“To Kill A Mockingbird” Background Information Guided Notes

1.List three similarities between the author of the novel, Harper Lee, and the narrator of the novel, Scout Finch
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2.The setting of the novel is between the years .

3.Write down one characteristic of our narrator, Scout:

4.Write down one characteristic of Jeremy Finch (Jem):

5.Write down one characteristic of Atticus Finch:

6.Write down one characteristic of Dill Harris:

7.Write down one characteristic of Boo Radley:

8.Write down one characteristic of Atticus Finch:

9.Write down one characteristic of Calpurnia:

10.write down one characteristic of Tom Robinson:

11.Write down one characteristic of Mayella Ewell:

12.What is the historical and social context of the novel? In other words-what time period does the novel take place in?

13. Lists three facts about the Scottsboro Trial:
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14.The mockingbird is a major symbol in the novel. WHAT does the mockingbird represent?

15.How many copies of the novel have been sold to this day: