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To Kill a Mockingbird Screenplay Vocabulary

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 2hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a sack made of coarse material (such as burlap)

a)

suitcase

b)

crocker sack

c)

back pack

d)

purse

2.

with daring or bold resistance to authority

a)

wryly

b)

regal

c)

austere

d)

defiantly

3.

paying a bill with goods or services rather than money

a)

entailment

b)

indignation

c)

nonchalance

d)

spinster

4.

a type of kale grown in the South

a)

entailment

b)

collards

c)

nonchalance

d)

indignation

5.

a reference to the 1929 stock market incident that plunged the US into the Great Depression

a)

gullet

b)

regal

c)

the crash

d)

nonchalance

6.

in a mockingly or amusingly ironic way

a)

wryly

b)

unpretentiously

c)

reverently

d)

burly

7.

of or relating to a king; royal

a)

collards

b)

burly

c)

austere

d)

regal

8.

severe in manner or appearance; strict; forbidding

a)

obstreperous

b)

austere

c)

regal

d)

unmitigated

9.

a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying

a)

spinster

b)

nonchalance

c)

collard

d)

entailment

10.

cool indifference or lack of concern; casualness

a)

collard

b)

entailment

c)

nonchalance

d)

indignation

11.

modestly; plainly

a)

defiantly

b)

unpretentiously

c)

reverently

d)

morosely

12.

looking or staring with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger

a)

glowering

b)

dumbfounded

c)

obstreperous

d)

austere

13.

greatly astonished or amazed

a)

obstreperous

b)

dumbfounded

c)

reverently

d)

morosely

14.

deeply respectfully

a)

reverently

b)

morosely

c)

unpretentiously

d)

indignation

15.

anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean

a)

nonchalance

b)

the crash

c)

indignation

d)

tirade

16.

crocker sack

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

17.

entailment

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

18.

collards

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

19.

The Crash

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

20.

wryly

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

21.

indignation

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

22.

regal

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

23.

austere

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

24.

spinster

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

25.

nonchalance

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

26.

unpretentiously

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

27.

glowering

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

28.

dumbfounded

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

29.

reverently

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

30.

defiantly

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

31.

the rapid succession of images in a motion

picture to illustrate related ideas

a)

chiffarobe

b)

montage

c)

gullet

d)

tirade

32.

noisy, clamorous, or boisterous

a)

burly

b)

beholden

c)

obstreperous

d)

forlorn

33.

in a sullen, gloomy, or ill-humored way

a)

morosely

b)

reverently

c)

defiantly

d)

evasively

34.

a long and bitter speech

a)

gullet

b)

montage

c)

temerity

d)

tirade

35.

moves with a wavelike motion

a)

skewed

b)

undulates

c)

glowering

d)

unmitigated

36.

obligated; indebted

a)

burly

b)

forlorn

c)

beholden

d)

obstreperous

37.

large in bodily size

a)

burly

b)

forlorn

c)

beholden

d)

unmitigated

38.

turned aside or swerved

a)

burly

b)

forlorn

c)

unmitigated

d)

skewed

39.

the throat

a)

tirade

b)

gullet

c)

temerity

d)

montage

40.

a combination of wardrobe and chest of drawers

a)

gullet

b)

montage

c)

chiffarobe

d)

tirade

41.

in a way that shows irritation, ill humor, or gloom

a)

defiantly

b)

reverently

c)

evasively

d)

sullenly

42.

avoidingly

a)

evasively

b)

defiantly

c)

sullenly

d)

morosely

43.

not softened or lessened

a)

unmitigated

b)

forlorn

c)

obstreperous

d)

beholden

44.

reckless boldness

a)

tirade

b)

montage

c)

temerity

d)

chiffarobe

45.

sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion

a)

beholden

b)

forlorn

c)

burly

d)

unmitigated

46.

morosely

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

47.

tirade

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

48.

obstreperous

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

49.

undulates

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

50.

beholden

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

51.

burly

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

52.

skewed

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

53.

gullet

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

54.

chiffarobe

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

55.

sullenly

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

56.

evasively

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

57.

unmitigated

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

58.

temerity

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

59.

montage

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

60.

forlorn

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

61.

"He is carrying a ___ full of hickory nuts." (1)

a)

crocker sack

b)

tirade

c)

gullet

d)

montage

62.

"Good morning, Mr. Finch. I didn't want to bother you none. I brought these here as part of my ___." (2)

a)

entailment

b)

montage

c)

nonchalance

d)

indignation

63.

"A boy is sitting among the ___. Sitting down he is not much higher than the ___. It is Dill." (7)

a)

collards

b)

dumbfounded

c)

forlorn

d)

obstreperous

64.

