Honesty

Question 1

Conscience

Answer 1

‘This case, Tom Robinson’s case, is something that goes to the essence of a man’s conscience - Scout, I couldn’t go to church and worship God if I didn’t try to help that man.’

Question 2

Majority Rule

Answer 2

‘They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions… but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.’

Question 3

Truth’s Told

Answer 3

‘Link, that boy might go to the chair but he’s not going till the truth’s told.’

Question 4

Sworn

Answer 4

‘you’re sworn to tell the whole truth’

Question 5

Evidence of Offence

Answer 5

‘She did something every child has done - she tried to put the evidence of her offence away from her…What was the evidence of her offence? Tom Robinson, a human being.’

Question 6

Human Race

Answer 6

‘But this is the truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men. There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing’

Question 7

Secret Jury

Answer 7

‘A jury’s vote’s supposed to be secret. Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his own mind and declare himself about something. Men don’t like to do that. Sometimes it’s unpleasant.’

Question 8

Hushing

Answer 8

‘but nobody’s hushing this up. I don’t live that way.’

Question 9

Connived

Answer 9

‘Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him…if I connived at something like this, frankly I couldn’t meet his eye’

Question 10

One Way

Answer 10

‘I can’t live one way in town and another in my home.’