't |
What is Maycomb's usual disease? | how people "go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up" |
Why is it a sin to kill mockingbirds? | They "don't do anything but make music for us to enjoy" |
Who is the woman at First Purchase who is rude to Scout and Jem and says they should go back to their own church? | Lula |
Why does Calpurnia say she acts and talks differently when she is around African-Americans than when she is around white people? | She says it would be "out of place" for her to talk like white people at church. She doesn't want to seem like she's "puttin' on airs" |
Why do Jem and Scout fight shortly after Aunt Alexandra moves in? | Jem tries to tell Scout what to do. He tells her to mind Aunt Alexandra. |
What does Atticus say every mob is made up of? | people you know |
Why did Dill run away from home? | He says he was bound in the basement because his new father doesn't like him |
Who is Miss Stephanie Crawford? | the town gossip |
Who is Miss Rachel? | Dill's aunt that he stays with in the summertime |
What does Dill dare Jem to do to the Radley house? | touch it |
Based on Tom's story about what happened that day, what can we assume about how Mayella feels about him? | She has a crush on him |
Based on Mayella's testimony, what can we assume about her relationship with her father? | He is abusive |
Mr. Gilmer | - the prosecuting attorney in Tom's case |
Link Deas | - Tom's employer that stood up for him at the trial |
Harper Lee | - wrote TKAM |