- To Kill A Mockingbird (Just Quotes)

Question 1

Mrs Dubose - First Impressions (2)

Answer 1

‘so vicious’

‘CSA pistol’

Question 2

Mrs Dubose - Condemnation (2)

Answer 2

“family’s moral degeneration”

“you should be in a dress and camisole young lady!”

Question 3

Mrs Dubose - The Reading (3)

Answer 3

“cords of saliva”
“oppressive odour”
“like some viscous substance coming to a boil”

Question 4

Mrs Dubose - Camellias and Symbolism (2)

Answer 4

‘roots’

‘I saw him fingering the petals’

Question 5

Mrs Dubose - Goodness and Bravery (4)

Answer 5

‘leave this world beholden to nothing and noone’
‘free’ ‘as mountain air’
‘real courage’
‘courage is a man with a gun in his hand’

Question 6

Tom Robinson - Before the Trial(2)

Answer 6

‘clean-living folks’

‘licked’

Question 7

Tom Robinson - The Trial and Inferiority (5)

Answer 7

‘pointed’ ‘stood up’
‘advantage’
‘yonder’ ‘wanta’

Question 8

Tom Robinson - Verdict and Hope (3)

Answer 8

‘no case’ ‘secret courts of men’s hearts’
‘tired of white men’s chances’
‘free’

Question 9

Tom Robinson - Mockingbird and Kindness (2)

Answer 9

‘mockingbird’

‘quiet, humble, respectable Negro’

Question 10

Aunt Alexandra - First Impressions (2)

Answer 10

‘swapped at birth’

‘analogous to Mount Everest’

Question 11

Aunt Alexandra - Gender (3)

Answer 11

‘lady’
‘behave like a sunbeam’
‘ray of sunshine’

Question 12

Boo Radley - Prejudice (5)

Answer 12

“froze” “cold”

“jagged scar” “yellow” “rotten”

Question 13

Boo Radley - Alienation (4)

Answer 13

“themselves” “unforgivable”

“plug” “swell”

Question 14

Boo Radley - Mockingbird (5)

Answer 14

‘mockingbird’

‘thin’ ‘hollow’ ‘delicate’ ‘feathery’

Question 15

Boo Radley - Kindness (3)

Answer 15

“shy” “limelight”

“Grey Ghost”

Question 16

The Cunninghams - Description of Walter (3)

Answer 16

‘hookworms’
‘absence of shoes’
‘clean shirt and neatly mended overalls’

Question 17

The Cunninghams - Miss Caroline (3)

Answer 17

‘a muscle jump in his skinny jaw’
‘never took anything they can’t pay back’
‘get along on what they have’

Question 18

The Cunninghams - Atticus’ Explanation (6)

Answer 18

‘farmers’ ‘crash hit them hardest’
‘could get a WPA job’ ‘land would go to ruin’
‘willing to go hungry’ ‘vote’

Question 19

The Cunninghams - Scout’s Judgement (4)

Answer 19

‘raised on fish food’
‘drowned his dinner in syrup’
‘quickly put his hands in his lap’
‘ducked his head’

Question 20

The Cunninghams - Mr Cunningham (4)

Answer 20

‘sun-scorched face’
‘face was equally impassive’
‘straightened up and waved a big paw’
‘let’s get going boys’

Question 21

The Cunninghams - Atticus on Mr Cunningham (3)

Answer 21

‘good man’
‘blind spots’ ‘along with the rest of us’
‘stand in my shoes’

Question 22

The Ewells - Burris (10)

Answer 22

'filthiest'
'dark grey' 'rusty' 'black'
'fist-sized clean space on his face'
'laughed rudely'
'short contemptuous snort'
'condescension flashed to anger'
'snot-nosed slut' 'shuffled'

Question 23

The Ewells - Atticus’ Explanation (5)

Answer 23

‘blind’ ‘Ewell’s activities’
“relief cheques” “green whiskey”
‘crying from hunger pains’
“begrudges” “any game”

Question 24

The Ewells - Setting (7)

Answer 24

‘depths of a depression’
‘garbage dump’ ‘greasy’ ‘barbed wire’
‘playhouse of an insane child’
‘brilliant red geraniums’ ‘slop jars’

Question 25

The Ewells - Bob at the Trial (4)

Answer 25

'little bantam cock' 'screamin' like a stuck hog' "ruttin'" "my" 'face grew scarlet' 'chest swelled'

Question 26

The Ewells - Mayella (5)

Answer 26

'tried to keep clean' 'burst into tears' 'sobbed' "loneliest" 'unspeakable' 'kissed a black man'

Question 27

The Ewells - Hoorah! (6)

