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What kind of writer was Harper Lee? correct answers a local color writer Where was Harper Lee born? correct answers 1926 in Monroeville, AL Who was the character Scout based on? correct answers Harper Lee Who was Dill based off of? What was he like? correct 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? correct answers Pulitzer (1960) What type of novel is TKM? correct answers A prequel (to "Go Set a Watchman") When did Harper Lee die? correct answers February of 2016 What kind of perspective does the novel have? What time period is it set in? correct answers First person pov; Great Depression era () What does Scout talk about in her novel? correct answers the racial and social relationships in Maycomb What type of literary device is used in the novel? correct answers Flashback Scout (Jean Louise) Finch correct answers Narrator; the story takes place from the time she aged 6 to 9, but she tells the story as an adult Atticus Finch correct answers Maycomb's attorney asked a representative in the Alabama State Legislature. He is a widower with two children, Jim and Scout Jem (Jeremy Atticus) Finch correct answers Scout's older brother who ages from 10 to 13 during the story. He acts as Scout's protector. Aunt Alexandra correct answers Atticus' sister, who lives at Finch's Landing, the Finch family plantation (she runs it) Francis Hancock correct answers grandson of Aunt Alexandra (like Sid from Tom Sawyer) Uncle Jack Finch correct answers Atticus' brother who is a doctor Calpurnia correct answers The Finch's African-American housekeeper; acts as a mother to the children and is one of the few Negroes in town who can read and write Zeebo correct answers Calpurnia's son; the town garbage collector and he can also read and weite