To Kill a Mockingbird
Part 2 Test Review
Review your study guides for Ch. 12-31. You should also know the following:
Identify the following characters:
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Mayella Ewell – woman who accuses Tom of rape
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Mrs. Merriwhether – member of the Missionary Society
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Bob Ewell – spits in Atticus’ face and threatens him
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Atticus Finch – defends Tom Robinson
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Jem Finch – breaks his arm
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Scout Finch – narrator of the story
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Aunt Alexandra – wants to teach Scout how to be a “lady”
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Calpurnia – takes Jem and Scout to her church
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Dolphus Raymond – has “mixed children,” drinks Coca-Cola out of a bottle in a paper bag
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Mr. Underwood – runs the newspaper
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Tom Robinson – black man who Atticus is defending in court
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Dill Harris – runs away from home
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Mr. Cunningham – Scout recognizes him outside of the jail
What is the main purpose of the following characters? (For example, in Part 1, the main purpose of Mrs. Dubose was to teach the
children about real courage.)
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Miss Maudie – she’s a friend and advisor to Scout and Jem
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Bob Ewell – represents the Southern white trash stereotype
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Boo Radley - emphasize the importance of judging a person by his actions rather than by what others say
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The Missionary Society – illustrates the hypocritical ideas of the whites of Maycomb
Identify the significance of the following quotes. (identify the speaker, identify who the speaker is talking about, any motifs/themes
illustrated, etc.)
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“I don’t remember too good, but next thing I know Papa was in the room a’ standin’ over me hollerin’ who done it, who
done it?”
o Part of Mayella’s testimony
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“It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike – in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around
knowing more than they do. It aggravates ‘em.”
o Calpurnia explaining to Jem and Scout why she talks differently at church; illustrates the secrets motif
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“Well, Mayella was raisin’ this holy racket so I dropped my load and run as fast as I could but I run into the fence, but when
I got distangled I run up to th’ window and I seen . . .”
o Part of Bob Ewell’s testimony
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“Yes suh. I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of em ”
o Part of Tom Robinson’s testimony; his real crime was admitting that he felt sorry for a white woman
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“I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your
father’s one of them.”
o Miss Maudie speaking to Jem and Scout; she teaches the children about the merits of Atticus
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“ ‘. . . That’s what I thought, too,’ he said at last, ‘when I was your age. If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get
along with each other? If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I’m
beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all
this time . . . it’s because he wants to stay inside.’ “
o Jem talking to Scout about his ideas on society; illustrates point of view motif – he has put himself in Boo Radley’s
shoes and understands why he lives his life the way that he does
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“…simply figured it was a sin to kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. He likened Tom’s death to the senseless
slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children…”
o Part of Mr. Underwood’s editorial that he wrote after Tom’s death; connects to the mockingbird motif
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“Won’t answer a word you say long as you keep on mockin’ me”
o Part of Mayella’s testimony; illustrates mockingbird motif
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“Then he left the courtroom, but not by his usual exit. He must have wanted to go home the short way, because he
walked quickly down the middle aisle toward the south exit. I followed the top of his head as he made his way to the door.
He did not look up.”
o Scout describing how Atticus leaves the courtroom
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“...turned angrily to the judge and said he didn’t see what his bein’ left handed had to do with it...”
o Part of Bob Ewell’s testimony; Bob doesn’t understand why Atticus is trying to prove this, which shows how dumb
he is
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“I looked around. They were standing. All around us and in the balcony on the opposite wall, the Negroes were getting to
their feet”…”Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin’.”
o Scout notices that the black community is standing up as Atticus walks down the aisle, and Rev. Sykes tells her to
stand up; this illustrates the losing battles motif
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“I think I’ll be a clown when I get grown”
o Dill; illustrates mockingbird motif
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“Mr. Finch, if you were a nigger like me, you’d be scared, too.”
o Tom Robinson to Atticus while he is on the stand; illustrates point of view motif
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“Scout, it’s nothing but Coca-Cola”…”You little folks won’t tell on me now, will you? It’d ruin my reputation if you did.”
o Dill speaking to Scout, and then Mr. Raymond speaking to both Scout and Dill; illustrates the secrets motif
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“First Purchase African M.E. Church was in the Quarters outside the southern town limits, across the old sawmill tracks.”
o Part of Scout’s narration as she and Jem accompany Calpurnia to church; illustrates the boundaries motif