Answer 27

'spat in his face' 'forgotten' 'arms were like steel' 'squeezed the breath out of me' "kitchen knife" 'there are just some kind of men you have to shoot'

Question 28

Miss Maudie Atkinson - First Impressions and Gender Prejudice (3)

Answer 28

'chameleon lady' 'men's coveralls' 'magisterial beauty'

Question 29

Miss Maudie Atkinson - Honesty and Sin (3)

Answer 29

"baptists" "sin" "friend"

Question 30

Miss Maudie Atkinson - Reaction to Fire (5)

Answer 30

"spewing" "like fog off a river bank" "azaleas" "lively" "cordial"

Question 31

Miss Maudie Atkinson - Trial and Prejudice (3)

Answer 31

"slice" "big cake" | "baby-step"

Question 32

Miss Maudie Atkinson - Women's Circle (3)

Answer 32

"warmth" | "cold" "icy"

Question 33

Calpurnia - First Impressions and Maternal Figure (2)

Answer 33

'hand was as wide as a bed slat" | 'battles were epic and one-sided'

Question 34

Calpurnia - Education (2)

Answer 34

"education" | "Blackstone's Commentaries"

Question 35

Calpurnia - Understanding and Tolerance (2)

Answer 35

"meanest man ever" | "lonesome"

Question 36

Calpurnia - Pride and Prejudice (3)

Answer 36

"strange" "them" | "my"

Question 37

Calpurnia - Aunt Alexandra and Judgement (3)

Answer 37

"need" | "pretty good" "lights"

Question 38

Calpurnia - Courage and Strength (3)

Answer 38

"no answer" "shouted" | "stop"

Question 39

Dill - First Impressions (3)

Answer 39

"snow white" "stuck like duckfluff" | "lighten and darken"

Question 40

Dill - Fantasy vs Reality (2)

Answer 40

"pocket Merlin" | "biggets ones"

Question 41

Dill - Family (2)

Answer 41

"relative to relative" | "strip-poker"

Question 42

Dill - Admiration and Atticus (2)

Answer 42

"immediate dismemberment" | "encumber"

Question 43

Dill - Trial and Justice (3)

Answer 43

"crying" "won't get sick or cry" "mockingbird"

Question 44

Scout - Education (2)

Answer 44

"more than a faint distaste" | "it don't matter who they are"

Question 45

Scout - Prejudice and Ignorance (4)

Answer 45

"them" "fear leaving his eyes" "drowns" "syrup"

Question 46

Scout - Gender (3)

Answer 46

"neglected" "excluded" | "lady"

Question 47

Scout - Understanding (3)

Answer 47

"mockingbird" | "climb into his skin" "walk around in it"

Question 48

Jem - Scout (2)

Answer 48

“difficult” | “part company”

Question 49

Jem - Innocence (2)

Answer 49

“like a caterpillar in a cocoon” | “stab”

Question 50

Jem - Justice (2)

Answer 50

"big cake" | "baby-step"

Question 51

Jem - Courage (2)

Answer 51

"fingering the wide petals" | "real courage"

Question 52

Jem - Understanding (2)

Answer 52

"charity" "embrace" | "Run, Scout!"

Question 53

Atticus - Prejudice (2)

Answer 53

"the white man always wins" | "usual disease"

Question 54

Atticus - Role model/Parenting (2)

Answer 54

"bargain" | "Atticus don't ever do anything that he don't do in the yard"

Question 55

Atticus - Work (2)

Answer 55

"crash hit them hardest" | "square deal"

Question 56

Atticus - Women (6)

Answer 56

"go on about my business" | "protect our frail ladies"

Question 57

Atticus - Change (2)

Answer 57

"keep a jury out so long" | "senseless slaughter of songbirds"

Question 58

Aunt Alexandra - Authority (3)

Answer 58

"like a hand into a glove" "never into the world of Jem and me" "arrange, advise, caution and warn"

Question 59

Aunt Alexandra - Judgement (3)

Answer 59

"Streak" | "soft-hearted" "easy man"

Question 60

Aunt Alexandra - Redemption (2)

Answer 60

"tears him to pieces" | "lady at a time like this, so could I"

Question 61

Strong Women - Miss Maudie (3)

Answer 61

"chameleon lady" | "slice" "big cake"

Question 62

Strong Women - Aunt Alexandra (2)

Answer 62

"like a hand into a glove" | "so could I"

Question 63

Strong Women - Mrs Dubose (3)

Answer 63

"cords of saliva" | "real courage" "man with a gun in his hand"

Question 64

Strong Women - Calpurnia (3)

Answer 64

"as wide as a bed slat" | "no answer" "shouts"