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Emmett Till	What was the name of the black teenager that Tom Robinson was supposedly based on?
Civil Rights Movement	Emmett Till's death sparked which political movement in the '50s?
display Southern prejudices	What purpose did Tom Robinson's trial serve in the book?
Emmett Till	Who's death was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement?
Satire and irony	What two forms of humor are most found in To Kill a Mockingbird?
parody, satire, and irony	Lee uses which writing styles to express humor in a tragic story?
church basement	Where does Jem trap a fellow peer of school in the story?
Calpurnia	What is the name of the maid who works in the Finch's household?
distracted and embarrassed	How does Scout respond to the audience?
ham costume	What saves Scout's life?
Southern Gothic and coming-of-age or Bildungsroman novel	What genre of book is To Kill a Mockingbird typically called?
Gothic	What term did Lee use to describe the town's courthouse?
Atticus	Who does Scout revere above everyone else?
Miss Maudie	What was the name of the neighbor that Jem speaks too after Tom Robinson's trial?
separations of race and class	What des Jem struggle to understand?
1955	When did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?
race relations	Many reviewers consider the second part of the book to be about what issue?
white	The main jurors in Tom Robinson's trial were all which race?
shot seventeen times	How did Tom Robinson die in the novel?
death	At the time of the novel's setting, what punishment was often received by black males for percieved sexual contact with a white woman?
poor white farmers	Who comprised Tom's jury?
seventeen	How many times was Tom shot?
a rabid dog	Atticus is tasked with killing what animal in the novel?
fight against the town's racism	What is Atticus shooting the rabid dog symbolic of?
Calpurnia	Who does the cooking at the Finch's house?
Aunt Alexandra	Who is Atticus Finch's sibling?
Walter Cunningham	Who does Scout Tease and humiliate at their house?
Jane Austen	Which author did Lee aspire to be like?
individual worth	Both authors valued what over social standing?
poor	Are the Ewell's considered rich or poor?
gender and class	What two factors did Lee demonstrate intensified prejudice?
people's motives and behavior	The children's non-judgmental attitude gave them a greater understanding of what?
morphine	Mrs. Dubose suffers from an addiction to what?
Atticus	Who is the moral center of the novel?
courage	The novel explores various forms of what trait?
Charles Shields	Who has written the only biography of Harper Lee?
Charles Shields	Who wrote the only book length- biography of Harper Lee?
human dignity and respect for others	According to Shields, which of the books lessons are fundamental and universal?
Mayella Ewell	Who does Scout think could be lonelier than Boo Radley?
Calpurnia and Miss Maudie	Who are the main female role models for Scout during the story?
Calpurnia and Miss Maudie	Who are Scout's two primary female models?
Mrs. Dubose	Who chastis Scout for the way she dresse and accuses her of ruining her family name?
feminist	Tomboy Scout grows up tto become what?
Bob Ewell	In the book, which character was expected of molesting their child?
Atticus	Who was the only non-abusive father mentioned?
Dolphus Raymond	Which character is chastised in the book for marrying a black woman?
Lawyers	Who does Charles Lamb speculate were once children?
frilly clothes	What is another name for Scout's pink cotton penitentiary?
Songbirds	Which animal serves as a symbol throughout the book?
Finch	Harper Lee's mother's maiden name was what?
mockingbird	Which bird does Atticus Finch say is a "sin to kill?"
mockingbird	According to Atticus, which bird is it a sin to shoot?
mockingbird	According to Miss Maudie, which bird is never harmful?
that which is innocent and harmless	Symbolically, killing a mockingbird is killing what according to Edwin Bruell?
Book of the Month Club	Reader's Digest included To Kill a Mockingbird in what program of theirs?
Book of the Month Club	The book's availablity increased through inclusion in what book service?
ten	After one year when To Kill a Mockingbird first came out, how many languages has it been printed in?
40	Up til today, how many languages has To Kill a Mockingbird been printed in?
30 million	How many copies has To Kill a Mockingbird sold since it first came out?
more than 30 million	How many copies of the book have been sold?
more than 40	How many languages has the book been translated into?
Scout, Atticus, and Boo	Public figure's impressions of the novel were formed into a book called what?
Alice Lee	Who was Harper Lee's sister?
Scout, Atticus, and Boo	What book compiled Adults' impressions and their impressions as children about the novel?
lawyer	Atticus Finch's integrity has become a model for which job?
integrity	Atticus Finch is a model of what for legal professionals?
1997	What year was a statue of Atticus build in Alabama?
Alabama State Bar	Harper Lee was given a membership to what in 2008?
honorary special membership	What did the Alabama State Bar bestow on Lee in 2008?
1963	To Kill a Mockingbird was first studied in American schools in what year?
21	The American Library Associated ranked To Kill a Mockingbird where on its most frequently challenged books of 2000-2009?
1963	In what year did the book become a subject of classroom study?
21	According to The American Library Association, what rank did the book have among the most frequently challenged books from 2000 to 2009?
1966	When was the first major controversy that surfaced from the book?
rape	What event in the novel was heavily criticized for being a plot device?
Mayella Ewell's attraction to Tom Robinson	In letters to local newspapers, what subplot in the book received the most complaints?
Little Black Sambo	According to the National Education Association, what was the only book to receive more complaints in 1968?
civil rights movement	What movement in the '60s did the novel help spark?
Uncle Tom's Cabin	Which book was credited with sparking the US Civil War?
Uncle Tom's Cabin	What other book did Mark Childress compare it to?
Archulus Persons	Who was Truman Capote's father?
Truman Capote	Who was speculated to have wrote the book instead of Harper Lee?
Alice	What was the name of Harper Lee's sister?
Truman Capote	Who was rumored to have written the book instead of Lee?
her editor	Lee's notes to whom help disclaim this rumor?
1961	Which year did To Kill a Mockingbird win the Pulitzer Prize?
41	How many weeks did To Kill a Mockingbird remain on the bestsellers list when it won the Pulitzer Prize?
1962	Paperback of the Year award from Bestsellers magazine was awarded when?
1964	When did Harper Lee begin refusing interviews and questions about the book?
the Pulitzer Prize	What major award did the book receive in 1961?
1964	In what year did Lee stop giving interviews about the book?
2001	Which year was Lee awarded an induction into the Alabama Academy of Honor?
25	In 2004, the novel as been picked by how many communities for citywide reading programs more than any other book?
Chicago	In 2001, what city's mayor picked To Kill a Mockingbird as their favorite book?
Chicago	Which city's mayor initiated a reading program with the book?
25	By 2004, how many communities were using the book as part of their reading programs?
University of Notre Dame	Which school granted Lee an honory doctorate in 2006?
George W. Bush	Which president of the US awarded Lee the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
2007	When did Lee receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Notre Dame	What university awarded Lee an honorary doctorate in 2006?

