Rules:• Assign a speaker

- Stand up- Make appointed noise- 30 seconds to answer the

question

• Questions are worth: 5, 10, 15 or 20 points

• Be respectful and play nice

Who is Tom Robinson?

5 points

What is Boo’s real name?

5 points

What is a lynch mob? Why is this relevant to To Kill a Mockingbird?

10 points

Who is Bob Ewell?

5 points

What metaphor does Abel Meeropol use in his poem “Strange Fruit”? What is the it a metaphor for?

10 points

Name 3 things that Scout and Jem find in the knot-hole in the Radley’s tree.

10 points

What character type is Atticus? Why?

10 points

What event inspired Harper Lee to write To Kill a Mockingbird?

5 points

What time period is To Kill a Mockingbird set in?

5 points

What is the main reason that Mayella Ewell, Ruby Bates & Victory Price accused the black men of raping them?

10 points

What character type is Jem? Why?

10 points

How does Jem’s environment affect his worldview? How does his worldview change throughout the novel? Why?

20 points

What extended metaphor does Gwendolyn Brooks’ use in her poem “A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon”?

5 points

What event inspired Gwendolyn Brooks to write “A Bronzeville Mother ….”?

10 points

Who is Mayella Ewell?

5 points

What are the 5 character types?

10 points

Is Scout a reliable narrator? Explain.

20 points

What is a theme of TKAMB? Why?

10 points

What inspired Meeropol to write “Strange Fruit”?

5 points

Who performed “Strange Fruit”?

5 points

In TKAMB Scout says “it would be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird” what character is the mockingbird? Why?

15 points

What are 5 differences between the Scottsboro trials and the Tom Robinson trial?

15 points

What are 5 similarities between the Scottsboro trials and the Robinson trial?

15 points

What does Dill say to make up for Jem’s missing pants?

5 points

What are Jim Crow laws?

10 points

What happens to Tom Robinson?

5 points

Who kills Mr. Ewell? Why do you think this?

10 points