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To Kill a Mockingbird
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How is Tom Robinson a mockingbird?
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Why is Dill an important character?
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Why does Dolphus Raymond hide Coca-Cola in a brown paper bag?
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What happens on Scout and Jem’s walk home from the harvest pageant?
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1
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Where does the story take place?
Memphis, Tennessee
Monroeville, Alabama
Burmingham, Alabama
Maycomb, Alabama
2
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What's Scout's real name?
Boo
Jean Louise
Alexandra
Mayella
3
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Where is Scout and Jem's mother?
She died when Scout was two and Jem was six.
She ran off with another man when Scout was two and Jem was six.
She is recovering from consumption in Europe.
She was killed in a fire a year before the novel starts.
4
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What is the recluse, Boo Radley, rumored to have done when he was little?
Bullied a girl at school
Burnt down Miss Maudie's house
Stabbed his father with a pair of scissors
Killed a mockingbird with his bare hands
5
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Who is Dill?
A boy staying next door for the summer whom Scout and Jem befriend
The owner of the town newspaper
One of the Ewell kids
Huck Finn's younger brother
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