Emmett Till

What was the name of the black teenager that Tom Robinson was supposedly based on?

Civil Rights Movement

Emmett Till's death sparked which political movement in the '50s?

display Southern prejudices

What purpose did Tom Robinson's trial serve in the book?

Emmett Till

Who's death was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement?

Satire and irony

What two forms of humor are most found in To Kill a Mockingbird?

parody, satire, and irony

Lee uses which writing styles to express humor in a tragic story?

church basement

Where does Jem trap a fellow peer of school in the story?

Calpurnia

What is the name of the maid who works in the Finch's household?

distracted and embarrassed

How does Scout respond to the audience?

ham costume

What saves Scout's life?

Southern Gothic and coming-of-age or Bildungsroman novel

What genre of book is To Kill a Mockingbird typically called?

Gothic

What term did Lee use to describe the town's courthouse?

Atticus

Who does Scout revere above everyone else?

Miss Maudie

What was the name of the neighbor that Jem speaks too after Tom Robinson's trial?

separations of race and class

What des Jem struggle to understand?

1955

When did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?

race relations

Many reviewers consider the second part of the book to be about what issue?

white

The main jurors in Tom Robinson's trial were all which race?

shot seventeen times

How did Tom Robinson die in the novel?

death

At the time of the novel's setting, what punishment was often received by black males for percieved sexual contact with a white woman?

poor white farmers

Who comprised Tom's jury?

seventeen

How many times was Tom shot?

a rabid dog

Atticus is tasked with killing what animal in the novel?

fight against the town's racism

What is Atticus shooting the rabid dog symbolic of?

Calpurnia

Who does the cooking at the Finch's house?

Aunt Alexandra

Who is Atticus Finch's sibling?

Walter Cunningham

Who does Scout Tease and humiliate at their house?

Jane Austen

Which author did Lee aspire to be like?

individual worth

Both authors valued what over social standing?

poor

Are the Ewell's considered rich or poor?

gender and class

What two factors did Lee demonstrate intensified prejudice?

people's motives and behavior

The children's non-judgmental attitude gave them a greater understanding of what?

morphine

Mrs. Dubose suffers from an addiction to what?

Atticus

Who is the moral center of the novel?

courage

The novel explores various forms of what trait?

Charles Shields

Who has written the only biography of Harper Lee?

