To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz: Maycomb and Its People

Harper Lee set her 1960 novel in a sleepy Alabama town modeled on her own hometown, and this To Kill a Mockingbird quiz returns to Maycomb and its people. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on Scout, Jem and Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, Boo Radley's gifts, Dill and Truman Capote, Calpurnia, the Pulitzer Prize and Gregory Peck's Oscar.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Author
Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
Town
Which real town inspired Maycomb?
Narrator
Who narrates the novel?
Father
What is Atticus Finch's job?
Trial
Who is falsely accused in the novel's trial?
Gifts
Where does Boo Radley leave gifts for the children?
Dill
Which real writer inspired the character Dill?
Prize
Which award did the novel win in 1961?
Film
Who won an Oscar for playing Atticus in the 1962 film?
Title
What does Atticus say is a sin?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: Harper Lee
It was her first published novel.
Q2: Which real town inspired Maycomb?
Answer: Monroeville, Alabama
Lee grew up in Monroeville.
Q3: Who narrates the novel?
Answer: Scout Finch
Scout tells the story looking back on her childhood.
Q4: What is Atticus Finch's job?
Answer: Lawyer
He defends Tom Robinson in court.
Q5: Who is falsely accused in the novel's trial?
Answer: Tom Robinson
Despite evidence of his innocence, the jury convicts him.
Q6: Where does Boo Radley leave gifts for the children?
Answer: In a knothole in a tree
He leaves gum, coins and carved figures.
Q7: Which real writer inspired the character Dill?
Answer: Truman Capote
Capote was Lee's childhood friend.
Q8: Which award did the novel win in 1961?
Answer: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
It became one of the most widely read American novels.
Q9: Who won an Oscar for playing Atticus in the 1962 film?
Answer: Gregory Peck
Peck's performance is among the most admired in film.
Q10: What does Atticus say is a sin?
Answer: To kill a mockingbird
Mockingbirds only make music and do no harm, so the bird stands for innocence.

To Kill A Mockingbird Quiz – Life in Maycomb

To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960 by Harper Lee, is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, modeled on Lee's hometown of Monroeville. It takes place during the Great Depression and is narrated by Scout Finch.

Scout, her brother Jem and their friend Dill are fascinated by their reclusive neighbor Boo Radley, who leaves gifts in a tree. Their father, lawyer Atticus Finch, defends Tom Robinson, a Black man falsely accused of a crime, exposing the town's racism.

The novel won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Gregory Peck won an Oscar for playing Atticus in the 1962 film. The title comes from Atticus's lesson that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.

What This Quiz Teaches

Readers and students will enjoy these questions.

Who wrote the novel
Where it is set
Who the main characters are
What happens at the trial
Which honors it received

Did You Know?

Calpurnia is the Finch family's cook.
Go Set a Watchman was published in 2015.
The novel is widely taught in schools.
Jem breaks his arm near the end of the story.
Monroeville stages a play of the novel each year.