TKM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What kind of writer was Harper Lee? - Answers- a local color writer
Where was Harper Lee born? - Answers- 1926 in Monroeville, AL
Who was the character Scout based on? - Answers- Harper Lee
Who was Dill based off of? What was he like? - Answers- Truman Capote; a famous
writer, flamboyant, and an alcoholic. He died later from his drug and alcohol use.
What prize did the novel win? - Answers- Pulitzer (1960)
What type of novel is TKM? - Answers- A prequel (to "Go Set a Watchman")
When did Harper Lee die? - Answers- February of 2016
What kind of perspective does the novel have? What time period is it set in? - Answers-
First person pov; Great Depression era (1932-1935)
What does Scout talk about in her novel? - Answers- the racial and social relationships
in Maycomb
Nathan Radley - Answers- Boo Radley's brother who comes back to live with the family
when old Mr. Radley dies
Dill (Charles Baker Harris) - Answers- Jem and Scout's friend who comes from
Mississippi every summer to stay with his aunt Miss Rachel Haveford, who loves next
door to the Finches
Miss Maudie Atkinson - Answers- Lives across the street from the Finches; is an avid
gardener and spends a lot of time talking to Scout
Miss Stephanie Crawford - Answers- the town gossip
Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose - Answers- a mean, elderly woman who teaches Jem and
Scout a great lesson in bravery
Tom Robinson - Answers- the black man on trial for allegedly raping a white woman
Helen Robinson - Answers- Tom's wife
Link Deas - Answers- employer of Tom and Helen (owns a cotton plantation)
Bob Ewell - Answers- the villain of the novel; an alcoholic and abuses his children
, Mayella Violet Ewell - Answers- the 19 year old accuser of Tom
Burris Ewell - Answers- one of Bob Ewell's children who attends school only one day a
year - he is filthy, crude, and vulgar
Reverend Sikes - Answers- the pastor of the First Purchase African Methodist
Episcopal Church
Judge John Taylor - Answers- the judge at Tom's trial and a friend of Atticus
Mr. Horace Gilmer - Answers- the prosecutor in Tom's trial who represents the Ewells
Sheriff Heck Tate - Answers- Maycomb's sheriff
Mr. Braxton Bragg Underwood - Answers- owner, editor, and printer of the Maycomb
Tribune
Dolphus Raymond - Answers- father to several biracial children, pretends to be a drunk
(he is white)
Walter Cunningham Sr. - Answers- one of Atticus' clients
Walter Cunningham Jr. - Answers- one of Scout's classmates
Miss Caroline Fisher - Answers- Scout's (young) first grade teacher
Cecil Jacobs - Answers- a schoolmate of the Finch children
Miss Gates - Answers- Scout's second grade teacher
Eula May - Answers- the local telephone operator
Mr. Avery - Answers- a boarder at the house across from Mrs. Dubose's (he is
humorous)
Mrs. Grace Merriweather - Answers- the most devout woman in Maycomb who writes
the Halloween pageant
What type of literary device is used in the novel? - Answers- Flashback
Scout (Jean Louise) Finch - Answers- Narrator; the story takes place from the time she
aged 6 to 9, but she tells the story as an adult
Atticus Finch - Answers- Maycomb's attorney asked a representative in the Alabama
State Legislature. He is a widower with two children, Jim and Scout
What kind of writer was Harper Lee? - Answers- a local color writer
Where was Harper Lee born? - Answers- 1926 in Monroeville, AL
Who was the character Scout based on? - Answers- Harper Lee
Who was Dill based off of? What was he like? - Answers- Truman Capote; a famous
writer, flamboyant, and an alcoholic. He died later from his drug and alcohol use.
What prize did the novel win? - Answers- Pulitzer (1960)
What type of novel is TKM? - Answers- A prequel (to "Go Set a Watchman")
When did Harper Lee die? - Answers- February of 2016
What kind of perspective does the novel have? What time period is it set in? - Answers-
First person pov; Great Depression era (1932-1935)
What does Scout talk about in her novel? - Answers- the racial and social relationships
in Maycomb
Nathan Radley - Answers- Boo Radley's brother who comes back to live with the family
when old Mr. Radley dies
Dill (Charles Baker Harris) - Answers- Jem and Scout's friend who comes from
Mississippi every summer to stay with his aunt Miss Rachel Haveford, who loves next
door to the Finches
Miss Maudie Atkinson - Answers- Lives across the street from the Finches; is an avid
gardener and spends a lot of time talking to Scout
Miss Stephanie Crawford - Answers- the town gossip
Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose - Answers- a mean, elderly woman who teaches Jem and
Scout a great lesson in bravery
Tom Robinson - Answers- the black man on trial for allegedly raping a white woman
Helen Robinson - Answers- Tom's wife
Link Deas - Answers- employer of Tom and Helen (owns a cotton plantation)
Bob Ewell - Answers- the villain of the novel; an alcoholic and abuses his children
, Mayella Violet Ewell - Answers- the 19 year old accuser of Tom
Burris Ewell - Answers- one of Bob Ewell's children who attends school only one day a
year - he is filthy, crude, and vulgar
Reverend Sikes - Answers- the pastor of the First Purchase African Methodist
Episcopal Church
Judge John Taylor - Answers- the judge at Tom's trial and a friend of Atticus
Mr. Horace Gilmer - Answers- the prosecutor in Tom's trial who represents the Ewells
Sheriff Heck Tate - Answers- Maycomb's sheriff
Mr. Braxton Bragg Underwood - Answers- owner, editor, and printer of the Maycomb
Tribune
Dolphus Raymond - Answers- father to several biracial children, pretends to be a drunk
(he is white)
Walter Cunningham Sr. - Answers- one of Atticus' clients
Walter Cunningham Jr. - Answers- one of Scout's classmates
Miss Caroline Fisher - Answers- Scout's (young) first grade teacher
Cecil Jacobs - Answers- a schoolmate of the Finch children
Miss Gates - Answers- Scout's second grade teacher
Eula May - Answers- the local telephone operator
Mr. Avery - Answers- a boarder at the house across from Mrs. Dubose's (he is
humorous)
Mrs. Grace Merriweather - Answers- the most devout woman in Maycomb who writes
the Halloween pageant
What type of literary device is used in the novel? - Answers- Flashback
Scout (Jean Louise) Finch - Answers- Narrator; the story takes place from the time she
aged 6 to 9, but she tells the story as an adult
Atticus Finch - Answers- Maycomb's attorney asked a representative in the Alabama
State Legislature. He is a widower with two children, Jim and Scout