"The Cunninghams are country folks, famers, and the ___ hit them the hardest." (3)

a)

crash

b)

chiffarobe

c)

montage

d)

tirade

65.

" Atticus says ___, Son, I can't do that. I explained to you I'm too old to get out there <on the football field>." (4)

a)

wryly

b)

unpretentiously

c)

defiantly

d)

morosely

66.

Jem interrupts with great ___, saying "Can you imagine me telling them when they <his friends> ask me where my Papa is that he's too old to be here playing football?" (4)

a)

indignation

b)

forlorn

c)

nonchalance

d)

temerity

67.

"Mr. Radley, in his seventies, a ___, austere men, walks by." (9)

a)

regal

b)

obstreperous

c)

spinster

d)

crocker sack

68.

"Mr. Radley, in his seventies, a regal, ___ man, walks by." (9)

a)

austere

b)

skewed

c)

undulates

d)

crash

69.

"She is in her late fifties <Miss Stephanie>. She is a ___ and the neighborhood gossip." (11)

a)

spinster

b)

collard

c)

gullet

d)

montage

70.

With great ___, Dill says, "Oh, yes. I always get up at four. It's in my blood." (24)

a)

nonchalance

b)

temerity

c)

indignation

d)

entailment

71.

The Finch living room is "comfortably, but ___, furnished. There is a sofa and two over-stuffed chairs and a rocker in the room." (51)

a)

unpretentiously

b)

reverently

c)

morosely

d)

burly

72.

"Calpurnia is still __ at her when Scout comes in <from the dining room>." (54)

a)

glowering

b)

skewed

c)

beholden

d)

austere

73.

"Atticus stoops, picks up his glasses and grinds the broken lens to powder, and walks toward the dog. Jem and Scout are ___." (75)

a)

dumbfounded

b)

obstreperous

c)

skewed

d)

unmitigated

74.

"They <Heck Tate and Atticus> meet the awestruck Scout and Jem. The children approach Atticus ___." (75)

a)

reverently

b)

defiantly

c)

wryly

d)

morosely

75.

"She <Mrs. Dubose> glares at them, but doesn't continue with a ___." (80)

a)

tirade

b)

crash

c)

entailment

d)

montage

76.

While reading Ivanhoe to Mrs. Dubose, Jem stumbles over the line "reluctant to the several sties, with din ___ and ungrateful cries." (81)

a)

obstreperous

b)

glowering

c)

burly

d)

regal

77.

"She <Mrs. Dubose> begins from time to time to open her mouth wide, and her tongue ___ faintly, cords of saliva collect on her lips, she draws them in, and then opens her mouth again." (81)

a)

undulates

b)

skewed

c)

glowering

d)

crocker sack

78.

Speaking of Mrs. Dubose, Atticus tells Jem that "She said she was going to leave this world ___ to nothing and nobody. ... and that's what she did." (85)

a)

beholden

b)

dumbfounded

c)

unmitigated

d)

burly

79.

"A ___ man grabs Jem roughly by the collar <outside the courthouse>. The __ man almost yanks Jem off his feet." (95)

a)

burly

b)

unmitigated

c)

obstreperous

d)

austere

80.

Mayella says on the witness stand, "Come here, boy, and bust up this ___ and I'll give you a nickel." (106)

a)

chiffarobe

b)

crocker sack

c)

nonchalance

d)

tirade

81.

When Atticus smiles at Mayella and asks her how old she is, Mayella __ answers, "Won't answer a word you say, long as you keep mockin' me." (106)

a)

sullenly

b)

unpretentiously

c)

reverently

d)

burly

82.

When Atticus asks Mayella if she ever asked Tom Robinson to come inside her fence before, she ___ answered "I mighta." (108)

a)

evasively

b)

reverently

c)

regal

d)

skewed

83.

In his closing argument, Atticus states, "And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the ___ temerity to 'feel sorry' for a white woman has to put his word against two white people's." (118)

a)

unmitigated

b)

beholden

c)

dumbfounded

d)

austere

84.

In his closing argument, Atticus states, "And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated ___ to 'feel sorry' for a white woman has to put his word against two white people's." (118)

a)

temerity

b)

tirade

c)

nonchalance

d)

indignation

85.

Rather than show the entire pageant, there was a __ of Miss Stephanie giving her speech, the band playing music, and soldiers marching. (130)

a)

montage

b)

crash

c)

chiffarobe

d)

tirade

86.

When Jem goes to take Scout home after the pageant, only Scout is backstage alone and she looks very ___. (132)

a)

forlorn

b)

unmitigated

c)

beholden

d)

austere