Charles Shields

Who wrote the only book length- biography of Harper Lee?

human dignity and respect for others

According to Shields, which of the books lessons are fundamental and universal?

Mayella Ewell

Who does Scout think could be lonelier than Boo Radley?

Calpurnia and Miss Maudie

Who are the main female role models for Scout during the story?

Calpurnia and Miss Maudie

Who are Scout's two primary female models?

Mrs. Dubose

Who chastis Scout for the way she dresse and accuses her of ruining her family name?

feminist

Tomboy Scout grows up tto become what?

Bob Ewell

In the book, which character was expected of molesting their child?

Atticus

Who was the only non-abusive father mentioned?

Dolphus Raymond

Which character is chastised in the book for marrying a black woman?

Lawyers

Who does Charles Lamb speculate were once children?

frilly clothes

What is another name for Scout's pink cotton penitentiary?

Songbirds

Which animal serves as a symbol throughout the book?

Finch

Harper Lee's mother's maiden name was what?

mockingbird

Which bird does Atticus Finch say is a "sin to kill?"

mockingbird

According to Atticus, which bird is it a sin to shoot?

mockingbird

According to Miss Maudie, which bird is never harmful?

that which is innocent and harmless

Symbolically, killing a mockingbird is killing what according to Edwin Bruell?

Book of the Month Club

Reader's Digest included To Kill a Mockingbird in what program of theirs?

Book of the Month Club

The book's availablity increased through inclusion in what book service?

ten

After one year when To Kill a Mockingbird first came out, how many languages has it been printed in?

40

Up til today, how many languages has To Kill a Mockingbird been printed in?

30 million

How many copies has To Kill a Mockingbird sold since it first came out?

more than 30 million

How many copies of the book have been sold?

more than 40

How many languages has the book been translated into?

Scout, Atticus, and Boo

Public figure's impressions of the novel were formed into a book called what?

Alice Lee

Who was Harper Lee's sister?

Scout, Atticus, and Boo

What book compiled Adults' impressions and their impressions as children about the novel?

lawyer

Atticus Finch's integrity has become a model for which job?

integrity

Atticus Finch is a model of what for legal professionals?

1997

What year was a statue of Atticus build in Alabama?

Alabama State Bar

Harper Lee was given a membership to what in 2008?

honorary special membership

What did the Alabama State Bar bestow on Lee in 2008?

1963

To Kill a Mockingbird was first studied in American schools in what year?

21

The American Library Associated ranked To Kill a Mockingbird where on its most frequently challenged books of 2000-2009?

1963

In what year did the book become a subject of classroom study?

21

According to The American Library Association, what rank did the book have among the most frequently challenged books from 2000 to 2009?

1966

When was the first major controversy that surfaced from the book?

rape

What event in the novel was heavily criticized for being a plot device?

Mayella Ewell's attraction to Tom Robinson

In letters to local newspapers, what subplot in the book received the most complaints?

Little Black Sambo

According to the National Education Association, what was the only book to receive more complaints in 1968?

civil rights movement

What movement in the '60s did the novel help spark?

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Which book was credited with sparking the US Civil War?

Uncle Tom's Cabin

What other book did Mark Childress compare it to?

Archulus Persons

Who was Truman Capote's father?

Truman Capote

Who was speculated to have wrote the book instead of Harper Lee?

Alice

What was the name of Harper Lee's sister?

Truman Capote

Who was rumored to have written the book instead of Lee?

her editor

Lee's notes to whom help disclaim this rumor?

1961

Which year did To Kill a Mockingbird win the Pulitzer Prize?

41

How many weeks did To Kill a Mockingbird remain on the bestsellers list when it won the Pulitzer Prize?

1962

Paperback of the Year award from Bestsellers magazine was awarded when?

1964

When did Harper Lee begin refusing interviews and questions about the book?

the Pulitzer Prize

What major award did the book receive in 1961?

1964

In what year did Lee stop giving interviews about the book?

2001

Which year was Lee awarded an induction into the Alabama Academy of Honor?

25

In 2004, the novel as been picked by how many communities for citywide reading programs more than any other book?

Chicago

In 2001, what city's mayor picked To Kill a Mockingbird as their favorite book?

Chicago

Which city's mayor initiated a reading program with the book?

25

By 2004, how many communities were using the book as part of their reading programs?

University of Notre Dame

Which school granted Lee an honory doctorate in 2006?

George W. Bush

Which president of the US awarded Lee the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

2007

When did Lee receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom?

Notre Dame

What university awarded Lee an honorary doctorate in 2006?