| Jean Louise “Scout” Finch | narrator and protagonist of the story; lives with her father, Atticus, her brother, Jem, and their black cook, Calpurnia, in Maycomb; |
| Atticus Finch | Scout and Jem’s father, a lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family; one of the few residents of Maycomb committed to racial equality. |
| Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch | Scout’s brother and constant playmate; typical American boy who refuses to back down from dares and loves football; remains Scout’s close companion and protector |
| Arthur “Boo” Radley | never sets foot outside his house; dominates the imaginations of Jem, Scout, and Dill; leaves little presents for Scout and Jem |
| Charles Baker “Dill” Harris | Jem and Scout’s summer neighbor and friend; confident boy with an active imagination; 7 when they 1st meet; lives during the year in Meriidian, Mississippi |
| Miss Maudie Atkinson | The Finches’ neighbor; a widow, and an old friend of the family; the children’s best friend among Maycomb’s adults |
| Calpurnia | The Finches’ black cook; a stern disciplinarian |
| Aunt Alexandra | Atticus’s sister; commitment to propriety and tradition often leads her to clash with Scout. |
| Tom Robinson | The black field hand accused of rape; Atticus is defending him which causes Scout to be teased at school |
| Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose | elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches; Jem believes that Mrs. Dubose is a thoroughly bad woman |
| Nathan Radley | Boo Radley’s older brother; cruelly cuts off Boo’s relationship with Jem and Scout when he plugs up the knothole in which Boo leaves presents for the children |
| Heck Tate | The sheriff of Maycomb who helps kill the mad dog, Tim Robinson |
| Walter Cunningham | Son of Mr. Cunningham and classmate of Scout; cannot afford lunch one day at school and accidentally gets Scout in trouble |
| What is the setting? | Maycomb, Alabama |
| Who established Finch’s Landing? | Simon Finch |
| How old was Scout when her mother dies? | 2; Scout doesn’t remember, nor miss her |
| Who did Jem hear the story of Boo Radley? What happened in it? | Miss Stephanie Crawford; One day, 33 year old Boo, cutting up newspaper for his scrapbook, drove the sissors through his father’s leg and klilled him. |
| What did Jem do as a dare? | Touch the Radley’s house |
| What did Scout look forward to the most? | Going to school |
| Who’s her teacher? | Miss Caroline Fisher |
| Why did Scout get in trouble on the 1st day of school? | She could read because Atticus taught her to |
| Why didn’t Walter Cunnigham take the teacher’s quarter? | Because Cuttingham’s don’t take things they can’t give back |
| Why does Scout hate school? | She feels she’s being cheated out of something in the new reaching method |
| What does Scout find sticking out of the Radley’s tree 1st? Second? | Gum; Two indian head pennies |
| When Dill raturns, how does Jem hurt Scout? | Rolls her down a hill in a tire to the Radley’s house |
| What game do the trio play after that? | Boo Radley |
| Why do they eventually quit playing it? | Because Atticus is suspicious if it has to do with the Radleys. |
| How does Scout feel towards the end of that summer? What does she do instead? | Left out because Jem and Dill are getting closer; Hangout with Miss Maudie on her porch |
| What does Miss Maudie say about Boo? | To call him Mr. Arthur, he was nice as a child, his father was harsh and the rumors are false |
| What does the curious trio do next involving Boo? | Stick a note in Boo Radley’s window inviting him for ice cream |
| On Dill’s last day in Maycomb, what happens? | The trio tries to peak through Boo’s shutter and Jem gets his pants caught as they run away from a gunshot |
| What secret does Jem finally tell Scout? | He found his pants mended (by Boo) and hung neatly over the fence |
| What’s the 3rd object they find in the tree? | A gray ball of twine |
| What does Jem promise Scout? | School will get better in her later years |
| What do they find next in the tree? Then what objects quickly follow? | A soap bar with Jem and Scout carved into it; chewing gum, a spelling bee medal, and an old pocket watch |
| What happens to the tree the next day? | Nathan Radley plugs the whole with cement because “the tree is dying” |
| What rare event occurs that winter? What do they do with it? | Snowfall; make a snowman resembling Mr. Avery |
| That night, who’s house sets on fire? What is her reaction? | Miss Maudie’s; she is cheerful having hated her old home and now plans to build a smaller house and larger garden |
| What does Jem reveal to Atticus that night? Why does Scout throw up? | The whole story of the knothole, the presents, and the mended pants; she finds a blanket on her shoulders and relizes it was from Boo. |
| Who does Scout almost fight? Why? | Cecil Jacobs; she declares that Scout Finch’s daddy defends black people |
| Who is Atticus defending? Why? | Tom Robinson; he was accused of raping a white woman |
| During Christmas, why does Jack (Atticus’s brother) get mad at Scout? | She curses in front of him |
| What happens during Christmas? Who does Scout tell? | Scout and Francis (the “most boring child”)get into a fight (because he calls Atticus a black person lover) where Aunt Alexandra insists that Scout dress like a lady; Only Jack |
| Who tells Jem not to kill a mocking bird? | Atticus |
| What happens when the mad dog, Tim Robinson, appears? | Calpurnia calls Atticus, who returns home with Heck Tate, the sheriff of Maycomb; Atticus to shoot the animal and makes it; Miss Maudie tells Jem and Scout that, as a young man, Atticus was the best shot in the county—”One-shot Finch.” |
| How does Scout react to learning about Atticus’s shooting skills? | She’s eager to brag about it, but Jem tells her to keep it a secret, because if Atticus wanted them to know, he would have told them |
To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 1-10
January 31, 2020