To Kill a Mockingbird dominoes
Instructions
1. Photocopy, laminate and cut up the cards.
2. Randomly distribute them around the class, ensuring
that the teacher’s card (shaded grey) is kept by the
teacher. Any spare cards should be given to students
who can cope with more than one, or kept by the
teacher.
3. Explain to students that the answers are on the
second half of the domino card. When they hear a
question to which they think they know the answer,
they should shout it out. If they are correct, they then
read out the question on the first half of the card.
4. If the game ‘breaks down’ because the answer has
not been recognised, the class should discuss what
the answer might be so that the student can
recognise their answer.
5. The game ends when all questions and answers have
been read out—this should be when the teacher
reads out the answer from their card, which began the
game.
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Teacher’s card:
The ‘ordinary kind’,
like the Finches;
those like the
Cunninghams;
people like the
Ewells; and the
Negroes
‘He was tired of
white men’s chances
and preferred to
take his own.’
Why did Jem have
to read to Mrs
Dubose?
Why did he do that?
Because he cut the
tops off her
Camellia bushes
Because she said
What happens to
that Atticus was no
Scout during the fire
better than the
that she does not
niggers and trash he
notice immediately?
worked for
Who is assumed to
be responsible?
Someone puts a
blanket over her
shoulders
What well known
group are ‘the Old
Sarum Bunch’
associated with?
Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley
Who are the
mockingbirds in the
novel?
The Ku Klux Klan
Why is Boo a
Mockingbird?
Boo and Tom
And Tom?
Because he’s a
source of gossip and
speculation despite
never having done
anyone any harm
Who narrates the
novel?
He’s tried and
convicted for a
crime he didn’t
commit, simply
because of the
colour of his skin
Name the four
groups of people in
Maycomb
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A house burns down.
Who does it belong
to?
Miss Jean Louise
(Scout) Finch
What does she
loathe finding in her
garden?
Miss Maudie
Atkinson
Why does Scout
believe Dolphus
Raymond to be an
evil man?
Nut grass
What’s really in the
bag?
He’s always drunk
What is Dill’s real
name?
Because people
could ‘never
understand that I
live like I do
because that’s the
way I want to live’
How old was Jem
when he broke his
arm?
‘when you know
you’re licked before
you begin but you
begin anyway and
you see it through no
matter what’
What was Scout
dressed as at the
time of the incident?
The Ewells
Why does he
pretend to be
drunk?
Coca-cola
What is ‘real
courage’ according Charles Baker Harris
to Atticus?
Who does Scout
hold responsible?
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What explanation
did Dill give for Boo
staying indoors?
A ham
Who do the children
sit with at Tom’s trial?
He wants to stay
indoors
Who did the
snowman look like?
In the coloured
balcony
What did Scout
think the first time
that she saw snow?
Mr Avery
What did Jem learn
from Mrs Dubose?
That the world
was ending
What did she
leave him?
About bravery
What happened to
Mr Avery during
the fire?
A candy box
containing a
camellia
What can the
children shoot?
He got stuck in a
window frame
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What is Jem’s
explanation?
Where do they sit?
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else to go
Reverend Sykes
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Why?
‘remember it’s a sin
to kill a
mockingbird’
What does Mayella Because they only
have growing in pots do things for others’
in the yard?
enjoyment
Why is Tom assumed
to be guilty?
Red geraniums
What was her
crime?
Because Mayella is
white and he is
black. Her word is
stronger than his,
despite all the
evidence.
What is supposed to
have happened as a
consequence?
She tempted a
negro
Why could Tom NOT
have been
responsible?
Bob Ewell saw them
and beat her up.
He then accused
Tom.
Why?
He only has one
useful arm and hand
He caught the left
arm in a cotton gin
What do the
children find in the
tree?
To ‘mother’ the
children and look
after them during
the trial
All the bluejays
they want
But ...
Why does Aunt
Alexandra come to
Maycomb?
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Why do the gifts
stop?
Chewing gum; soap
dolls; a pocket
watch; a knife and
chain; Indian head
coins; spelling
medals
What should we cry
about?
‘Maycomb was …’
‘The simple hell
people give other
people without even
thinking.’
‘… an old town, but
it was a tired old
What had it to fear?
town when I first
knew it.’
The hole is blocked
with cement
‘You never really
understand a
person …’
Nothing ‘but fear
itself.’
When does Scout
realise the truth of
this?
‘… until you
consider things from
his point of view
[…] until you climb
into his skin and
walk around in it.’
What is good about
Atticus?
When she stands on
the Radley porch
after the attack
Cal’s lesson on
‘nigger talk’ is also
about what?
‘He’s the same in his
house as he is on the
public streets’
For what two
reasons do grown
men stand in the
front yard?
The fact that some
people don’t want to
see things any other
way but their own,
and there’s not a lot
to be done about
that
Why does Tom try
to run away from
the prison?
Death and politics
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