To Kill A Mockingbird
Review
Characters
Significant
Quotes
Irony
Themes
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Characters for 100:
Based on these characteristics and
comments, name that character:
Puts cement in the knot hole of a tree:
Keeps his child locked in the house after
he got into trouble as a teen.
Mr. Radley, Boo’s father
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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.
Dill
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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 100
After 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 200
After 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?”
Consider what was happening right before Scout said
this and what happened as a result of her having a short
conversation with Walter Cunningham’s father.
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Significant Quotes for 300
After 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 400
After 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 500
After 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 Points
Describe 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 Points
Describe 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 Points
Describe 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..”
What could be wrong about defendant Tom Robinson being
concerned over the work and burden he felt that Mayella
Ewell shouldered?
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Irony Examination for 400 Points
Describe 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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Irony Examination for 500 Points
Describe 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.
Consider how the society ladies treat their “hired help,”
what they expect of them, and how they interpret
Christian behavior.
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Theme Determination for 100 Points
One way to find theme is to ask two questions:
1. What is this story about?
2. What is the author’s attitude or opinion about your answer
to Question 1.
The answer to Question 2 is usually a statement of theme.
For this question, you are given a possible answer to Question
1 and you have to consider it in creating a one sentence
answer to Question 2.
Answer to Question 1:
Friendship
Your response could be one sentence which states a truth about
the definition or conditions supporting friendship in humans that
was derived from experiencing the events and interactions in this
book.
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Theme Determination for 200 Points
One way to find theme is to ask two questions:
1. What is this story about?
2. What is the author’s attitude or opinion about your answer
to Question 1.
The answer to Question 2 is usually a statement of theme.
For this question, you are given a possible answer to
Question 1 and you have to consider it in creating a one
sentence answer to Question 2.
Answer to Question 1:
Justice
Your response could be one sentence which states a truth about
how humans view or “live” justice in their lives that was derived
from experiencing the events and interactions in this book.
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Theme Determination for 300 Points
One way to find theme is to ask two questions:
1. What is this story about?
2. What is the author’s attitude or opinion about your
answer to Question 1.
The answer to Question 2 is usually a statement of theme.
For this question, you are given a possible answer to
Question 1 and you have to consider it in creating a one
sentence answer to Question 2.
Answer to Question 1:
Parenting
Your response could be one sentence which states a truth about
what constitutes effective or ineffective parenting that was
derived from experiencing the events and interactions in this
book.
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Theme Determination for 400 Points
One way to find theme is to ask two questions:
1. What is this story about?
2. What is the author’s attitude or opinion about your answer
to Question 1.
The answer to Question 2 is usually a statement of theme.
For this question, you are given a possible answer to Question
1 and you have to consider it in creating a one sentence
answer to Question 2.
Answer to Question 1:
Respect
Your response could be one sentence which states a
truth about how humans view or “live” respect in their
lives that was derived from experiencing the events
and interactions in this book.
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Theme Determination for 500 Points
One way to find theme is to ask two questions:
1. What is this story about?
2. What is the author’s attitude or opinion about your answer
to Question 1.
The answer to Question 2 is usually a statement of theme.
For this question, you are given a possible answer to Question
1 and you have to consider it in creating a one sentence
answer to Question 2.
Answer to Question 1:
Education
Your response could be one sentence which states a truth about the
definition of formal or informal education in humans that was
derived from experiencing the events and interactions in this book.
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